Re: Banners - Discussion Thread #1

by **Admin** Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:03 pm

Aww cute umngirl!!!

by IrishGal Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:21 pm

I love it! And teal blue is one of my fave colors! All these fab creations are making me itch to learn how to use my Adobe Photoshop...I assume that would work?

by **Admin** Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:26 pm

IrishGal wrote:I love it! And teal blue is one of my fave colors! All these fab creations are making me itch to learn how to use my Adobe Paintshop...I assume that would work? Eh, perhaps best if I leave it to the experrts.

Go ahead and try it out! It won't hurt. Smiley

You might be surprised at what you can do. yes

I had to practice alot to really get good with blending...but practice makes perfect! I suggest anyone to try and practice with it. It really is so worth it in the end. Cutting out backgrounds (like I did in the banner I made) leaving just the people has always been one of my favorite things to do in banners. I love placing people on other backgrounds than their original backgrounds. I think it looks so cool, and it took me a while to really be able to do it, but now after practicing it is so easy! :Nod:

by deedreamer Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:56 am

ninu wrote:Love the banners So much fun to come see all the new ones!!

Dee - just wondering where you got that picture of Trista and Ryan? So cute

And would anyone be able to give the rest of us tech-challenged people a starting point tutorial to make banners? TIA!

I just did a yahoo search for Trista and Ryan under the images category. I loved that pic of them too. There were quite a few nice ones but they just look so candid and natural in this one that I chose it.

Giving a banner making tutorial would be hard because there are so many different programs that people use and tons of different techniques available within the programs that run from simple to complex. I can certainly help with some pointers for anyone using Paint Shop Pro but like San I have been using it for around 10 years now and just learned as I went. Experiment with different techniques and find a few tutorials to try and learn
techniques from.

I found a site where you can download Paint Shop Pro 7 for free http://www.brothersoft.com/paint-shop-pro-64045.html I use this version all the time even though I have more modern versions of it. If you have time to spend learning graphics this is a good basic graphics program to learn with. One warning though once you get started it fast becomes an addiction rofl

by albean99 Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:40 am

I have no clue on how to cut out backgrounds so doubt that will happen in my first attempt but have managed to put the border on my avatar at least. I think my problem is I'd like to skip ahead to the hard stuff before I learn the basics. :greenman:

by **Admin** Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:40 am

albean99 wrote:I have no clue on how to cut out backgrounds so doubt that will happen in my first attempt but have managed to put the border on my avatar at least. I think my problem is I'd like to skip ahead to the hard stuff before I learn the basics. :greenman:

I can't wait to see what you come up with! I love seeing everyone's designs. Smiley