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Say hello to my blog's new banner (I actually made three, but undecided at the moment on which I would use so whatever you're seeing right now will most likely be the choice)!
This is what kept me busy for the past two days. After browsing blogs and seeing all their site's banners, I have come to realize that I do need one for my own. Plus, the text blog title is beginning to bore me, so I decided to do this.
I used to know the basics of Adobe Photoshop (as with other Adobe programs like Flash and Dreamweaver), but I realized that it's not really meant for me and that I would actually prefer a low-tech, more user-friendly-and-does-not-require-tutorials-from-the-internet kind of editing program. And besides, the thing's just giving me a massive headache, figuring out which tool to use and how to use them to create what I want is just a bitch.
So I settled for the more easy-to-use programs like Picasa and Photoscape. Although they are much capable of doing minor tweaks for photos, they're not, however, really reliable when it comes to creating "artsy fartsy" stuff. It's a good thing that my girlfriend downloaded this program called "Gimp" a few days/weeks back. And because I am too desperate to have my own banner, I decided to use the thing. I have already stumbled upon the said program some years ago, but when I saw that the program's interface and how it is quite similar to that of Adobe Photoshop's, I opted not to download it, assuming that it would just give me as much of a headache as what Photoshop gave me.
But to my surprise, the program was actually quite easy to use. Of course, still with a few help from Googled tutorials, but we got along just fine. I would like to dub it as the user-friendly version of Adobe Photoshop. lol
I have spent a lot of my time figuring how to do this and do that and the whole process gave me a really bad back ache and headache. But I suppose it was totally worth it. I cropped and edited, copied and pasted, did this and that and it's all just a bunch of everything that would drive someone like me (people who are not into editing shit and would gladly settle for the next best thing just because we're too lazy or too incapable to do/achieve the otherwise) completely and utterly insane.
Although, the minute that I got the hang of the program, it was actually pretty easy to control.
However, I'm still not 100% satisfied and happy with the outcome of my work. But I would need to stick with that for now. I think two days is already enough for me. Plus, my eyes and back could only take so much :(
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