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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
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Page Header Bar This tutorial with guide you through how to make a header bar for your website and is only limited by your imagination: This tutorial takes in to account that you know the basics of Photoshop. Grey Header Bar 
Transparent Coloured Header Bar 
Bright Colourful Header Bar 
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| 1. | Open Photoshop and create a new image, 800x40. 
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| 2. | Fill Layer 1 with a light grey to white gradient from top to bottom. |
| 3. | Using the Polygon Lasso Tool create a section like this: 
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| 4. | Go to Select » Modify » Smooth then set to 20px. This should give you something like this: 
As the selection is touching the edge it doesn't smooth it. |
| 5. | Create a new layer and fill it with white and apply these blending options: 
Blend Mode Colour set to #000000 
Blend Mode Colour set to #D5CFCB 
Highlight Mode set to #FFFFFF Shadow Mode set to #4B3F36 
Blend Mode Colour set to #FFFFFF 
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| 6. | You should now have something like this: 
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| 7. | Now you can duplicate this tab and repeat it or create new shapes. You can also add other effects and text. If you want to make it a bit more colourful you can use the same blending options but with colours. |
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