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Editing Your Template Images |
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Written by David A. Jardine
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Monday, 11 September 2006 |
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 OK, this is a little more advanced. I try to keep this as SIMPLE as possible, so all you Photoshop experts back off. It may not be the right way or the most advanced, but for the people who are just starting out this works just fine and gives a professional finish to the site.
An EASY tutorial if you take your time and follow my steps. Replay as often as you like!
I take you through editing the background image AND the forground image of your HEADER, not the background of the template (please note). Add this to changing the colors and you can DRAMATICALLY alter the look and feel of your template.
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Lesson 1: Header Background Image (16:03 mins)
- Cheats way to import an image
- Using Layers to move objects around
- Cropping images on layers
- Opacity, transparency changes
- Creating a gradient between the color and image
- Adjusting the template colors to match
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Lesson 2: Header Foreground Image (14:43 mins)
- Substituting the main image
- Close cropping image to knock out the whitespace
- Using the 'Magic Wand' tool and 'feathering' your selection
Click the video icon to the left to begin your tutorial
Break Out Session: I change the background color of the template, and show you how to use web-safe colors.
Click Here: Editing the Template Background Color (6:07mins)
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NB: If you are using Internet Explorer, you will have to click inside the
white area in the new popup window to play the file.
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