How To Easily Create An Animated Banner with link For Advert, Website and blog

Animated banner with click-able link made easy.

Easily create a banner offline in less than 5min

Today I am going to show you how to easily create an animated banner for your website, blog, campaign, programme etc.

Some say banner is dead or no longer effective. But that is a fallacy in the highest order.

Banners can be image/text graphically representing a more larger content of interest used to draw attention of interested users.

Banners can be static or animated. For this tutorials, I will show you how to easily create an animated and click-able banner. Click-able in the sense that, when clicked, it can direct readers to the main content.

After this tutorial, you won't bother about how to create a banner for your website or blog nor will you have to budget money to give to someone who can.

Things you must have to create an animated banner

1. Computer
2. Adobe Photoshop
3. knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
4. Design sense (Good if you must attract readers)
5. Glass of water (Mandatory lol)

if you have all this things ready, then you're set.

Am going to use a simple background image with text, then I'll animate the text.

With this you should be able to design any animated banner with links within.

Step 1

Open the Adobe Photoshop (am using an old one)

GOTO file and click on the new.

Something like the image below will show up.. this is where you will determine the width and height of the banner. (that is, if you are starting from the scratch) Am going to use 200 width and 400 height.

Step 2

If you have a background already, then all you need is to apply the text you want animate. If you're starting from the scratch, then draw a rectangle or any shape you want your banner to be. Then fill it with color you like... you can see my example below.

Step 3

write the text you want to apply separately but properly aligned.

Example... Sharelodge shares anythings because sharing is passion to us

click me to visit.

The words are align together but are all written differently so that each of them can be animated separately. As you see below

Dont understand?

If you wish to animate different words on the image then you have to write them separately. By first selecting the text tool to write. After writing, select the path selection tool just opposite to tell the computer you are done writing. Then the computer will treat it as a stand alone word. To write another word or sentence, follow the same process of selecting the text tool after you are done writing, select the path selection tool.

You can move the words so that you can align it. By first selecting the layer that contain the word, then select the move tool to move the words.

Step 4

Now to animate, you have to switch to image-ready. It can be found on the window menu bar for those using higher version or on the tool bar(the last tool on the menu) for those using older version.

To animate, we will make use of eye-like icon found on the layers menu which indicate layer visibility and the opacity which is use to fade text in and out.

Below is a picture of what you will see after switching.

Step 5

The layer menu becomes larger, and a new animation menu appears below.

Click on the paper like icon to duplicate layers as much as the animation will take.

Here am duplicating it into 10 layers.
(Am using a different banner here. don't know how i lost the one am using for tutorial)
if you look at the image you will see that the animation layer has been duplicated

Step 6

Now we will start the animating proper.

To make the PASSION blink. We will have to click on the eye-like icon on the make the passion invisible.

We will start with the second frame. Click on the eye-like icon to make the PASSION invisible on this frame.( the eye-like icon is beside the layer that contain the text “PASSION”)

Now skip the third frame because it contains what we have just made invisible on the second frame.

Go to the fourth frame and click on the eye-like icon to also make it invisible.

Skip the fifth frame as it contains text we have just made invisible

Go to the six frame and click on the eye-like icon to make it invisible. Continue until you're satisfied.(like off and on).

Click on the play button beneath the animation menu to see how it work. You can adjust the delay by clicking on the little arrow beside the seconds.

(always remember to select the frame you want to work on, on the animation menu(below) and the layer which contain what you want to animate on the layers menu(left)

Play around to see if you're good to go. (good to go good to go good to go. That's a slang youth corps when they ready for action)

Step 7

To make text fade in and out you have to make use of opacity..

opacity can make a text fade out and and fade in by reducing the opacity of the selected frame(animation menu) and selected layer(layer menu).

This is what it means.

We have already establish a blinking PASSION. Now we want to animate another word on the banner. To do this we have to select the frame we want to start from on the animation menu.

Will select frame 1. now to select which word to animate, we will select the particular layer that contain the word on the layer menu. After that selecting, reduce the opacity of the word so that the word will fade.

Select frame 2. now select the same layer and increase a the opacity a bit, select frame 3 repeat same until you use 100% opacity. Click play buttons to see how it works

You can also change position of word by changing there direction from frame to frame.

Step 8

To save, go to file and select save optimised or save to web and give it a name. You are done.

Upload it to imageshack or related site.

Now to make it click-able, get the site address of your uploaded image

example: http://imageshack.com/42dfr4t

Now use this

<a href=”http;//site where you want to direct people to.com”><img src=”http://site of your uploaded banner.com” width=”adjust it with number” height=”adjust it with number” alt=” alternate name for your banner”/></a>

highlighted words are optional

now insert the code where you want it to appear on your website or blog.
anyone who click on the banner will be directed to the link on it.

Congrats..... you can leave a comment or question and sure I will do a follow up on it.....

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HOW TO EASILY CREATE A COVER PAGE FOR EBOOK IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTE

I know you are here mainly because you wish to know how to quickly and easily create a cover page for your e-book.

I can boldly tell you have been a victim of surfing the entire web for an easy way without have to go through the process of editing, cropping, warping, perspective editing and the likes.

First let me say congrats on your new e-book, and I know that is the main reason you're here today.

Creating a cover page doesn't have to be that daunting with the right template and tools at your disposal, you could easily create an an attractive cover page -- all without fancy design programs, huge budgets, or hiring contractors.

Hope you know attractive cover page can drive sales to your e-book just as a cover page of a book in the library can drive a user to pick it up.

Let's dive into the real deal of today..

Things you need right now to make it all quick

1. A must download template. Get it here cover template
2. You need Adobe Photoshop
3. Your designed background (you must have a background for the cover page. This contain title, image, author's name and the like) if you don't have, I can create one for you immediately for $2
4. Computer (without it you can do nothing)
5. Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop

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Step one

I assume you have downloaded it.

Unzip the file to a location you can remember.

Step two

Open Adobe Photoshop, depending on the version, locate where action command is. Mine can be found at the location where the arrows are pointing.

To load the downloaded file click on the » that's what the black stroke is pointing at.

          After clicking the », you will see a pop up. Locate load action and click on it.

Now locate where you unzip the file and open any of the template. For this tutorial we are making use of paperback

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After loading the paperback, nothing happen on the screen but when you look at the action panel. The red pointing at it (look at the image above this one), you will see that the paperback as been loaded into it with it name to signify it has been loaded

If there are too many files, on the action panel, delete all of them by selecting and clicking on the icon that looks like a recycle bin beneath

If every thing is cleared, then go back to the process loading the template. After loading, you will see only Paperback book.

          Step three

To load the template click on the icon that looks like play beside the PaperBack Book

          you will see two drop down also having play buttons beside it.

Select Step 1 (don't click on play just click on the step 1 to select).

Now click on the play button below(arrow pointing at it)

After that the paperback load itself. Wait until you see a pop up. Click on the stop within the pop up. You will get something like this screen shot.

Step four

you can modify the color of the paperback but most important, change the color of the spine and the text within it.

You can do these by first selecting the content you need to edit on the layout menu beneath the action menu if not, you won't be able to edit. If you're editing the spine, select it on the layout, go back to select paint bucket tool on the toolbar, select the color you want, go back to the spine and then fill.

Step five

Look for your background image that you have created initially, drag and drop it on the template. Use control+t to align the image to fit and cover the Paperback book written on it.

But it should not cover the the spine.

Now click on any toolbar you will see a pop up prompting apply to changes. Click ok

After that go to the layout and click on the lock icon to lock the background image you just added. Initially the background template is locked. So you're going to have two locks.

See image below

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        Step six

Now go back to Step three above and select step 2. Now click on the play below just as we did before.

Sit and relax... let Adobe perform the magic.

Below is the final outcome. But not the end

Step seven

Go to the layout, scroll down to template background (not the background image you created). You will see a eye-like icon beside it. Click on it to remove. This is to make the cover page background transparent.

Step 8

Go to file and click save as web in other version I think it should be named optimisation.

After loading, the file becomes too large.

Next, locate image size on the left bar and change the width to 400. hit apply.

Lastly.. make sure you the Transparency is stick and set it to PNG-24.

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HIT SAVE... AND CONGRAT, YOU'RE DONE.

NOW YOU CAN CREATE AS MUCH EBOOK COVER AS YOU LIKE.

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For undergraduate and postgraduate.

