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Web Header

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Step1: Setting up work space.

Create a new image 800x600, Change the background color to white. Press Alt+Ctrl+0 to view the actual pixel of your work area. Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N) and name it Header1. Click on the Rectangular marquee Tool image 1 and create a rectangle using  the settings below.

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Fill the rectangle using the paint bucket  image 3 with this color #3b5086. with that you should get the image below. (Had to resize the image for it to fit onto the page)

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Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N) and name it Header2. Click on the Rectangular marquee Tool image 5 and create a rectangle using  the settings below.

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Fill the rectangle using the paint bucket  image 7 with this color #c6c6c6. Now right click on the Header2 layer, click Blending Options and add the settings below.

Inner Glow

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Gradient Overlay

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Stroke

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Click ok to add the settings. Position the image as shown below.

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Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N) and name it Header3. Click on the Pen Tool image 12 and draw the selection below.

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Click here to download shape

Right click o the selection with the Pen Tool image 14 and click Make Selection, when the make selection window comes up set the Feather to 0 and click ok. Using the Paint Bucket image 15 fill the selection with #c6c6c6. With that you should have the image below.

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Right click on the Header3 layer and click Blending Option and add the settings below.

Drop Shadow

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Inner Shadow

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Color Overlay

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Click ok to add the settings. With that you should have the image below.

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Create a new layer, Layer > New > Layer... (Shift+Ctrl+N) and name it Line. Now click on the Pencil Tool image 21 set the Brush size to 1 pixel and the foreground color to black. Draw a line onto the white bar as shown below.

Web Header Tutorial: Final Result

Finished:

That's it, hope it came out to what you expected.

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