use of image in media library as blog banner image

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  kifimbocheza · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 6:37 am

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  I was using coraline and had my own image as the banner. when experimenting with other themes, the image disappeared from teh blog. It is still in the media library but I can’t put an image on the banner from the media library when customising. I don’t have the original image apart from the copy that is in the mdeia library. Any ideas on how I can get it back as my banner image?

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  Peter

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:41 am

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  You go to Media > Library, hover under the image title, click Show, and copy the image to your computer. Then you go to Appearance > Header and upload it from your computer. Ideally you should first resize it to the exact dimensions the new theme requires:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/header-images/
  This is the reason why you can’t use it directly from the media library: each theme has different header image dimensions, so you need a properly sized image or an image that will go through the cropper upon uploading.

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  kifimbocheza · Member · Nov 6, 2011 at 7:50 am

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  thank you very much! Though the issue had resolved itself already, I’m happy to have the image back on my drive.

  Why didn’t I do that originally?

  Thanks again
  Peter