tip:

Affiliate banners have standard sizes the standard size below is 120x240 pixels, to see a full listing of all web-banner sizes click here.

Step 1: First create a a new image, make the background transparent, and the size 120 pixels wide by 240 pixels tall *note see the tip above to see about standard web banner sizes.

按此在新窗口浏览图片 Step 2: Now you are going to want to create the shape of the affiliate banner using the rectangle tool set the radius of the tool to 10px put the cursor near the top left hand corner of the document and drag down towards the bottom right of the document. *Note* If you want to use the same color scheme we use, remember to set the foreground color to: #009543; Or you can fool around with a color you think would look good, or better portray your message.

按此在新窗口浏览图片 Step 3: Next apply a stroke to the layer,

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to create a Layer style click on the 按此在新窗口浏览图片

I applied the following settings.

按此在新窗口浏览图片 Step 4: We are now going to be adding some glow effects to the banner, first make a new layer, by clicking on the new layer button , make a selection of about the top 4th of the rounded rectangle box, now select the gradient tool REMEMBER!! to set the foreground color to #00F943 and the gradient from solid to transparent.

按此在新窗口浏览图片 To come out with:

按此在新窗口浏览图片 note how the solid to transparent gradient is selected, as well as the correct foreground color

Step 5: Now we are going to do about the same thing just a more subdued gradient, pull out the marquee tool again 按此在新窗口浏览图片

, remember to keep the same settings as the previous step and use the gradient tool like so *note how we don't "pull" the gradient all the way through the marquee this allows for a more "blended look":

按此在新窗口浏览图片 That should produce this:

按此在新窗口浏览图片 And that is about it, I borrowed some photos from MorgueFile.com A great website that offers free professional stock photos. I cropped the images from there and positioned them on top of that banner, then added the Monkey Feather Logo (MonkeyFeather.com is a high quality hosting company that psdesignzone.com recommends above any other!) and some other advertising text with an outer glow to get a decent looking affiliate banner like below: