i am trying to resize a background image. i bought a template but the image i made does not fit within the 2 columns i need to adjust it
<TD Colspan="2" valign="top" width="2" background="images/banner.jpg">
<img src="images/title_bar.gif" width="160" height="35"></TD>

<TD width="278"> <IMG SRC="images/banner_1.jpg" WIDTH=278 HEIGHT=68></TD>

<TD width="280"> <IMG SRC="images/banner_2" WIDTH=278 HEIGHT=68></TD>

Backgrounds can't be stretched (or shrunken) . Resize the image in an image editor if needed. Typically you allow the background to tile and/or match it to a background color.