Dark Clean Header

1. Open up a WHITE 650(width) x 150(length) document for the header.

2. Select a nice dark color with a dark gray, I chose (B01717) for my dark color and (3F3F3F) for my dark gray. Now create a new layer and select the gradient tool with these settings.

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3. Now from the top of the whole canvas area, click and drag all the way to the bottom and you should have something like this if you used the colors I mentioned in Step2.

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4. Now with the dark gray as your background color, press X to change the dark red to dark gray. Use the dark gray to make a three-lined border around the top piece of the image.

5. Now use the gray lines as a guide, create a new layer and use the rectangular marquee tool to select the bottom piece below the gray lines. Choose a nice dark gray, or even black to fill in the bottom part of the image.

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6. Here comes the detailing part, Select the custom shape tool. ( By pressing U on the keyboard. ) Pick a real simple shape and create a new layer, once you have chosen a shape, click on the Pen tool and right click the selection you made with the custom tool and go to " Make Selection. " Once that's complete, color it white and then add a simple reflection to it if you want. ( Duplicating the layer and flipping the duplicated layer vertically and changing the opacity will add a nice sharp reflection. )

7. You're pretty much done, add a few text to the top and bottom pieces of the header and it should look like this!

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