| Having a custom blog has recently become the norm | | | | If you are not willing to put the time, money and effort |
| for many successful people in the blogging industry. It | | | | in learning how to use photoshop, you can look to hire |
| allows you to stand out from the masses and gives a | | | | people to build a custom blog. |
| feeling of professionalism for anyone arriving on your | | | | You can find professional graphic designers on Odesk, |
| blog. | | | | Warrior Forum & Project4Hire. There are many other |
| However, many people that get started with blogs | | | | places to find graphic designers, but these are |
| often come to a halt when it comes to customizing | | | | probably the most known. |
| their background layouts. They don't have the needed | | | | Whomever you decide to work with, make sure you |
| skills or programs available to customize their blogs | | | | are specific in your design. |
| and also don't know where to find people to perform | | | | You will be surprised what some graphic designers |
| these tasks. | | | | can actually pull off. Many designers have made a full |
| This is the purpose for this report as I have seen | | | | time living designing awesome backgrounds and have |
| many questions being asked on this topic. | | | | earned their right to do so. I have made many friends |
| The most popular program being used today to | | | | in the graphics industry that continually blow my mind |
| designing cool backgrounds for blogs is photoshop. | | | | with some cool backgrounds they come up with. |
| Photoshop is an adobe product that costs around | | | | So if you want a chrome blog with Rosewood std |
| $700. | | | | text and a lightning bolt on the right side of the page, |
| If you are new to photoshop, there can be many | | | | then ask for such. They are there to work for you, |
| hours spent learning the system as there is a major | | | | and better yet, work with you throughout the design. |
| learning curve involved. | | | | So make sure to be detailed in your background |
| If you are willing to put in the time, money and effort | | | | layouts -- whether it be awesome backgrounds, pretty |
| into learning this system, it can pay back dividends in | | | | backgrounds or cool backgrounds. |
| the long run. | | | | |