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Looks good until now. I'll will have a second look at your PSD file later this day.

Some advice: you should really use layer sets Realneed4speed, name them and also name each single layer. It will be easier for you to control the different elements once you have them in these groups or sets. Trust me, Photoshop will be much more fun once you have your layers organized.

Your layers palette is kinda messy now if you don't mind me saying so.
 
im really sorry!!! :(.. i forgot to clean it up for u guys :(.. and please do look ;) .. and give me feedback.. I will start to organize from now on.. u are right. i waste alot of searching for stuff [sleepy]
 
Like to offer help/suggestions here realneed4speed... but i'm not real clear on exactly what it is you think you need help with?

What exactly are you looking for?

I think the design as it sits now looks fine. [excited]
 
theKeeper said:
Like to offer help/suggestions here realneed4speed... but i'm not real clear on exactly what it is you think you need help with?

What exactly are you looking for?

I think the design as it sits now looks fine. [excited]


wow thanx
 
perhaps unify the template with a 1 or 2 pt outline.

Not sure you realy need the bevelled look on the sides and bottom. They are more suited to tech interfaces etc where its a complete thing. I think keeping it simple is the best way to go with that design you have got.

I like the header and what I assume to be the nav bar at top.
 
Ok well... my first thought then would be to use a specific theme that suits the subject matter of the site.

"Motor Sports"

Have a look at some vehicles in motor sports... pinch a few ideas from them on colour shemes, pinstiping, fonts, etc...
And use photos/images that are from motor sports to unify your theme. Use them a 'window dressing' for the page design.

Remember to optimize the images though. Especially photos.
 
realneed4speed, when optimizing images for the web, there's always a tradeoff between small file sizes and image quality. Different people have different methods; here's how I do it.

In the Save for Web dialog, make sure you have the 4-up showing. Then in one of the windoids, show a gif, in another a jpeg. I usually start very low, in the case of a gif, depending on the image, with 4-8 colors. If that looks horrible, bump it up until it looks acceptable. Fool with dithering, too. You can also "lock" important colors. Often, dithering can dramatically save file size and make the image look better too. But then, sometimes not...each image is different.

Same thing with the jpeg. Start low, work your way up until the image is acceptable looking. Keep an eye on the file sizes as you work. Sometimes, a very slight blur helps, too.

In general, use jpeg for photographic images and gif for flat color, particularly if there's text.

There's no one answer that works for all images; thing to do is play around with the Save for Web dialog until you see the image you like, and an acceptable file size. Keep in mind your entire web page when looking at file sizes; a 30kb image may not seem large, unless you have ten of them on the same page!
 

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