Several have asked how I do my headers and it just so happens I recently decided (again) that I might update my website so I was working on one and also I just did a header for my son's blog... I will show steps for both..THIS IS REALLY JUST CUT AND PASTE. I did it on the computer but it can be done just as easily on paper and scanned onto a cd... Check out the scrapbook dept of hobby stores... They have endless fun things that you can either use for "cut and paste" or scan into your computer...
Occasionally I use the palette tools to sketch a plan for a block but two of the tools I use all the time... One is an eraser which make any area you erase transparent.... The other tool is actually called a "Smear" and looked like a finger... But it blends and blurs colors together. Great for touching up and blending where you butt things together...
Click to read text: The last step was just to tuck things here and there... Snip and tuck!!
Click to read text:So you can use your own photos to make your header without any clipart at all. Snip and tuck!! You can see this header full size at http://deepcreekfishingclub.blogspot.com/
If you actually do this "cut and paste" I would recommend taking it to good copy shop and get it copied on photo quality paper and also put on a CD. In the days before computers we did everything that way... So there you are....end of tutorial.... Please let me know if you found it informative?
If you actually do this "cut and paste" I would recommend taking it to good copy shop and get it copied on photo quality paper and also put on a CD. In the days before computers we did everything that way... So there you are....end of tutorial.... Please let me know if you found it informative? 
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3 comments:
I have Photoshop Elements 8, and it is so complicated; steep learning curve. I control opacity not by erasing, but by creating a transparent layer and cutting an image digitally (which I find difficult) and pasting. The effects tools (blur, sepia, fade or boost color) are so complicated, I try to do those first in my iMac’s iPhoto program, which is very simple. I’m still having troubles with layers combining when I don’t want them to and then not being able to unlock them. I understand the basics of what you’ve taught, I just can’t get the d*** program to cooperate! So, all my graphic art will start out “rough” and improve as I learn more! It’s the best I can do, LOL!! Thanks for these GREAT posts - they HAVE helped me alot. Hugs, Cathy
I don't cut digitally because it seems to me to leave a hard abrupt edge. My erase tool as options as to the harness of the edge.. And I am pretty fast because I have used it so long... PS8 does have a "spot healing brush" you might want to try instead of some of those others.
Gerry
After reading your post yesterday, I decided it was time to invest in Photoshop. There are so many PS7 going for next to nothing. I bought one for 23.99. I see more computer time in my future.
Thanks so much for the tutorial. I will probably be back to refer to it several times.
Carol
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