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How-To Personalize Your Free Etsy Banner – Step Four

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Adding a Drop Shadow To Text in Pixlr

Let’s make these words look even better! Drop shadows can really add depth.

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Mouse over the text layer (Layer 1) in the layer toolbar, and right-click (ctrl-click for Mac). This opens up a little drop-down menu which has an option: “Layer Styles”.

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If you just select “Drop Shadow” it goes to the default settings, but if you click on the words, a new level of control opens up. You can play with these settings until you like the look. I changed the color of my shadow to the tan color of the banner, giving the text a cool stroked look.

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And that was it! I’m happy with it, and ready to save the image! Very simple:

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Just use the “save” button on the top left of the screen, then select where you want the file. I’d really appreciate you keeping the name as is because it will allow me to find your shops later by searching for the image name. This way we can promote shops that make our free banners look great!

You can use .jpg or .png for an Etsy banner. Set the quality high, I’d use 100%.

I hope the tutorial has been helpful! Now, if you need help putting that banner on your Etsy shop, we’ve got a short tutorial on that too!

How To Put Your Free Everything Etsy Banner On Your Etsy Shop

Comments

  1. Kirsten says

    February 10, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    Thanks so much!
    I was really fretting over my banner, but you guys made it so easy.

    Reply
  2. Danica says

    April 6, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    How cool, alot easier then learning Algebra(:

    Reply
  3. Amy says

    September 10, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    This tutorial was awesome! I am just setting up my etsy shop and this was a HUGE help! Thanks so much, and I would love for you to check it out! http://www.etsy.com/shop/apronsandart

    I will also be linking this post up to our blog to share the awesome tips!
    Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Amber says

    November 3, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    I loved this tutorial, thank you so much!!

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/imprintedpossessions

    Reply
  5. karen says

    November 30, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    Hi Kim,

    Thanks for the free banners!

    I was just thinking that my banner was looking so un-holiday’ish today. So this tute couldn’t have come at a better time!

    Thank You!!!

    P.S. Do you use Photoshop Element to created all these pretty graphics on here? I’m looking for a graphics software and I was just wondering. Thanks for your generous freebies. You are awesome!

    Reply
  6. Pam McMahon says

    December 14, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Thanks Kim! I used this and the snowman banner is great!

    Reply
  7. Kimberly says

    February 18, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    Thanks for your tutorial and banners! you are a lifesaver!!!

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/kalynnsmommy

    My Shop is no where close to what I want, but I think this does make it look a lot better!!!

    Do you have avatar buttons?

    Thanks

    Reply
  8. Allison says

    March 28, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    That was awesome. You made it all make sense. Anymore detailed tuts on more uses for this program . . . thanks so much!

    Reply
  9. SR~CM says

    May 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    THANK YOU!!!

    I *think* this came out pretty awesome. Providing a link, hope it works. In the event it does not, my etsy shop name is Summer Raynebows. Thank you so much for the free banner & thank you even more for this awesome tutorial… I love that it is more personal now. Everything Etsy rocks!!

    Reply
  10. SR~CM says

    May 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    oops, the link is def not going to work if I do not provide it, sorry.

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/SummerRaynebows?ref=si_shop

    Reply
  11. Shannon says

    June 27, 2011 at 11:45 pm

    My banner and avatar look awesome! thanks for the tutorial!

    Reply
  12. Kali says

    July 22, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    Thanks so much for the banner! I love it 🙂

    Reply
  13. Sunil Jadhav says

    August 11, 2011 at 4:37 am

    Thanks for great tip…

    Thanks a lot……….

    Reply
  14. Alisa says

    September 20, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Thank you so much for the banner and the walk through! I love my new banner!!!
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowborden1

    Reply
  15. Naomi says

    May 4, 2012 at 10:48 am

    Thank you so much for the free banner and “how to”! I too, was sweating the whole banner thing but you made it so easy!
    Thanks again! 🙂

    Reply
  16. Kim @ Everything Etsy says

    May 4, 2012 at 11:04 am

    Naomi — Your banner looks great! I’m so happy to be able to help! 🙂

    ~Kim

    Reply
  17. Diana says

    July 10, 2012 at 10:39 am

    Thanks a lot for this info!!!! I’m definitely using one of your templates while I decide on the final one for the store.

    Reply
  18. Beth says

    January 15, 2013 at 9:46 am

    I can’t thank you enough! I would have never been able to figure this out on my own. I searched and searched for banners and this free one is the cutest! And just what I had in mind. Your directions for adding text are simple and clear. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    Reply
  19. April says

    February 13, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Thank you so much for the help. The Banner was starting to drive me crazy!

    Reply
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