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screencasts:making_a_header_image [2019/06/11 22:26]
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screencasts:making_a_header_image [2019/06/11 22:34]
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 After adjusting the width, we now want to change the height without warping the image. We will now move on to cropping. ​ After adjusting the width, we now want to change the height without warping the image. We will now move on to cropping. ​
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 +==== Crop ====
  
 Click the crop symbol, which is below the arrow crossed symbol. Change the height to 720, click "​Apply"​ and then "​Save"​. ​ Click the crop symbol, which is below the arrow crossed symbol. Change the height to 720, click "​Apply"​ and then "​Save"​. ​
  
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-For saving, you will want to keep the image as a JPG, keep the resolution as HIGH. Click "​Download"​. ​ 
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-==== Crop ==== 
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-{{ :​screencasts:​crop.png?​200 |}} 
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-Cropping is like taking scissors to your picture. ​ You're effectively just getting a piece of the image instead of the whole thing. ​ This is useful if you want to snip out a person from a group photo, change the focus of an image to a house instead of the trees around it, or hide some cars in the driveway of a property. 
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-{{ :​screencasts:​pixcrop1.jpg?​600 |}} 
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-To crop an image to the landscape image size, input the width and height in the boxes below the image. ​ **Don'​t touch the other buttons. ​ The selected button should be "​X:​Y"​!** ​ Once you've adjusted the size, just move the box around by dragging-and-dropping it to the image you would like.  When you're happy with the result, click on "​Apply"​ in the bottom-right. 
  
 ==== Saving the Image ==== ==== Saving the Image ====
  
-Once you've resized your image to the correct sizeclick on "Save" ​in the top-left of your window. ​ You'll be taken to a screen like the one below.+For saving, ​you will want to keep the image as a JPGkeep the resolution as HIGH. Click "Download"​. ​
  
-{{ :screencasts:save_image.png?nolink ​|}} +{{:undefined:pxlrxrar6.jpg?700|}}
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-Enter a filename into the box above. ​ In this case, we've named our file "​victoria_resized"​. ​ Click on "​Save"​ and you're done!+
  
  
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 Go to the "​Template Options"​ tab and scroll down to "​Header Image"​. Go to the "​Template Options"​ tab and scroll down to "​Header Image"​.
  
-{{ :​screencasts:​headerimage1_1.jpg?700 |}}+{{:​screencasts:​screen_shot_2019-06-11_at_5.30.51_pm.png?700|}}
  
 Scroll down until you find the "​Header Image" setting and click on the icon to the right of the file-path. Scroll down until you find the "​Header Image" setting and click on the icon to the right of the file-path.
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 ===== Uploading the Logo ===== ===== Uploading the Logo =====
  
-Simply **repeat the procedure you followed for the landscape image** outlined above; however, instead of modifying the "​Header Image" setting, **modify the "​Header Logo"​** setting. +Click [[http://docs.realgeeks.com/​uploading_your_logo|here]] to learn how to create/add a logo.
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-{{ :screencasts:​header_logo.png?​nolink ​|}} +
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-//The logo dimensions are 400 x 86 pixels.// +
screencasts/making_a_header_image.txt · Last modified: 2020/05/28 19:32 by michaels