[BCC]

this is my first banner using photoshop so please take it easy on me.

 

[Cowie]

Good effort
Always put a border around your work. When you have finished your image, go Layers>Flatten. Then go Edit>Stroke. To get your border 3 px, set the width to 3 & black, then go edit>stroke again, set the width to 2 & white and then edit>stroke again and set it to 1 and black.

Don't lower the fill or opacity of cuts and pictures. Use the blending modes instead. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/slothfulcowie/screen.jpg When you get better, find a tutorial on how to mask.

Create your own backgrounds http://www.good-tutorials.com/search.php?q=background

 

[Xain]

Also those cuts look a little dodgy.

You might wanna check out

www.evolutiongfx.com
or
www.psdresource.com

For PSDs to download..

Apart from that, just do what Cowie said, look for tutorials and learn different techniques..

 

[LK]

Good effort
Always put a border around your work. When you have finished your image, go Layers>Flatten. Then go Edit>Stroke. To get your border 3 px, set the width to 3 & black, then go edit>stroke again, set the width to 2 & white and then edit>stroke again and set it to 1 and black.

Don't lower the fill or opacity of cuts and pictures. Use the blending modes instead. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/slothfulcowie/screen.jpg When you get better, find a tutorial on how to mask.

Create your own backgrounds http://www.good-tutorials.com/search.php?q=background

Uhm Cowie, what is masking? Is it cutting? I don't know, I feel kinda 'n00bish' now.

 

[BCC]

thanks for the feedbakc guys i will do all the stuff cowie and xain said and i will come with a better one that hopefully will be better

 

[Cowie]

Uhm Cowie, what is masking? Is it cutting? I don't know, I feel kinda 'n00bish' now.

You use it to fade around the edges of cuts and pictures for blending. I rarely do cuts I really only use the mask to fade around the edges rather than selecting and feathering and then using the eraser. I also mask rather than erase when I do make cuts. The beauty of masking is that it is easy to get a bit back rather than undo. If you erase part of some a leg, for example, you can't get that leg back. If you decide you need the leg later on down the track just go back into quickmask mode and unmask the leg.


This Image , which you have seen is all masking and using the layer blend modes. I dragged each layer onto the background and then masked each layer. I then arranged them so I had to unmask some bits and mask some more on some of the images.

Confused? I'm terrible at explaining things

 

[LK]

OOOO, I allways use a feathered brush for that kind of stuff....thanks right