I remember when i was a student; my project supervisor really frustrated me that i finally had to pay my way out with $197, at that time of the year, that money was much for a graduating student. I never knew i could do the project myself with relevant material related to the topic, not until after my very good girlfriend ask me for help on her project. I made research and find out that i could solve her problem with just a token (paying for relevant materials to support her) and it really did help her scale through the difficulties she was initially facing. Now am bring these same help to Sharelodge. i will be rendering same help to anyone in the world who cares.

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How hobbies can kill or give your CV/Resume a chance ahead

Never neglect the place of hobbies in a resume

One of the most neglected parts of a resume is “Hobbies” it is usually located before the reference. Experience and observation have shown that graduates don’t understand what a hobby is or that they don’t know how to apply it in their resume or curriculum vitae.

Like other section in a resume, hobby has a crucial part as it helps to create a spider web link to one of the sections in a resume most specially the skills and ability section.
Hobby section deserves the same time devoted when writing other section. Many resume as failed because of this section. The question is how?

1. Your hobby above other things, tell your recruiter more about your social life.
2. What you do when you’re not working
3. How you manage your time
4. How you use your skills and ability in an informal settings
5. Your availability for team work.

With this 5 point, you can see a gap in your resume when you neglect the place of hobby.
No recruiters would want to employ a robot as employee. Hobby gives your recruiter a clearer picture of you. One of the benefit of hobby in a resume is that is can create an atmosphere for discussion with your recruiters during the job interview.
Now that you know the important of hobby, you should be careful not to lie or list all the hobbies you can think of. Three to four is enough. You might want to ask why.

If you list all the hobbies you can think about, then your recruiter might be force to think that you might never have time to do any formal work outside the work environment.
So what are you waiting for, start editing your resume if you have one already.
And remember, except you are writing a general resume (fresh graduate), try to tailor your hobby to match your job specification and not just that, make sure there is a linking or connection with your skills and ability or other section in the resume.
Example
If you write internet research as one of your skills then there should be reading or writing in your hobby... there is a link between internet research and writing/reading. This is just a sample. There can be other things which can link each other in a resume apart from the example above and below.
Creative thinking can link chess/Sudoku/scrabble game

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HOW A FRESH GRADUATE SHOULD WRITE A RESUME.
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How to get that dream job

For fresh graduate...

Are you a fresh graduate with little or no experience in working in that dream job of yours?
Well don’t think further, you can get that job. But how?
When you see a job opening advert but it is not in anyway related to your field of study and you think the job is not meant for you. The truth is, you can still apply. It is not a limitation but an invitation to sell yourself to the prospective employer.
Another way fresh graduate limit themselves is when they see a job opening advert with the requirement of 3-5 year experience. Since they are still fresh from the university, the job is not meant for them. Like i said earlier, it is an invitation and not a limitation. It all depends on packaging.
I remember when i was still serving (NYSC), i sent my resume to different organisations through a job website and i have no experience that was required from them. The next day, i got a message from one of them to come for job interview
Two days after i got the first job interview message, another job interview was sent to me. In one week, i got five job interviews. In did not move out of my room to look for job. All i did was to make use of information resources in the World Wide Web. And did you know i did not go for any of the interviews?

Well i was not chanced neither in a rush.
But how did i manage to get such job interviews so fast without any experience?
It was all simply packaging embedded in my resume.
To get that dream job of yours, you must know how to write a resume. Not the copy and paste type of resume. I have seen many graduates using the same old format to write a resume. If you don’t know the old format, then wait for my next article on “how a fresh graduate should to write a resume” even on the web i seen have articles that teaches how to write a resume but they don't teach this things on the individual perspective. That is, the content of a resume should be in uniformity with the qualities of the writer/owner...
I know this article will be incomplete without the next article but if you know how to write a fresh graduate/entry level resume already, then sit down and repackage your resume. Look at your propspective organisation's goal, value and objectives, what do they produce or what kind of service do they render. What category of people do the employ, what is their history, why are they seeking for a new work force in this section/department etc. This are some of the questions that if answered can help you formulate an attractive resume. In this present generation, resume is no longer about you but also about your prospective organisation.
If you have a resume and you want to check if it is employable, i will advise you to submit your resume to PushCV.
They can help you out if you still need some correction.. i will also be kind enough to review the first 50 resume i get in my email for free.
So don't be limited by job adverts, your only limitation is your resume.

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