editing banners/icons with photoshop

[Ahmose]

Thank you very much satanea juda , I use 90% from you tips over here..and completing the rest tips is what I was looking for . Thanks again man.
Also it will be good if you can submit any site you find it is good with a concept artwork or templates or images sutable to be part of a banner or an icon.

Regards/Ahmose

[Zain]

Wow, bringing this one back from the dead.

On the last part with the banner symbols, did you replace the symbol with another, or did you put in a new one. Also, where do you assign these symbols to certain factions?