You can repeat this process until you have completed making your banner. When you're done you should have something which looks like this. This will keep the image constrained perfectly so it's impossible to make it look squished or deformed. Grab one of the corners and hold down Shift on your keyboard. Once this is turned on you will see some areas around the image that you can use to resize it. Click on the Move Tool and make sure you have Show Transform Controls checked at the top. If you're using the same images as I am the scale will be way off when you first import it. You should now have something which looks similar to what I have below. Go back to Photoshop and paste it in, you can do this by tapping Control + V or by going to Edit > Paste. Open up the image you want to use for your banner and copy it so it's on your clipboard. You can do this by selecting the layer on the panel and dragging it underneath the existing layer.Īny image imported on this layer will now show up underneath the template.
Once you have created a new layer the next thing we are going to do is move it so it's underneath the template. You can do this by going to the Layers panel and selecting the Create New Layer option. With the template open the first thing we are going to do is create a new layer. Open up the image in Photoshop by going to File > Open and selecting the template. If you don't already have the team banner templates you can grab them here.įor this tutorial I will be using the template titled border_invertedarrow_00. They have included some basic shapes along with some nice textures which you can use to improve your banner and to make it look good within the game. The Dota 2 team has provided some excellent starting points for creating team banners. In other words you have 256 x 128 of usable space for the front, and 256 x 128 usable space for the back. With the default game camera you will primarily see the front side of the pole only. The left side will be displayed from the front and the right side will be displayed from the back. This is because when the image is imported in the game it is draped over a pole. You'll also probably notice that only half of the image is being shown. If I erase some areas of the image I start to form a different shape, notice that nothing is rendered in the transparent areas. When I import this image in to Dota 2 without any transparency all I get is a basic rectangle shape for my banner. In other words the image you are importing is not being layered on to something else, it just floats there. If you imported a transparent image in to the game, the only areas that will render will be the visible parts of the image. Try to imagine that the banners have no background to them at all. The Interface, Sponsor and Base Logo areas handle transparency normally. Instead of relying on Alpha Channels, Dota 2 is able to import a transparent PNG and have it read it in a way you would expect. Unlike other Source games, Dota 2 handles transparent images in a more native way. The primary focus of this guide is creating a Team Banner Logo as they require the most attention. Below is where you will see this image in the game.
You have four separate spots for branding when you create a team.
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