CreativeStable

We've all seen them, those poorly done stallion ads where there is a horse floating on a nice backdrop... often with their feet erased off or places on their bodies that are randomely blurred... and let's not forget the terrible cutout jobs. This seems especially prevalent with Quarterhorse stallion ads for some reason.

Many times when I start working with pictures (particularly in banners), I'll come across a photo that is washed out, dull, too green, etc. Here is an EXTREMELY quick way to enhance the photos on a picture using Photoshop Levels and the eydropped tools. This tutorial should be good for beginners.

Alright, so in this tutorial we are going to go over making our banners into cool shapes. If you have not already done so, I STRONGLY suggest taking a look at my previous tutorial. It went into detail about some of the techniques I will be using in this tutorial.

Step 1

Open up Photoshop and open up an existing banner. If you haven't already done so, delete the plain white background layer.

Step 2

Select the Custom Shape Tool (U).

Last tutorial (Basic Banner Tutorial), we covered some of the basic things I do to make a pretty decent looking banner. Due to time constraints I did not go over in much detail how to do the rounded corners.

So I get a lot of questions on how I make my banners. Each one is a little different, but Im going to go over some of the techniques I use practically every time.

This is what my final product is going to look like. It will vary depending on what colors and pictures you choose to use, but ultimately the style should come out similarily.