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Tool Tip Tutorial

Author: PhotoshopForce.com Author's URL: www.photoshopforce.com More by this author
Added:Oct 01, 2007 Rating:   Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop  

Step 1

Create a new document of any size, I'm using the dimensions 300x200 pixels, and set the background to White (#FFFFFF).

Step 2

Get the Rounded Rectangle Tool, and apply these settings:

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Step 3

With the Rounded Rectangle Tool in hand, drag out a rectangle similar to the image below:

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Step 4

Press 'L' on your keyboard to get out the polygon lasso tool and click in one spot, drag to another, and keep doing this until you have a triangular selection.

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Step 5

Press the keys 'D' then 'X' on your keyboard.

While holding Ctrl, press Backspace to flood fill the selection with white.

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Step 6

Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options:

Drop Shadow:

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Inner Shadow:

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Color Overlay:

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Step 7

Press OK, and some text, and voil'! Pixel fonts seem to compliment these the best. I hope you've enjoined this tutorial and thanks for reading.

Here's how my final result ended up after adding text:

Tool Tip Tutorial

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