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How-To Personalize Your Free Etsy Banner – Step Four

Back to step three

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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

  5. karen says

    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!

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  9. SR~CM says

    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

  15. Naomi says

    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

  17. Diana says

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

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  18. Beth says

    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
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