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Tryin' To Get The Hang Of This Banner Thing
3 months ago
A couple of years ago when I started my Patreon, they wanted a banner and gave me parameters, which I tried to use to create a masthead for the page. Half of the title got cropped off. Oh well.
I'd been meaning to customize my page banner here for a while with a "Carry On" title card, but it wasn't a high priority. Tonight I decided to see what would happen if I loaded that Patreon banner.
Their parameters are wildly different, 1850px wide by 300px high compared to the 700 px wide for Patreon. I stuck it on a black base as wide as required, and I had the 300px, and it still cuts off the upper part of the title with the tool bar.
I'll probably have to go back to square one and create something specifically for the FA parameters. I realize this isn't rocket science, but it is pretty frustrating that I can't seem to manage such a basic bit of graphic design.
I'd been meaning to customize my page banner here for a while with a "Carry On" title card, but it wasn't a high priority. Tonight I decided to see what would happen if I loaded that Patreon banner.
Their parameters are wildly different, 1850px wide by 300px high compared to the 700 px wide for Patreon. I stuck it on a black base as wide as required, and I had the 300px, and it still cuts off the upper part of the title with the tool bar.
I'll probably have to go back to square one and create something specifically for the FA parameters. I realize this isn't rocket science, but it is pretty frustrating that I can't seem to manage such a basic bit of graphic design.
Or maybe I'll just make up something new, since the safari part of the story ended several years ago, anyway.
I basically just wanted to get an idea of what it would look like tonight.
Vix
But I think I just have to remake the banner from the original art to conform to the size parameters. The width doesn't bother me, it's that the title and the giraffe's head get covered by the tool bar.
Why say "1850 pixels wide" if you actually mean "1000 pixels wide?!" >:(
So I figured the actual pixel width had to be around 1100 or so (not the 1800 the guidelines say), and cropped the original file, and then it fit.