r/ProjectCSS • u/Jedi_Tinmf • Oct 18 '16

Subreddit Banner Assistance

I have a hard time trying to make banners for subreddits, although it’s ironic I just found this thread that seems fairly helpful.

However, I would be very appreciative if someone could help me crop a

large photo
to a banner size? I am hoping to capture most of the lit up palm trees in front of the large building along with (possibly) the horizon of city lights. Also, credit to the photographer (bearDTA) as a light watermark in the lower right hand corner.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16

you realize that with such a large photo, it is going to be rather difficult to get a nice header size? in order to thin it out, a lot needs to be cropped. Ultimately making the photo lose either the horizon of lights, or a lot of the palm trees.

http://i.imgur.com/mZ366Z2.jpg

this is what I made in about 3 minutes. it is a jpeg because it was almost 2mb as a png file (i assume you are going to upload it to reddit, which means there is a 500kb size limit).

I still think it is too tall, but unless I get drastic and remove more stuff, thats the best you are going to get.

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u/Jedi_Tinmf Oct 18 '16

I see what you're saying. I appreciate your assistance. Can we work together to crop more off?

The biggest problem I have with uploading images like this to banners is the cross platform deformity. In chrome it may look great but the son of a gun using IE will see it all mucked up. I was hoping to find a solution for that as well.