simple photoshop question?

Question

i am not very good with photoshop (actually i am a beginner) and i want a background for my website with stripes (like the one from yahoo answers header - green with white stripes).
please help me with some guidelines for achieving this.
thank you

Answer 1

create a new document at maybe 7x7 pixels or any size as long as its small make sure your image background is transparent and then zoom in to as far as you can go and get your pencil tool and in what ever color, in the top left hand corner click there and work your way down towards the right bottom hand corner, when done go click on edit and go down to define pattern and that will be saved for you to use later on, when you create a banner or whatever when in your blending options or layer style you can use that pattern overlay to repeat in any image and text or whatever you so desire.
hope that helps.

Answer 2

1.) In the color picker, set the colors you want.
2.) Create a new layer (go the layers window, and click on the little 'piece of paper'-looking-icon). This new layer is called "Layer 1".
3.) Take the line tool, and hold shift down while you click and drag from top to bottom going at a 45 degree angle. This will ensure you get a perfectly angled line.
4.) Set the other color to be the active one by clicking on it.
5.) Use the magnifying glass to zoom in as much as possible.
6.) Put the cursor as close as possible to the other line, and repeat step 3. Zoom out.
7.) Click-and-drag Layer 1 onto the New Layer Icon (the little piece of paper icon). This will duplicate Layer 1, and call the new layer "Layer 1 copy".
8.) Click the Arrow icon in the toolbar, and then press the left arrow on your keyboard until your new layer is next to your old layer (you should see four lines, two light, two dark).
9.) Click "Layer" -> "Merge Down" (this will combine Layer 1 and Layer 1 Copy).
10.) Repeat steps 7 through 9 until your screen is full.

For larger lines (I assume you're using Photoshop 6, if not, consult your manual), when you have the line tool selected, at the top of the screen, you can set the width of the line in pixels.

Yahoo uses (what looks like, without actually examining it up close) a light green line of four pixels and a dark green line of one pixel (both anti-aliased [not jagged, but soft appearance]).

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Simple get started by ofcourse drawing out the normal rectangle using the rectangle tool. Go to the WINDOW (on the toolbar) drop down menu and check the "styles" pallette. Once styles pallette is part of you photoshop window, click the small arrow on the top right corner of the pallette and youll get a drop down menu with all different styles, select the last one on the bottom-"web styles." Once the web styles are aprt of the pallette, on the web styles goto the style named TUXEDO (its not titled, but ull see the title if you have your mouse over it, found on the 4th row of the web styles pallette. Youll get a white bacground with lines, since you want a green one, from the LAYERS pallette double click on the icon that looks like an F and change the color (color overlay) once you get the FX window.
Hope you do go through.

Best of luck.

Answer 4

Hello Dear
It is very difficult to write step by step banner design in here but you can make it by selection tools , paint Tool Text Tool and ...
For more Information go to Apple site tutorial section or in Google search type photoshop tutorial .
Good luck

Answer 5

find a background and download it