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Creating an Anime template in photoshop - An original tutorial by Richard Isbell

part 5

 

 

Step 33

Now all that is left to do is press 'Delete' and CRTL+D to deselect:

 

Step 34

By now you should be familiar enough to create your own centre panel. ust remember to place guide lines first to help you position it correctly then use the snap to guide you. Change the gradient overlay to a white overlay and you should be somewhere about here:

 

Step 35

I want two left hand panels that are a bit thinner than the right hand one. I'm going to use these for our various links. Use the same procedure as before. Don't forget to create a new layer and rename it!

 

Step 36

Here's the bottom left hand panel which I'll use for the copyright/disclaimer:

 

Step 37

This panel is going to house thumbnail images of our 'Anime Gallery':

 

Step 38

Go back to Google and find some more anime images you like. We need about four to fit at the bottom. These will be used as links to the gallery page. Make sure they are the right size (use CRTL+T to transform them) and that you have made some guides to help you place them all correctly. I have also given it a gallery text and put them all in a 'gallery' folder set:

 

Step 39

I want to go back to the header image now because I'm not very happy with it. First I move it up and across slightly (don't forget to select the header image layer)

 

Step 40

Now bring a guide down to just where the black bar begins and use the marquee tool to select the part of the image that is outside the panel:

 

 

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