Umm tutorial on dividers, if that alright? Ive really been struggling with them so...
That is totally fine, anon, we'd be happy to do this for you.
We do two styles of dividers, so we will show you how we do both. This ended up quite a short tutorial, so let us know if the info is too vague.
I hope this tutorial can help you stop struggling with them as much.
~ ozzar
The canvas size we prefer to use is 600 x 60 px. This works pretty well for us, but you can adjust as needed depending on your personal aesthetic preferences.
Chances are, your elements won’t be very high resolution at this size. But, they don’t need to be for this kind of edit.
Type 1:
I used a background from pinterest of a gothic window (very pretty) and some rose transparents we have from our ‘favourite transparent’ folder.
For this style of divider, it is best left simpler, with the major elements kept to the sides and middle/bottom, depending on preference.
The line element is simple, but adds a neat little element. I just used the line tool in photoshop for it.
Type 2:
This style is transparent, and pretty fun. This is the kind we’re currently using on our blogs.
The elements aren’t much different here, with only an added middle element and a removed background as differences.
Middle elements work well in this style, and all elements look best with either a 2.5 gaussian blur behind them (duplicate the element, fill it in with black, then gaussian blur) or a white border (select, expand 1 or 2 px, new layer, fill white).