$99 Websites + Website Design: How to Create a Sports Banner Template

Final product image — What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a sports banner template in Photoshop. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create the effect, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

What You Will Learn in This Sports Banner Tutorial

How to create a banner design for a sports day
How to add text information and a call to action for sports templates
How to add a photo with a Photoshop action applied
How to add a border to a sports banner

What You'll Need

To recreate the design above, you will need the following resources:

1. How to Start Creating a Sports Banner

First, create a new file. To create a new file, go to File > New and set the Width to 970 px and Height to 250 px as shown below:

creating new sports banner templates file

2. How to Create the Discount Field

Step 1

In this section, we are going to create the discount field. Choose the Rectangle Tool, click anywhere inside the canvas to create a new rectangle, and set the Width to 300 px and Height to 250 px.

Step 2

Press Control-A on your keyboard to make a selection of the whole canvas. Then, choose the Move Tool (V), and click on the Align Vertical Center and Align Left Edges to align this layer both vertically and horizontally. After that, press Control-T to open up the transform options, Right-click anywhere inside the canvas, choose Distort, and transform the layer as shown below:

Step 3

Name this layer Photo Background. Then, go to File > Place Embedded, select the photo from the first stock photo link, and click Place. Then, set the Width and Height of the photo to 30%, position it as shown below, and name this layer Photo_1.

Step 4

Now press Control-Alt-G on your keyboard to create a clipping mask. Then, select the Photo Background layer and Alt-click and drag this layer to the top of the layers in the Layers panel to create a copy of this layer in this position. After that, Double-click on this new layer thumbnail and choose the color #ff0000 as shown below:

Step 5

Change the Opacity of this layer to 90% and name it Shading.

Step 6

Now choose the Horizontal Type Tool (T), and set the font to Montserrat, font style to Medium, font size to 35 px, alignment to Center, and color to #ffffff. Then, in the Character panel, check the All Caps option. After that, click anywhere inside the canvas, type the text "50% off", and position this layer with the coordinates X: 130.00 px and Y: 97.73 px.

Step 7

Select the Shading layer, choose the Horizontal Type Tool (T), and set the font to Montserrat, font style to Light, font size to 15 px, alignment to Center, and color to #ffffff. Then, in the Character panel, check the All Caps option and set the Tracking to 100. After that, click anywhere inside the canvas, type the text "Sitewide", and position this layer with the coordinates X: 130.75 px and Y: 129.58 px.

Step 8

Now choose the Rectangle Tool, click anywhere inside the canvas to create a new rectangle, and set the Width to 25 px and Height to 1 px.

Step 9

Control-click on the Sitewide layer thumbnail to make a selection of this layer, and choose Align Vertical Center to align this layer vertically. Then, Control-click on the 50% Off layer thumbnail to make a selection of this layer and choose Align Left Edges to align this layer horizontally.

Step 10

Now Double-click on this layer thumbnail and choose the color #ffffff as shown below. Name this layer HL_1.

Step 11

Press Control-J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer, and drag this new layer just below the HL_1 layer in the Layers panel. Then, Control-click on the 50% Off layer thumbnail to make a selection of this layer and choose Align Right Edges to align this layer horizontally. Name this layer HL_2.

Step 12

Now select the HL_1 layer and Control-click on the HL_2 layer to select both layers at the same time. Then, go to Layer > New > Group from Layers to create a new group from selected layers and name it Horizontal Lines.

Step 13

Select the Shading layer, choose the Horizontal Type Tool (T), and set the font to Montserrat, font style to Bold, font size to 10 px, alignment to Center, and color to #404040. Then, in the Character panel, check the All Caps option and set the Tracking to 250. After that, click anywhere inside the canvas, type the text below, and position this layer with the coordinates X: 131.25 px and Y: 163.08 px.

Step 14

Now select the 50% Off layer and Shift-click on the Photo Background layer to select all layers between. Then, go to Layer > New > Group from Layers to create a new group from the selected layers, and name it Discount.