About My Header

I chose my header picture because it portrays healthy food with the Rutgers logo, so people have a visual of healthy foods and of Rutgers University. This header sums up my website because by just looking at it, it is clear that it is healthy food with Rutgers.

I found the photo of healthy food on pixabay and I found the Rutgers logo on Flickr. I know that I am allowed to use both of these images because I used Creative Commons search, which allows me to reuse these photos.

“Go Rutgers” photograph by slgckgc, provided via Flickr (Creative Commons license). https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/8129459099/in/photolist-d7akQ5-3816Cc-LDiedW-e1EzdK-dmkEPr-e1LdBJ-donAXV-hAyXUc-b4A8QH-e1EFqX-donBQ2-e1EzhF-dmkJ9J-eL5rbo-e1LdD9-d7akTJ-e1Ezfi-a2s1Z6-dmkHtj-dmkEtK-dmkEpp-dmkHJE-dmkVkF-b4A8i6-dmkF3M-donAL6-dopmUQ-donH38-b4A5jD-b4A9UR-DaaEu8-b4A9pR-dxg4dA-b4A9J2-b4A84K-b4A93K-aipP3e-b4zYyz-b4A9zk-b4Aaq4-8xEL9H-b4AxJB-a2s3hk-b4zYkB-a2s2xH-a2s44B-a2uSc9-donLuq-a2uTfS-dmkDJH

“Food Vegetable Healthy” photograph by Sansoja, provided via Pixabay (Creative Commons license). https://pixabay.com/photos/food-vegetable-healthy-meal-onion-3270461/

To make my header, I used Pixlr Editor. I had to find photos that would be large enough to cover the whole space of the Header, so they didn’t look stretched. Once I found my photos, I downloaded them into the editing website. I used layering to make my Header, so I can have both healthy food and Rutgers University in my Header, so, people can understand my website with this visual aid. I rearranged the photos to the way I liked best. I moved them around so both photos would fit in the Header and so that it would look good.

My production process is different than a single-layer bitmap because I didn’t simply copy and paste my image. Because I used the photo editor, all of the colors from the original photo are in the one on my Header, and nothing is erased from my image. “The quality of a bitmap’s color is determined by ‘bit-depth’ or how much information is allotted to each pixel” (Davison).