Recent Additions:

Creating a Simple Web Advertisement

Toon Site Navigation Header

Creating Cool Celebrity Wallpapers

Shopping Site Animated Banner

Designing a Cake Shop Logo

Creating a Girlie Smiley

Drawing a Cartoon Horse

Colorful Beads Text Effect

XP Style Wind Mill Icon

Water Ripples Navigation Header

Shopping Mall Logo

Creating a Lovefool Smiley

Animated No Smoking Sign

Creating and Animating Incense Sticks

Creating a Futuristic Logo

3D Leather Text Effect

Changing Calendar Dates

Logo with Iconic Headphones

Animating a Dolphin Diving Into the Water

Creating Diamond Earrings

Animated Night to Day Effect With Rising Sun

 



Creating a Fast Text Effect Web Banner

Start by creating a new file. Use standard banner size 468X60 pixels.

Open a relevant image. Place it on the left side of the banner.

Using marquee tool draw a rectangular selection covering most of the banner.

Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection. Fill it with the border color of your choice.

Using custom shape tool add some interesting background shapes.

Type the web site name near the bottom.

Type "Adventure Sports" in a bold and prominent font.

Duplicate this layer several times and change the font and color in each layer keeping the text same.

Create a new layer and fill it with white color. Place it on top of all layers.

Open animation window. Select first frame. In layer window hide the white layer along with all other "Adventure Sports" text layers except one.

Duplicate the frame. In layer window hide the previously unhidden text layer and unhide any other text layer with different color and font, that was hidden in the previous step.

Duplicate the frame and proceed by repeating the previous step by selecting different font layers sequentially.

Select 4th and 8th frame and unhide the white layer. This will add an interesting light flash effect at regular intervals.

Press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+S to save an optimize animated GIF using following settings.