using gimp to create a social media image banner
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Using GIMP to Photoshop
• Goal– Using Photoshop techniques to create a social
media image banner• Selecting Images• Repositioning the images to fit social media
sites
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Selected this as my main banner backgroundI liked the banner background as it gave me a 3D feel when I looked at it.
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I wanted to add this image of the world to the banner background as it was to plain.
Chose this world image
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The image of the background and the world was too boring so I decided to add an X Wing fighter to make it more interesting.
Also added an X Wing fighter
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I had to reposition the X Wing fighter and the planet . I checked my social media profiles using a laptop and smartphone to see what it looked like on the different screen sizes and adjusted accordingly.
This image didn’t work for my social media banner
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The final product