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Create a custom blog header easily

Here is how I created the new “Surviving the Holidays” banner using only paint & IrfanView.

1.  Found a bunch of pictures I liked, & checked the copyrights.

2.  I checked & double checked to make sure I had my own banner safely hidden so that my fibro fog wouldn’t accidentally overwrite it.

3. Then I resized them in IrfanView as well as changed the colors so they all matched a little better.

4.  I opened up my old banner in paint & cut out what was there so I’d have the perfect size.  Then I pasted in the pictures I liked.

5.  If you wanted to add a special effect, (I made it look like an oil painting), then save it & open it up in IrfanView & add the effects you want.  If not, you can just type your logo over it 7 save it.

It is a lot of back & forth, but it works.  I’m not a professional, but it’s fun & oddly rewarding to know I can do this without any expensive programs.

 

Tags: blog, blogger, blogging, headers, pictures, make-money-blogging, graphics, clip-art

 

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One Response to “Create a custom blog header easily”

  1. Sickles Insight » Blog Archive » Blogging Advice for both the Novice and the Regular (2 comments.) Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 7:30 pm

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