Photoshop template for designing Twitter backgrounds

philip — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:39:20 +0000

From time to time, I help my Twitter friends out by designing a custom background for their Twitter page. While this is mostly a hobby, I do enjoy it as a creative exercise. If you’re interested in having us design your background, start by checking out a few Twitter profiles we’ve branded (see below), then contact me via Twitter or give us a call!

If you have a smidgen of Photoshop experience, and a basic knowledge of monitor resolutions, you can design your branded Twitter page yourself. To help you along the way, I’m posting the Twitter Photoshop template that we begin with. Here’s a small, JPEG preview to give you the general idea. You can download the ZIP file below!

This Photoshop template defines the header area, the safest areas for your content, and swatches to help you further customize your profile. Guides and different resolutions will help you to visualize how your background will look on the Twitter.com website.

Download the Photoshop Twitter background template

Download Twitter Photoshop Template (ZIP file, 0.80 MB)

Twitter profiles that Manifest Creative has designed

If you’re interested in having Manifest Creative design your custom branded Twitter profile, give us a call, or follow @manifestphil on Twitter!

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Parris Racing Concepts Enjoys A New Logo

david — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:13:51 +0000

Perfomance Company Required a Logo that Performs

Parris Racing Concepts, Inc. of Bozeman, Montana is an exciting new entry into the world of motor sports. Owners Steve and John Parris believe that their patented crankshaft modifications are set to revolutionize the two stroke industry. With that in mind they contacted Manifest Creative to come up with a bold and exciting logo that could aide them in building their brand, and help them establish a strong footing in the two stroke racing community. To achieve those goals they needed a logo that shouts “race, performance and speed”. It also had to be a logo that would work great as decal on a snowmobile, motorcycle, or any other high performance two stroke machine.

About Parris Racing Concepts Inc.

The company’s owners are Steve and John Parris of Bozeman, MT. Their patented crankshaft modification works by cutting veins into the crank halves of the crankshaft. Further details of their product can be found at their soon to be re-designed website www.parrisracingconcepts.com. The amazing part is that machines utilizing their modified crankshafts have seen horsepower gains of up to 24%… that is news to makes any two stroke enthusiast’s ears perk up!

Highlights of the New Logo

The logo was designed to work well either alone by itself or in a group of other logos on a sponsored racing machine. Right away you will notice two symbols prevalent in the racing world. The first is “RR” which stands for “race ready”. The second is a star used as the dot for the “i” in Parris. The “RR” and “star” colors were designed to change based on the manufacturer of which ever racing machine the crankshafts are installed in (eg: green for Arctic Cat and Kawasaki, red for Honda ect.). In turn, this logo packs a lot of branding potential and looks great when applied as a decal onto any high performance two stroke machine.

Looking to the Future

While the modiefied crankshafts are still going to require further research and development, the results so far have been fantastic. Parris Racing Concepts are in negotiations with several racing teams in the snowmobile and motocross scenes, and their test machines are performing at or above projected levels. So I advise keeping your eyes on PRC as they continue to grow. Up next on the radar for the company are updated promotional materials and a powerful new website which are being created by Manifest Creative. So as we see it, the future looks mighty bright…

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