In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple navigation menu. So make a new document sized 500x100 and fill it wit a light grey. Now make a new layer and make a selection like mine and again fill it with the same color you used on the first layer
Step 1. Now add the following layer styles:
Drop Shadow:
Stroke:
This is what I got:
Step 2.
Now we need to make a new layer between the first to like in the image below:
Pick up the Polygonal tool: and using the shift button and the mouse draw a shape like mine:
fill the shape with any color. I used a light blue:
Go to layer>duplicate layer and move the layer next to the previous one and repeat the step until you have all the buttons:
Now merge all the shape layers together by pressing Ctrl+E and add the following layer settings:
Inner Shadow:
Outer Glow:
And add your text:
You are pretty much you can add bullets or anything else to enchance the menu. Look what I added:
And with a possible rollover:
