Simplicity itself! Learn how to create a banner image with free photo-editing software Gimp.

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How to
Create a
Banner
Image with
GIMP

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This how-to
guide will
take you step
by step....

3. Turning This:

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If you haven’t downloaded GIMP, head to
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ now.

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Now head to your favorite free image provider.
(We like freepik.com)

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Search for “wave” or any other design
element which can be worked to a banner.

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Download the file and open it in Gimp.

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Before we edit the image, we want to be sure we’
ll have a png file (transparent background) when
we’re done.
To do this, ensure you’ve added
an “Alpha Channel” to your layer.
Simply right click on the layer
and choose ‘Add Alpha Channel”.
This means that any erasing we
do will give us a transparent
background.

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The simplest way to remove any unwanted parts
of your image is often to do it by color.
At the top navigation bar, choose
Select and then “By Color”.
Select the color section you want
to remove within the image.

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This allows you remove large sections of the image
without eliminating the areas you want.

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Once you’ve erased what you don’t want, resize
your image to your desired banner-width.
The easiest way to do this in
GIMP is to select the area you
want (simply done with the
square select tool in your
toolbox).
Then head up to Image on the
navigation bar and choose “Fit
Canvas to Selection.”

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To re-color your image, head up to “Colors” on the
Navigation bar and select “Colorize”

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Rather than saving your image, remember to
export it.
If you simply hit “save”, your
banner will save as an XCF file,
which is unusable to almost
every other platform (including
Google Drive).

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Import your banner image to your Master Theme
in Google Presentations.

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And you’re done!

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loves helping our readers.
Or, book a one-on-one conversation with one of our marketing
success leads and they can help you out.
Thanks for reading!