Gaming Layout

Step1. Make a new document sized 600x800 and fill it with a dark white. I chosed F8F8F8. Make a new layer and a selection like below:

Make a new layer set your foreground and background color to :

#FEFEFE(foreground) and #E3E3E3(background).

Grab the gradient tool with the settings below:

Click and drag from Bottom to Top. Your result should look similar to this:

Step 2. In this step we are going to create the simple but professional banner. Write your text using any good font. I chosed Arial Black and used two colors. You can choose yourself the color doesn't matter. I chosed Green and Black:

Set foreground color to any blue color and Grab the rounded rectangular tool with the settings below. Make a new layer and a new shape in front of the text.

I also added an arrow from shapes tool.

Now add the following layer style:

Drop Shadow:

Inner Glow:

Step 3. Make a new layer and a selection like below and fill it with the white color:

Now lower opacity to 21%

You are done with the banner.(I have also added in the right a search button to fill the empty space. Its just a image and will be replaced with a real one when the site will be coded.

Step 4. Return to the second layer you created in the layer tab. The base banner shape and add a Drop shadow:

This is my result:

Step 5. Make a new layer pick the rectangular marquee tool make a selection like below and fill it with any color. I chosen green.

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Now make another selection and on the same layer as the green rectangle on the bottom add another color lighter than the first like below:

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Step 6. Grab the Single column vertical marquee tool and separate the buttons like below:

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Write down your text:

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I also added black arrows in front of the text.

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Step 7. Using the rectangular marquee tool make 2 selections like below:

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and fill them with colors. First blue and second gray.

This will be ad space or website news. You are done. This is my final result :

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