Tutorial to Make an Etsy Store Banner in Seashore

In this tutorial to make an Etsy store banner in Seashore, I'll be concentrating on showing you the tools and features within this image editor that you'll need to create a basic banner. Seashore is a free and open source image editor based on a subset of GIMP's code, but that runs natively on OS X on Apple Mac machines. The result is an attractive application that offers a more coherent user experience than GIMP, which always looks slightly out of place on an Apple Mac.

If you've not heard of Seashore, you've almost certainly heard of Etsy and are probably here because you want to try your hand at running your own Etsy store. An attractive banner is important to help your store stand out and, while you could employ a specialist to create one for you, this tutorial will introduce you to the basics of making an Etsy store banner.

I'm not going to spend any time worrying about the aesthetics of a store banner as that's a subject that could fill several books without fully covering the subject. Instead I'm just going to give you enough information so that you can use Seashore to make an Etsy store banner. I'm assuming that if you're selling your products on Etsy you've got your own creative vision of a stylish banner and will be able to use this tutorial to convert that vision into a file ready for upload to your Etsy store. I'm sure your designs will outshine Imagey Wimagey's banner, my fictional photo prints store established solely for this tutorial.

If you've not got Seashore installed on your Apple Mac, you can download a copy from Seashore's Sourceforge site.

Once you've got Seashore installed, move onto the following pages and learn how to use this free user-friendly image editor to make your own Etsy store banner.

• Tutorial to Make an Etsy Store Banner in Seashore
• Open a New Document
• Set the Background Color of the Etsy Banner
• Add an Image to Your Etsy Store Banner
• Scale Your Etsy Store Banner Image
• Add Text to Your Etsy Store Banner
• Save Your Etsy Store Banner