2010 Banner Picture

Here is the site link:

Hmmmmm….link did not work. Try this:

https://www.advancedambition.com

start with an image that is larger than the banner size, then crop and resize it.

this way you will avoid pixelation.
if you scale a small image to a larger size, you will get what you already have in your banner.

The photo is bigger than the banner size. That’s part of the problem. It is very difficult to get a picture that is not larger then the banner picture. 940 x 148 is pretty small.

resizing an image to a smaller size should generally not result in pixelation.

maybe try a different (free) image editing program.
for instance online https://pixlr.com/ ;
or more advanced download https://www.gimp.org/

if you could post a link to the original sized image, and state the image editing program you are using, someone might have a suggestion.

I used:

https://www.shrinkpictures.com/ and

https://www.picresize.com/

I will try the other ones you posted. I cannot link the original since it is not online. I bought it from a stock site and it now on my hard drive.

The photo editors you linked were nicer that what I used. However, I am still struggling to get the picture to 940 x 198 without cutting too much out of the photo.

Just thought of something. Is there a code I can use that will allow me to use a larger photo? 424 x 262 would work great as far as the photo is concerned but can I increase what the banner will allow?

you could change the size (change the height only) in functions.php of the theme (around line 105):

// The height and width of your custom header. You can hook into the theme's own filters to change these values.
	// Add a filter to twentyten_header_image_width and twentyten_header_image_height to change these values.
	define( 'HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH', apply_filters( 'twentyten_header_image_width', 940 ) );
	define( 'HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT', apply_filters( 'twentyten_header_image_height', 198 ) );

it is still advisable to start with an image that is larger than that (or at least as large) in width.
your example 428 x 262 would still be stretched more than twice horizontally, which might again lead to pixellation.

Ugggghhhhh…There has to be a way to do this. It is a weird size and I am sure others have made it work with this template.

If you want to keep the Twenty Ten look, and don’t want to edit the functions.php file (which is not a good idea anyway – whatever you do will be lost the next time you upgrade the theme), I suggest my Twenty Ten child theme, Twenty Ten Weaver that will let you adjust the height of the banner to whatever size you need.

If you can maintain the width and adjust the height, this is a very easy solution – you can simply use the theme admin panel to do this. But while you’re at it, the new theme lets you easily adjust all sort of things like colors, sidebars, fonts, and much more without having to edit any files or anything else.

I changed the template to Weaver. Still when I go to add a banner picture, I see that it still needs to be 940 x 198. The current template shows I am using weaver but the picture editing still performs the same.

Anyone? There has to be a solution to this.

Try This software, I have the paid version as you get many more samples, the free version may do what you want.

main Website:
https://www.xheader.com/

Tutorials:
https://www.xheader.com/website_header_graphics_tutorial.html

David

Sorry I wasn’t more specific, but you have to use the Twenty Ten Weaver theme configuration control panel to change the height of the banner image before you try to upload the new banner. (The theme only supports the default 940 width, but will let you set the height to anything, including 0 to hide it. The image height is in the Main Options tab of the theme options.