TA-DAH!
New lay-out! That's why I haven't been posting so much lately, I've spend hours and hours trying to make this one - do you realize just how much time one can spend doing this?!?! I know Ana must - and Jennifer - there's a lot of people jazzing up their blogs at the moment and I'm sooo tagging along! Maybe I have too much time, hmmm...
Anyways, it's not quiet done yet, there are still some smaller tweaks, but I've gotten to the point where I need some feed-back - so hit me, hit me hard!;-) And oh yea, are there are any PhotoShop wizards out there that have ANY idea how I might get the banner picture to look like this:
- all gauzy?. This I've done using some CSS-magic, but I can't seem to put it into my template without messing it up! I'll send you weird Danish candy for the answer! (Oh, and if you do know, holla at me at my e-mail - this is a food-blog afterall, not a CSS-nerdy blog?8-))
The original looks like this:
just in case you was wondering...
Anyways, it's not quiet done yet, there are still some smaller tweaks, but I've gotten to the point where I need some feed-back - so hit me, hit me hard!;-) And oh yea, are there are any PhotoShop wizards out there that have ANY idea how I might get the banner picture to look like this:
- all gauzy?. This I've done using some CSS-magic, but I can't seem to put it into my template without messing it up! I'll send you weird Danish candy for the answer! (Oh, and if you do know, holla at me at my e-mail - this is a food-blog afterall, not a CSS-nerdy blog?8-))
The original looks like this:
just in case you was wondering...
Comments
Melissa - re. the photoshop tip, that's what I tried, I just don't think I'm really down with the twists and turns of PhotoShop 'cause it never showed like I wanted it to... Ah well, I'll keep trying - if I can get the other thing to work... Grrrr...
Brian - thanks for the tip on Dooce - I checked it out and it is exactly that kind of step by step instruction I've needed all day! And I need to ask you too - is it ONLY the gauzy picture that doesn't show, or is the entire blog weird to look at?
And last, but not least, the ignorants (that would be me)'s question: is Safari a browser or an RSS feed thingy?? See, they really shouldn't let people that don't know enough about html mess with it... Silly Zarah!
But thanks for the info! I need it, just keep it coming!
nice changes! There is an opacity option on Photoshop that should do it for you. Its on the LAYERS tab, top right hand corner. You just drag the percentage down until it is at the right level for you.. Feel free to email me if you want me to clarify that! :)
open image
layer
new adjustment layer
brightness/contrast
then chooses a colour perhaps violet looks good, opacity then enter
take brightness up and contrast down
done :)
it looks very similar (I did an alt prtscreen)
hth :)
Love your new look! It makes it feel like a whole new experience huh?
Ana - thank you! I like your new look too!:-)
Hi Michele! Thanks for the hints - I found out my photo manipulating program is actually NOT PhotoShop, but something called PhotoPlus - silly Zarah! Nevertheless, with the hints that everyone has provided, I somehow managed to get it to work! YAY! I wouldn't be able to do it again to another photo though, LOL!
Clare - thank you and shout-outs to you too - and thanks for talking the time to try it out! As I said just before, I don't even have PhotoShop, but the instructions helped a lot anyways - they probably don't set them up too differently, those programs! And I know just what you're saying with the all new experience - everytime I go to my site and that light yellow background pops up I'm all like - wazzup?! that's not my... oh wait, it is!;-)
I might have to say it looks rather stunning. :)
I am so glad it helped. I am trying to learn my way around the program, so it is all a good learning experience.