MediaCast Blog; Banners (Task 3a)

Finally my three MediaCast blog banners are ready!

I created this by downloading a font which looks like a film strip and removed the letters from inside it (by creating another layer and using a white brush to cover them) since I didn't like the font. I wrote each letter separately and placed them inside the film strip and then put the image of the scissors between "Media" and "Cast" to generate the idea of editing. Finally I added the last sentence using a simple font and the colours found in the MCAST logo.

The second one is composed from a screenshot I took from our filming of the advertisement, adding some adjustments and filters. Finally I added the MediaCast logo at the top left.

In the third and last one, I filled the background with a gradient composed of the colours found in the MCAST logo and I added some stroke effect to the "MediaCast" text. To finish it off, I added some brushes to the background in black and white and changed the opacity and Blending Mode untill I was satisfied.

Blog banner!

I wanted to create something simple as my first blog banner. I followed a tutorial from a magazine called Photoshop Creative to try and create a lighting effect around the text using paths, brushes and changing the opacity. This is the editing process and the final result;

Creating a Path using the Pen Tool

Adding a Stroke Path using the Brush Tool
and the Paths tab

Adding more stroke paths using
different colours and changing
the blending options

Adding Red and Yellow highlights

Adding white highlights and
changing opacity

Final Result!