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Hi EE,


I need a designer opinion on the website I am building, in my opinion I need a prettier text and background, but I dont know much on photoshop and design,

Can you suggest how to create a better background, and a font stronger for logo, (font type, effects)

Thanks in Advance . I really would appreciate your help
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I forgot to give my website


site.ministeriosrayosdeluz.com


Thanks!
First, you have a clean and nice looking site.  I only have a couple of suggestions:

For your Logo Text you could do a drop shadow to make it stand out more.

For your Menu bar you might make the borders thinner (Top and bottom) and Center your buttons (put them in a Div or table and center)
Can you help out with the text? I am very limited on my photoshop knowldege, how do I turn the text to drop shadow?
Here are some directions on how to add a drop shadow to text:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSF034318C-9B7B-4a4f-AB52-15C9AECC6EB8a.html

Are you familiar with selecting the different layers of your image? You need to select the layer with the text to apply this effect to the text.
Not really, so how many layers do I need , If I sent you the image could you try adding the effect?
How many layers you need depend on what you are trying to do.  In this case, you only need two. One for the background and one for the Text.

If you attach your file I can take a look at it.  If it is psd (photoshop) file that would be ideal.  If not that is ok too.
I pulled your image from your site.  Here are two versions.

Both are on an empty background so you can put them on whatever background you want.
The first has a Drop Shadow only while the second has a Drop Shadow along with a beveled surface for the text.

Here is what they look like with a colored background.

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User generated imageTRebaShadow.png
TRebaShadowBevel.png
Wow that looks great, I am going to take advantage of your knowledge now.. how do I change the background to stand out more? If you notice the blue part has a small line on it, but the yellow is only a rectangle.

Can you suggest how to make it better?
bgMain.jpg
All you have to do is copy one of the images that I provided you over the existing file and the  new image file will take on the background you already have.

Specifically:

Go to the directory that contains your web files and make a backup copy of your original file; 'text.png'
Then copy one of the files I provided(TRebaShadow.png or TRebaShadowBevel.png) into your web  directory as 'text.png'. When you are prompted; Do you want to overwrite, click yes.
This will replace your original file with one you selected.  Since both of the files I created have no background, they will take on the background that you already have there.

Did I understand your question?
Sorry, my english is not very good.

 I was asking about the background I am using currently on my website, the one is blue and yellow,  the attached file is on a  comment above
Sorry I misunderstood.

There are a lot of things you can do.  
Here is just one example.
bgMain01.jpg
Thanks  !

 can you you take off the wave on the blue part and just leave it as a nice blue?

I appreciate your help so far
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thank for all the help!