Header Tutorial
I felt like writing a tutorial. =)
Learn how to make this:
Translatable!
No selective coloring!
Made in Photoshop Elements 4.0.
1) Open up a blank canvas. Mine was 850x400. Fill it with white.
2) If your pictures are in front of a background you may need to cut them out using the eraser tool or something similar first. Mine were plain white. Position them how you want on the canvas. I used these two pictures:
I arranged them like this:
3) Open up this texture by abernathi. Position it so only the brown bar is showing. Set it to "Multiply" at 100%
4) The flower brush on the left is from the Butterfly Garden set from www.aethereality.net. Make a new layer and put it in at whatever size you want. Make sure that your foreground color is black and your background color is white. Erase the part of the flower that crosses the brown stripe.
5) Open up the other flower brush used here from the same pack and put it on the other side.
6) Make a new layer and pick a gold-ish color. Click the "Gradient Tool" button and then click "Edit." Click the "Foreground to Transparent" button. Make sure that the "Radial Gradient" option is selected. Make the gradient over the circular flower and set the layer to "Overlay" at 100%
7) Make a new layer and change your foreground layer to a red color. Make a small radial gradient over the center of one of the flowers on the right. Set the layer to "Lighten" at 100%. Make two more layers and do this two more times for the other flowers.
8) Open up a dash texture or brush similar to this. The actual brushes I used are from myrasis. Position it wherever you want.
9) Type out your text. Here I used the font "Pea Missy Cursive." Make the text bold. Then, right click on the layer in the Layers Palette and select "Simplify Layer." Go to Edit> Stroke (Outline) Selection. Make the color black and make it 1px wide. Make the location "outside."
Ta da! =)
Other header using many of the same techniques:
Notes:
+ This was my first tutorial. Please let me know what you think and feel free to ask questions.
+ I'd love to see everyone's results!
+ Credit is not required, but PLEASE don't claim that you came up with this all by yourself!!
+ Please join sunset_rises if you like what you see! Join!!//Watch!!!
Edit: I left out the gradient part! I didn't even notice that the numbers skipped from 5 to 8. Sorry to anyone who tried it and was confused!
Learn how to make this:
Translatable!
No selective coloring!
Made in Photoshop Elements 4.0.
1) Open up a blank canvas. Mine was 850x400. Fill it with white.
2) If your pictures are in front of a background you may need to cut them out using the eraser tool or something similar first. Mine were plain white. Position them how you want on the canvas. I used these two pictures:
I arranged them like this:
3) Open up this texture by abernathi. Position it so only the brown bar is showing. Set it to "Multiply" at 100%
4) The flower brush on the left is from the Butterfly Garden set from www.aethereality.net. Make a new layer and put it in at whatever size you want. Make sure that your foreground color is black and your background color is white. Erase the part of the flower that crosses the brown stripe.
5) Open up the other flower brush used here from the same pack and put it on the other side.
6) Make a new layer and pick a gold-ish color. Click the "Gradient Tool" button and then click "Edit." Click the "Foreground to Transparent" button. Make sure that the "Radial Gradient" option is selected. Make the gradient over the circular flower and set the layer to "Overlay" at 100%
7) Make a new layer and change your foreground layer to a red color. Make a small radial gradient over the center of one of the flowers on the right. Set the layer to "Lighten" at 100%. Make two more layers and do this two more times for the other flowers.
8) Open up a dash texture or brush similar to this. The actual brushes I used are from myrasis. Position it wherever you want.
9) Type out your text. Here I used the font "Pea Missy Cursive." Make the text bold. Then, right click on the layer in the Layers Palette and select "Simplify Layer." Go to Edit> Stroke (Outline) Selection. Make the color black and make it 1px wide. Make the location "outside."
Ta da! =)
Other header using many of the same techniques:
Notes:
+ This was my first tutorial. Please let me know what you think and feel free to ask questions.
+ I'd love to see everyone's results!
+ Credit is not required, but PLEASE don't claim that you came up with this all by yourself!!
+ Please join sunset_rises if you like what you see! Join!!//Watch!!!
Edit: I left out the gradient part! I didn't even notice that the numbers skipped from 5 to 8. Sorry to anyone who tried it and was confused!