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[blueberriess]

does anyone know how the myspace layout site owners make there pictures on photoshop, or know of any tutorial[s]... like with the cool backgrounds, and colors, and yeahh. please help! [& if it helps, its like when they have site models, & then edit the pictures to look all cool, with like a banner thingy going across with the site's name] [haha sorry i'm kind of a beginner!]

[MissHygienic]

First off, you'll need Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro to get started. This isn't something you can effectively do in Microsoft Paint, and don't even try.

Secondly, you must have a good idea of what theme you're trying to achieve, and perhaps look through websites that already offer free layouts to inspire you. I searched Google and found http://www.hot-lyts.com/ to be a good resource.

Third, learn the basics of Photoshop and acquire the information about layers and banner-making. Look through whatever tutorials you can find over the internet. You might want to look through some of CreateBlog's stuff or http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1, and search specifics such as effects, making banners, layers, textures, text, etc.