Working with Images

Make a Logo Banner

You May Need to Increase the Image Area

If your logo is not horizontal, but round or squarish like the A&Eagle shown above, you may wish to make a horizontal Logo Banner by adding your company name next to the logo. In this case, you need to increase the image's "paper size" (the image area) so you'll have an area for the text to go into. Scroll to the bottom of this page or click here to see the finished Logo Banner.

2. Resize the paper/image area without Resizing the Image:

Select from the Menu:
Image>Paper Size

The dialog box which open shows the size of the image in inches. We recommend that you change "inches" to "pixels" so that these directions are easier to follow.

For a discussion of pixels and images, please read "What is a pixel?" from the "About Image Size" page.

Roll the mouse over the image to see the image described in pixels.

3. Move the logo to the left side of the banner:

Click the mouse on the logo, and holding down the left mouse button, drag the logo into the desired position, then release the mouse button.

Close the dialog box by clicking on OK.

You have now increased the "paper" size, also sometimes referred to as the "canvas" size.

Here is what your logo now looks like in the work area of Photopaint. The image in this case is the area which is white, with the A&Eagle placed on the left side of the image.

The light grey surrounding the white area is just part of the image window and is not part of the image.

4. Type your company name

Choose the type tool .

Select the font and font size and justification (left, center or right). Type your company name in the image area.

5. Export as gif

From the File menu, choose Export.

In the Export dialog box, make sure that the box "Files of type:" reads GIF-CompuServe Bitmap.

Give your new image a new name and click "Save."

Now you have a nice logo banner for your website. You can upload it to your image directory and then add it to your web site. See "Uploading Images" and "Add a Logo to Your Site" for more information.