Website Advertising Banner Tutorial

Open a new photoshop document and use the size's:
 
  Width: 468 Pixels
  Height: 60 Pixels

Creat a new layer and use the Paint Bucket Tool and Have a background colour of: #133f59

Click on the layer on the right side Layers Panel and go to the bottom to blending options, clcik Gradient Overlay...

Choose These Options:

Find the 4 templates that you want to use in your banner and give them a Height of 45 Pixels by going Edit > image size

Highlight the 4 image layers and right click and click "Group into New Smart Object".

Now right click on the layer and choose "Rasterize Layer".

You should now have this:

Now copy the layer with the 4 templates by dragging the layer to the bottom resize icon.

Hold down Ctrl T and drag the middle top box down over the image like this:

Now choose the Opacity of 30%.

Now you can add your text, we have usen the font Arial/Bold and 18 Pixel Size.

Go to blending options and choose Drop Shadow.

Use these options:

There we go, your banner is now done, you should have this:

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