Attractive Portfolio Layout

1. Create a new document (800*600).

2. Fill the background with #ff9900 using the paint bucket tool and add a gradient overlay in the blending options with these settings.

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3. Now create a new layer and select a rectangle shaped box (about 600*600 pixels) and fill it with white #ffffff.

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4. Adjust the blending options of your layer (layer - layer style - blending options) to add an outer glow with the following settings!

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5. In this step you should create a new layer again (layer - new layer) and select a 50px high rectangle like this and fill it with black #000000.

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6. We are going to add a gradient overlay to the black rectangle we created in the previous step with the following blending options!

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7. To make the menu look al little bit nicer we are going to add a 2 pixel stroke under the black area we've just created!Make sure you add it on a new layer and place it under the white layer where you can add text and content!

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8. Now it's time to add a banner! So go ahead and find a nice looking picture for the header and place it like this (my header is 590*150 pixels and I found it on deviantart)…

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9. We should also add some text to the menu… Change your foreground color to #ffc100 and start typing (I used the myriad pro font with a size of 16px) and the rest of the text is just in white (change your foreground color to #fffff)! You can also change the blending mode to difference because it looks better in my opinion!

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