| Beginning Your Image: From the "File" menu, | | | | and is a copyrighted image. Since we are using it |
| select "New." A new window will appear asking | | | | for a simple test site on Rutgers space, this is an |
| you to select the dimensions of your image. | | | | appropriate usage. Keep this in mind for future |
| Banners generally never exceed 600 pixels in | | | | projects, however. |
| width or 150 pixels in height. For our banner | | | | Editing Your Image: Make sure that white is set |
| image, let's create a 600x150 pixel image. Enter in | | | | as your background color. Select the Eraser tool |
| 600 pixels for the width, and 150 pixels for the | | | | from the tool box. Click and drag over the black |
| height. | | | | text on the Rutgers image until all that remains is |
| Finding a Picture to Use: Right now you've got a | | | | the sun and the word "Rutgers." If you make a |
| blank image. Let's grab a pre-existing image from | | | | mistake, you can use either the "Undo" fuction |
| the Rutgers home page ( to use in our image. Go | | | | from the "Edit" menu, or you can click back in the |
| to the Rutgers home page, and find the big image | | | | "History" window to any previous state of the |
| at the top of the page with the yellow sun. | | | | image. |
| Right-click this image and select "Save As" or | | | | Now let's resize the image so we can use it in our |
| "Save Picture As." A new window will appear | | | | banner. First we'll want to change the Image Mode |
| asking you to select a location on your hard drive | | | | from "Indexed Color" (which is used for GIFs) to |
| to save the image. Pick a location and click "Save." | | | | "RGB Color"; RGB images resize much more |
| Back in Photoshop, select "Open" from the "File" | | | | cleanly than Indexed Color. Select "RGB Color" |
| menu, and find the image you just downloaded. | | | | from the "Image" menu, and you're ready to |
| Select the image, and click "Open." The image will | | | | resize the image. Then, select "Image Size" from |
| now open in Photoshop. We're going to erase the | | | | the "Image" menu, and make sure "Constrain |
| black text so that only that sun and the word | | | | Proportions" is clicked. Change the height of the |
| "Rutgers" remain, so we can use it in our banner. | | | | image to 150 pixels (which is the height of our |
| NOTE: The Rutgers logo is not for everyday use, | | | | banner), and click "OK. |