1. We want to make an area where you put your information so what I do
is pick a nice color from the image and make that your foreground
color.
2. Use your Selection tool and set it on rounded rectangle. You want to
make a rounded rectangle in the center area of your image use your
ruler if you need it. For some reason I have been lucky using my eyes
to get a center area you want it close to the top and bottom just leave
a smidge of the photo here as you see below.
3. Add A new Raster Layer, Now you want to flood fill that selected
area (on the new raster layer) with the color you have chosen Don't
freak out we are going to lower the opacity on this layer so that you
can still see the color but see the graphic in the background. Play
with the opacity till you get the number you want.
I have lowered mine to 60%. It depends on the background image and the
color and other things what you lower yours to so experiment till you
get one you like. Do Not Deselect.Remember to Save this.
4. Add A new raster layer. Go to selections then modify then expand by 3
Flood fill again. Then go to selections modify Contract by 4 then hit
your delete key one time Now you have a nice frame around your colored
area. It works better to do it this way rather than to do that first
for some reason for me any way. You can deselect now. Click on Ctrl and
D to deselect. Remember to save. You can view what I have so far below
5. At this point close your layer 1 and merge visible your two top
layers and if you need to move this to center it better you can.
6. Now you want to add some writing to to the top you can put the name
of your site or My Blog Or Like Me I am puting Spring time Add it to
the very top of your outline you want space for your blog writing here.
Choose what ever font you want and use the same color you used for your
frame and blog area layers. I added a shadow to my font first change
from a vector layer to a raster layer by right clicking on it. Then add
a shadow of
H 1, V 1, Opacity 68-78, blur 0.
This works well
for me. But this is up to you.
7. You can now Merge all layers visible when you have it nice and
centered and at the top of your framed area see mine below.
8. Save your image to a folder as a .jpg
Copy the html below and change the name of the folder and image to
match the one that you have saved. And change the scroll bar colors to
match your image also.
9. Right click inside the box below and select all.
Copy and paste this in your html editor on the page you want to place your blog.
10. To add your text just go to the area that says "Enter Your Text Here" and backspace that out and add what you want to say
on your blog. (To edit your text on your blog you can use your html editor or your html manager from your server). If you don't see your scroll bar you need to add more text or some line breaks. It really works. *smiles*
I Hope you had fun doing my little tutorial.
Good luck..
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