Banner Tutorial

[ner0]

Ok, This is my first ever tutorial, so I hope it is easy to understand, if theres anything that is confusing, please let me know.
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Ok, First of all, create a new image in photoshop (i used photoshop version 7).
the sizes i used were 470px / 60px
(press 'd' to set colors to default)
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goto filter>render>clouds,
then filter>render>difference clouds, then press ctrl+f around 10 times;
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goto filter>blur>radial blur, and input the following values:
[quote]amount = 100
method = spin
quality = best[/quote]
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now we create our scanlines, goto file>new and create a document 1 x 2 pixels...
then make your foreground color black, and use your pencil tool to click on the bottom half of the canvas.
then goto edit>define pattern, and call it scanlines. then go back to your original file, select your rectangular marquee tool, and make a marquee to cover the whole
banner... then right click, and goto fill... under the custom pattern, select the scanline pattern you just created, use the default opacity, then click OK!
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your banner should now be starting to take form... (thanks to exile for this next part (the glowing strings tutorial /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />)
goto image>rotate canvas... then select rotate 90degrees CCW,
now create a straight vertical white line down the center of your canvas...
goto filter>blur>motion blur... and select values that look nice...
then goto layer>layer style>drop shadow... and enter some values that make your line appear to jump off tha page, this can be pretty much anything... it should still look nice!
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now goto filter>distort>shear... then make a nice wave my dragging some points around... then click ok and presto... you should have a pretty nice new banner...

Hope this is helpful!!! /ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ph34r:' />
to edit the colors: press ctrl+u, click the colorize check box... then select a high saturation and slide the top bar to suit your favourite colours!