How to Create a Menu Bar in Photoshop

create a menu bar Step 1 Start off by making a new Photoshop document. Choose the rounded rectangle tool, set the radius to 12 pixels, and create a wide rounded recntalge, as shown below, It doesn’t matter what colour it is because we’ll be creating a gradient with the shape next.  Step 2 Choose dark maroon (6f1300) for the foreground color and a lighter shade for the background color (c82e00). Make a selection (select > load selection) using the rectangle  Step 3 Choose the linear gradient, cirlcled in green (a). Open the gradient editor, by clicking on the sample gradient, and choose “foreground to background” (b) Step 4 To create the gradient, drag form the top to the bottom of the selection, which should produce something like in the iamge below.  Step 5 This is the 2nd part of this Photoshop tutorial, to create a menu bar. Next create a thinner rounded rectangle, and make a selection using it (select > load selection)  Step 6 Set the foreground color to a peach shade (ff7a4f) and the background color to f33a01. Create a linear gradient on the thinner rectangle (b) Step 7 For the text i’ve used the settings shown below   Step 8 And you should have something as shown below!

How to create Happy New Year 2012 Colorful Greeting Card in Photoshop CS5

Final Results Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next background: Insert the message text for greeting card. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T). Select a font, size and color in the Character panel. Click in the canvas and type ’2012′. Press Enter to apply the text. Hold CTRL button and click on digits’ layer in Layers panel to get the next selection: Return to background’s layer (make sure it’s active), insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers paneland then press CTRL+I to inverse the color. Click the eye icon next to the digits’ layer to hide its content in the document window. Now we have to decorate the digits, representing in this case the small circles of different colors. Their layer will be situated under the background’s one. Use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the first ellipse. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Continue drawing the next ellipse: Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Draw another shape: Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Draw one more ellipse: Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay. Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next result: Copy Write:http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970817/1/create-happy-new-year-2012-colorful-greeting-card-photoshop-cs5 Post Pages: 1 2 3