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sean2a
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: Blending problem |
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Okay, i've never had any professional training on photoshop, and i"m looking for a way to blend the banner on the following page with the surrounding background, if anyone has any ideas lemme know, thanks
http://groups.users.cnu.edu/kappadeltarho/phptest/ |
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doubrovski
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi sean2a,
Try the following:
- Convert the Background layer to a regular layer (Layer > New > Layer from Background)
- Mask the layer (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All)
- Choose a large soft Brush
- Paint with black color to soften the edges
Now you have to export the banner to a web-friendly format (File > Save for Web)
- If you choose PNG-24 format (the same as on the sample page) the image will preserve transparency, edge softness, and full quality, but the file size will be inappropriately large (150-200 Kb is certainly too much for a banner)
- If you export it to GIF you lose some quality and edge softness
So, if your banner is intended for this site only, I'd suggest the following workaround:
- Create behind the "banner" layer a background mimicking target web page bg
- Export to JPEG format
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Andrei Doubrovski
SimplePhotoshop.com |
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sean2a
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, thats great, much thanks for the tips doubrovski!  |
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