[Pro] Any tips for making good headers?

One of the hardest parts of designing a site I find is to put together nice graphical header that works. Does anyone have any tips or resources for putting them together easier?
Currrently I fillmaster, or fade, have a header bar with a smaller colored bar beneath sometimes as a menu bar, and stylize fonts. Some sites I come across have interesting graphics in the title bar that work nicely. Is their any image stock resources for this kind of stuff? Thanks.


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Have you tried searching your friend Google? There is a lot of ‘free’ (and not so free) header art out there, most of questionable usability.

I personally use Photoshop for all my headers. Although the fillmaster and fade actions are nice features of Freeway they have their limitations.

http://www.freewebpageheaders.com/gallery/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/05/blog-headers-for-free-download/

Or there is this intro to a DVD for purchase to teach you how to make headers. - YouTube


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