What is a Banner Image Opening Photoshop Beginning Your Image

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Adobe Photoshop is a fantastic tool to use in the creation of banners. With. Photoshop, you can edit images, add special effects, and combine them into one …

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What is a Banner Image?:
“Banner Images” (or simply “banners”) are commonly used on websites as the title
or top of a page. Banners are usually very flashy in nature, and are meant to catch
the immediate attention of the visitor.
Adobe Photoshop is a fantastic tool to use in the creation of banners. With
Photoshop, you can edit images, add special effects, and combine them into one
image for use on the web.
Opening Photoshop:
Starting from the desktop, select “Programs” from the “Start” menu, and locate
“Adobe Photoshop 7.0″ (it may also appear within an “Adobe” folder). There may
also be an icon on the desktop you can double-click.
Beginning Your Image:
From the “File” menu, select “New.” A new window will appear asking you to select
the dimensions of your image. Banners generally never exceed 600 pixels in width or
150 pixels in height. For our banner image, let’s create a 600×150 pixel image. Enter
in 600 pixels for the width, and 150 pixels for the height.Copyright . Rutgers Writing Program
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Finding a Picture to Use:
Right now you’ve got a blank image. Let’s grab a pre-existing image from the
Rutgers home page (www.rutgers.edu) to use in our image. Go to the Rutgers home
page, and find the big image at the top of the page with the yellow sun. Right-click
this image and select “Save As” or “Save Picture As.” A new window will appear
asking you to select a location on your hard drive to save the image. Pick a location
and click “Save.”
Back in Photoshop, select “Open” from the “File” menu, and find the image you just
downloaded. Select the image, and click “Open.” The image will now open in
Photoshop. We’re going to erase the black text so that only that sun and the word
“Rutgers” remain, so we can use it in our banner.
NOTE: The Rutgers logo is not for everyday use, and is a copyrighted image. Since
we are using it for a simple test site on Rutgers space, this is an appropriate usage.
Keep this in mind…