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I like the new banner, the text is much more interesting, and I, personally, can read it just fine; however, I like the image placement of the old banner most. So, I think the new one has more aesthetic appeal, but maybe moving the background image to where it is in the original banner would make it look even better than it does.
Also i noticed that when you look at it by itself, with white background it makes it blurry but on my site its darker- When im completely done Ill post it in reviews :P
The one without the streaking is okay, however i think there should still be some streaking,that made it look good. Just don't do an overload and put tons of streaking. Just enough.
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