Give your graphics professional look without the price

Give your graphics professional look without the price Graphic design is the subject of an intimidating for many Inteet entrepreneurs. However, most of us must lea some techniques to design, to avoid the high cost of hiring a professional graphic designer.You can create graphics that can look as beautiful as some of the professionals to create graphics for a fraction of cost.In To create the graph, you should invest in a good graphics program. It is not necessary to spend hundreds of dollars in software design graphic imagination. Paint Shop   Pro is a graphics program and is the only program you need to design professional-looking. You can download a free 30 day trial and register the software for just $ 99. first and probably most important graphic technique we will discuss the text. This is probably the one you use most. Not only the text but the text should be used with your logo, banner or titles.When page you are ready to begin, open Paint Shop Pro and click on "File" then "New" and enter the width and the height of your image. Make sure your "Image Type" is set to 24-bit and choose the background color. You can leave the other settings to default values. Remember to make a great job with the space, how can we reduce later.Your first step is to choose a correct font. Depending on the direction I want to make, use one of three different fonts; Impact, Verdana, Arial, or black. If you do not have these fonts installed on your computer, you can find them here:   First, there will be the creation of the text appears in a large font size with a shadow effect. This shadow effect can also be used with other images create.Your first step is to choose the text color. To change the foreground and background colors, double-click on the top and bottom color squares on the right. Your text will be   shown in color in the top box, which is the color. For this example, you use a light color that my plan color.Once you select the text color, click on the text tool on the left side (which resembles a capital "A"). This will launch your text box. Choose your font and font size from the dropdown menu and type the text. I use the 'impact' in bold, size 24. Be sure to select "Smooth" and "floating", then click "OK". Antialias will to overcome all the rough edges of text, and mix with the background color. You use the smoothing with the various graphical tools for design   video card, it is important to remember his function.You will now see the text, which seems to be moving around it. If you want to move the text, click and hold the left mouse button to drag the text to suit your position.With selected text (by phone) at the top of the screen, go to "Picture", and " effects "and" Shadow. " This will launch the "Shadow" window. The image will be visible in the shadows in the small window on the right. You can try different settings until you reach the shadow effect is desire.Another popular text is the text that appears in a graduated color effect. Text can be displayed with a dark top and progressively lighter, or just opposite.To achieve this effect, the first floor (top box), the color should be set to white. Then, click on the text tool and follow the same procedure for displaying the text. You should now see the text is displayed as "mobile", not only with the color. Now you must select a color for the dark color and a light colored background for your color.Once you select the colors, click on "Flood Fill" icon on the left. To modify the effects of flood fill tool, locate the small box on the screen that says, "Orders" and click on "Tool Control." In "Enter style" select "Linear Gradient" and then click on "Options" below. The "Blend Mode" should be normal. To select the color that will be the beginning of the text, in which he said, "degrees" in both Type 0 or 180 depending on your desired effect, and then click OK. Now, place your mouse over each letter and fill out by clicking on your mouse.After you have completed the text, you can create a shadow effect or "right click" mouse that you want to clear your text.If reduce the size of graph window, click the "selection tool" on the left (dotted rectangle) and select the part of the graphics card that you want to appear in   Your new size. Click "Edit" and then "Copy" and then "Edit" - "Paste as new image." When you have finished the chart, click on "File" and then "Save As" and select a folder. Type a name for the chart and save the new file format. Gif. The program invites you and ask you if it's all right to reduce the file to 256 colors. Click "yes". Your new graphic is now saved.Now did you lea these new techniques, try a different image. The decrease in the shadow effect can be used with any photo or image you want. Try graduated color effect to your banner or image backgrounds and to provide the graphics look.Copyright? Shelley LoweryAbout the Author: Shelley Lowery is the author of the famous courses in web design, web design Mastery "(and" eBook Starter - Give your books look like a real book "(to subscribe to a subscription and eTIP receive a copy of Shelley's famous ebook, "Killer Inteet Marketing Strategies." You have permission to publish this article electronically, on paper, in your ebook or on your website for free, whether the author subtitle is included.