Creating graphics for your website or for any printed work seems like a daunting task but its not as difficult as it first looks and with a little practice you can create stunning graphics with just a few clicks of your mouse.
I use Adobe Photoshop for all my editing needs and a lot of computers these days come with it already installed and you can learn the basics within just a few minutes.
If you have never created your own grapic before then its mostly just a case of pointing and clicking your mouse and you only need to get used to the following three basic things to create good looking graphics.
1: Formatting the text
2: Deciding on the best font
3: What Layer Style you want
Dont worry yourself at this point if you have never used any of the above before as it is quite simple. Here is an example of how to easily create a great looking header for any website.
1: Open up the editing software
2: Click on new page
3: write a line of text {anything will do}
4: Place mouse over text and highlight it and then click on "font" and choose anything you like.
5: click on "layers" in the menu bar and choose something that you like.
6: Lastly, simply resize to whatever you want.
How easy was that? there is obviously a lot more that can be done to further enhance your work like adding more layers to your text giving even more different combinations.
Given a bit of time and practice you will be able to create hundreds of different combinations and make your work something to be proud of.
Roy Cuddihy is a leading figure in graphic design and makes the essential tools and software that helps webmasters to easily make their own killer website graphics
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