Photoshop Tutorials Step by Step Create a Website Banner in Photoshop for Beginners

People can construct their websites, but they are in anxiety when they want to create a high-quality attractive banner for website. They visit countless websites for online design banner or go to graphics designers, but they can’t attain their requirements. The placement of a banner in a web page is header which is first part of any web page. Without this webpage is dull and bore for visitors. An eye-catching banner can charm the users and can bookmark your website. Yes, if you’ve knowledge about Photoshop than a good programmer or good web developer can call you for help. If you want to create a finest banner for your website then read it throughout and follow it step by step you’ll be talented to design a stunning banner and have gotten skills forever. So pay attention and exercise every step along us.  Photoshop Tutorials Step by Step Create a Website Banner in Photoshop  for Beginners

 Photoshop Tutorials Step by Step Create a Website Banner in Photoshop  for Beginners

Step 1: Create High Pixels Layer     

The first step is to make a new layer for your website banner. You must follow some steps go to File -> New at top of menu bar or press command Ctrl + N on your keyboard to create a new file.

 A dialog box will appear having lot of further options. First change the file name with default Untitled-1 it is not compulsory but it can exceptional identification of your file now I have changed the name of file as Web-Banner.  After setting the name select the value of Preset -> Custom from a drop-down menu. This will tell to Photoshop what kind of file has Preset although file is related to Film & Video, Photo, Web, U.S Paper or Custom. Customs express that the file may in any kind so select the Customs item in dropdown menu.

Now it’s time to set values of width and height of a website banner. It's an important feature you must to know which size of banner you are going to create. The better way is that first measure your website header size by impact element than create related to its size. Now I’m going to create the banner with 10 Inches width and 2 Inches height. You can set the values as in Pixels, but I have set as Inches because it will give better results with high resolution.  

After setting values of width and height now time to set the resolution of banner. Keep in mind high resolution gives high results and low-resolution values give low-quality pixels sheet. One more thing don’t give high enough resolution which doesn’t support of file size, means do brainstorming about how many pixels  are needed in an Inch which will give healthier results. Now I’ve set the resolution 180 Pixels / Per Inch with RGB 8 bit color mode. Because this is good enough small size and pixels quality is also good.  

If you want to good results, one tip I want to share with you. With setting the resolution focus on file size which are mentioned below in Mbs. Don’t generate sheet less than 1.5 Mbs size, this is a good size for better results if you are working in Inches.

In the last select white item in the option of Background Contents. This creates solid white color sheet for further working. You can also create transparent sheet which will colorless and like a mirror but basically this type of sheet use for logos.

Now press the OK button above in Dialog Box, your Banner will create with solid white background color.

Step 2: Add Text In Banner

Now your banner is ready for insertion of text, you can add text on your own desires it may company name, website name or slogan of companies. It depends on you what you want to write in banner. You can increase or decrease text size and also change text format styles at the top drop-down menu in Type Tool. Now I’m going to add text in a banner let’s look here.

  After insertion of text chose the text format and size then click on Tick icon above.

Step 3: Decorate Text

For text-decoration, you must select Text Layer in a layer window. Then click on Add Layer Style icon in beneath of layer unit. The list of styles pop up containing Blending Option, Stroke, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow etc. But here you’ve needed blending option so click on Blending Option in Add Layer Style list.

 A Layer Style Dialog Box will appear and then Click on Styles. Photoshop gives lot of built-in styles which you can access speedily and save your time. So Styles option give you variety of Web Style, Text Effects, Button, Abstract Styles and many more.

Now Banner text will appear like in below picture. There are some essential needs for amendments so we must to change this style according our desires.

Go to Stroke option to decrease the value of stroke which will give Narrow out line and set Opacity 100% which seems like bold outlining. You can change the color of stoke also but I’ve set red color.

Now modify the values of Inner Shadow, set the values of Opacity 39%, Distance 13px, Stroke 6% and Size 23px.

The next option is Inner Glow so set the value at Opacity 39% and Size 169px. This option will give a glow of the inner side of a text and gives attraction to banner text.

Now the last option is Drop Shadow, which gives the facility of shadow of a text below or above. Set Opacity 100%, Angele 90°, Distance 21px and Spread 2%.   

You will see the banner text with some changes like below picture.

Step 4: Design Background

Now text decoration has completed here now need to change the background. For this purpose you’ve needed some other image for as background. Chose attractive image for background and drop in at banner layer with Move Tool. Set the Opacity  94% from Blending Option Custom.

  

The banner will look like below picture after changing the background. It’ll give more attraction to banner. Always use pretty image in a background and decrease some percent’s of Opacity for background.

Banner has needed to some additional beautification, for this determination you have required image which is superior for Clone. During cloning set the values of Flow 8%, Opacity 100% and Clone Size 463.

Earlier ending your work check the quality of banner from menu bar View -> Actual Pixels this will show actual pixels of banner, means how banner will look at real time you can determine by Actual Pixels option. If your banner have blur pixels than it will not good. If a banner has pure quality pixels than banner has good results and you can use it for a website. 

You can look in below, banner has excellence pixels that will give you rich results. So check always at Actual Pixels to find healthier results.

Now save the final banner by pressing the command of Ctrl + S on a key board. Keep in mind save it in PNG image format because this is light weight and better for SEO.

Now Website banner is ready enjoy it, I hope you would make banners yourself in Photoshop. If you’ll line us step by step there will not trouble for you.

Final Results      

Conclusion

We have learned in above tutorial,   Photoshop Tutorials Step by Step Create a Website Banner in Photoshop  for Beginners. First we created a banner size white sheet than insert text with Type Tool and give Layer Style to text. After that change background with some beautiful image and deduce the Opacity few percent’s. Clone image at right side to increase the prettiness of banner. At the end save it at PNG image format now banner has been prepared.