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Creating a Curtain Style Navigation Header

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Start by creating a rectangle in a new file.

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Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select warp.

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Adjust nodes as shown.

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Create a new small vertical rectangle.

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Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select perspective.

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Adjust nodes as shown.

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Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select warp. Adjust nodes as shown.

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Apply gradient overlay layer style using following settings.

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Duplicate and scale down the layer.

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Duplicate these layers flip horizontally and place it on the other side.

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Duplicate the background rectangle, fill with a darker shade of red. Rasterize the layer.

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Using eraser tool and a big radius feathered brush setting remove the bottom portion of this layer.

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Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select distort. Move the corner handles up.

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Duplicate the background rectangle, fill with a darker shade of red. Rasterize the layer.

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Using eraser tool and a big radius feathered brush setting remove the top portion of this layer.

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Merge all layers. Create a new file with header size. Drag the curtain layer from previous file to this new file. Duplicate and place according to the image below. Make the curtain overlap each other.

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Fill background with black color.

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Create a rounded rectangle. Move it below the curtain layer.

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From filter menu select render>>lighting effect. Select five lights down style and adjust settings as shown.

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Move the curtain layers up.

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Select the rectangle layer. Press Ctrl+U and adjust settings as shown.

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Type the link name over curtain. Insert the company logo.

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Insert a relevant image and place it on the right side. Change the layer mode of the image as required.

Creating a Curtain Style Navigation Header