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Hello. Today I'm going to show you how to make a simple banner.
This tutorial is for beginners only, becouse its too simple for advanced users.
So I was requested to make something like this or maybe something like this...
So as you can see in these banners there is some background, some text going on, some peoples, some shadow, glow and other stuff.
But its very simple, just take time.
Just go to file - new. Create an image with size you need.
And ok...
So before that you need to know about what that banner should be, like "we love dogs" or something.
And just download from google the images you'll need to use.
And lets open them in Paint.NET, so drag and drop, open.
And I'll make this black and white thing. Go to adjustments - black and white.
You can do whatever you like with your images. I'll make it black and white, add some brightness/contrast...
Just like that, and on this cute dog I'll crop out that background thing.
So...
You can change selection mode to add of course.
So I have done the selection so go to edit - cut. Or hit delete on your keyboard.
And then you have your images edited in that way you need or just leave them as it is and you'll edit it on the banner.
So lets say I want to use this dog as the background so lets go to edit - select all.
Copy.
Go to your banner.
Paste it here.
Always keep canvas size on this thing, becouse you need to keep the exact size as you choosed in the beginning.
You can stretch it out or something. I'll leave it as... something like this.
And I'll fill this white space with this dog right here.
So I will show you how to add something like here you see - the people.
I will add a dog on the top of this banner.
So deselect. Go to that other image or something. Go to edit - select all. Copy. Go to banner.
Edit - paste in to new layer.
Keep canvas size.
Or you of course can add a new layer and just paste it in a normal way.
So just resize, edit or whatever you need.
Deselect. You can add like drop shadow thing right here. If you want or if you need.
And yeah.
This is how you add an objects on the top of the banner.
This is how you add a background.
And you can edit them in any way you like: you can add some contrast... like so...
You of course can rename the layers.
If you have much layers and so... It will be easier to manage them.
So lets say this is dog 2.
And this is the background one.
You can add a text by adding a new layer and writing it.
Make sure you'll choose very good font for banner.
And place it where it should be.
Choose good color for it.
And of course you can edit it in any way you need.
I have alot of tutorials on how to edit text.
And you can watch them and learn some text editing.
I'll just add a... I don't know.
Outline object...
With white...
And alot of softness...
Click ok.
And of course add drop shadow...
And click ok.
So this is very simple way you can make banners.
I hope I have explained everything you need.
And...
They more you practise, they more you'll be good at this.
So keep practicing this.
And I see you next time, bye.