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Navigation Menu


In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create the navigation menu above.

Step1: Learning how to create a simple navigation menu.

Ok, let us get started. Create a new image using the dimension  800 x 600. Set the background color to white. You can change the background depending on you web site color. Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N). Using the Rounded Rectangle Tool image 1 create a rectangle using the dimensions below. Change the foreground color to #d8d8d8

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With that, you should have the effect below.

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Right click on the rectangle layer and click Blending Options. Now add the Blending Options setting below.

Drop Shadow

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Color Overlay

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Stroke

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Click ok when you have added the setting. With that, you should have the effect below.

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Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N). Click on the Line Tool image 8 change the foreground color to #666666

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Using the setting, draw a line as shown below.

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Right click on the line layer and click Blending Options. Now add the Blending Options setting below.

Outer Glow

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Bevel and Emboss

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Stroke

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Click ok when you have added the setting. With that, you should have the effect below.

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Now we need to create the lines to separate the text. Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N).

Click on the Line Tool image 15 change the foreground color to #424242, and draw a line going from one end to the other as shown below. Draw two more lines, the second line with #292929, and the third line with #424242

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with that you should have the effect below.

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Finished:

Well that is it, hope it came out to what you expected.

Navigation Menu Tutorial: Final Result



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