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Drawing Userbar


Create a new document 350x19 pixels, fill the background with a gradient of your choice.

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Now we need to make a scanline pattern, to do this goto file new and create a new document 3x3 pixels, zoom in 1600%.

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Now select the "pencil tool" with a "1 pixel brush" and draw a diagnal line like so.

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Then goto "edit > define pattern", click ok when the box pops up.

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Back to your userbar, create a new layer then click your paint bucket tool. At the top of the screen in the paint bucket tool bar, change forground to pattern.

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Then click the little arrow and select your pattern that we created in step 1.

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Fill your new layer with your pattern and set opacity to 25%.

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Search yahoo for a font called "vistor tt1 BRK". Once you have your font type out your text (size 10), ive chosen to make a photoshop userbar. Ive also added some styles to my text which consists of a 1 pixel white stroke and a drop shadow.

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Next add your logo.

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Now select the "elliptical marquee tool" and make a selection like so.

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Create a new layer and fill with the color white also set opacity to 25%. This is the final image.

Userbar Tutorial: Final Result



Author's URL: Hv-Designs.co.uk
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