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Is that what you were looking for? It's a bit of a rush job, I can clean it up if you want, but I just wanted to make sure I had the right idea going.

 

And I'd be happy to make a tutorial for you.

Okay, so I went ahead and tried my best to whip up those effects and make the banner myself. However, I can also explain it.

 

 

First, I created a single cell of diagonal bars, like so:

 

 

Then, I saved this as a pattern, where I could use pattern overlay to place a repeating set of white diagonal bars at a 45 degree angle downward over the image. This was then set to ~15% opacity. I then duplicated the original image layer, and used a layer mask to hide the bars over her and the branch thing.

 

After this, I used the pen tool to create a path in a swooshy area downward from the right corner, like on the Gali banner.

 

 

I then loaded a selection around the path, filled it with white, and dropped the opacity to 10%. This leads to the final image.

 

I can also adjust the bar size and opacity, and the white overlay's opacity, given that these are a bit less subtle than on the Gali image, upon closer inspection. But that's about how I did it. I can share the image of the bars with you. Otherwise, you can replicate all of this yourself.

 

Oh, and the new version is also about half the file size of the original, with almost no discernable drop in quality.

 

Edit: I do believe I forgot the border. Sorry about that, I'll see if I can add it. Fixed.

 

~B~

...I believe I just got owned by Ballom. xD

Wasn't intentional, but I guess you were.

 

~B~

Wow, thank Ballom! I feel kind of sorry for Alex, but it's a good thing he's an optimist. Thanks for the review, too. I might get the opportunity to work with Photoshop tommorow, and if so I'll definitely tinker around with a few new Avatar and banner ideas.

 

Your Honor,

Emperor Kraggh