Creating An Interface Bar

Step 1: Create a new 500x30 document with a transparent background.
Step 2: Select a medium-gray to white graident. I used #CBCBCB for the gray. Now drag from the top to the bottom of the image on your first layer...

Specular Buttons

We’ll make a button first, then we’ll do some text later on. Open up Photoshop, make a new layer, and draw a small circular selection with the elliptical marquee tool. Hold SHIFT to make a perfect circle...

Making a Glass Bar

For this tutorial, I am going to show you how to create a nice looking bar with a glass-reflection effect to it.
Step 1: Create a new 600x100 document, it doesn't matter why type of background it is as we'll be changing it. Now, select the gradient tool and choose any 3 color gradient...

How to Create a Plastic Button

Plastic buttons are great for using on web site interfaces, so now you are going to learn a very simple way of creating a nice looking button!<br/> Step 1: Create a new 100x100 document with a transparent background...

Share Notes in Designs with multi-user layouts

Here is a great way to share design element notes between multiple users of a single design. (Or reminder notes for a single user). Begin by selecting the 'Notes Tool (N)' on the Toolbar, as I have captured below...

Button

Make a new RGB image. Use the dimensions of 88 x 31 (pixels) whenever making a link button. Most of the sites wont accept your logo if the size is not 88 x 31. For good results, remove the background layer (which will cause the button to have a transparent background)...

Hi-Tech Skin (Part 2)

Designing Portfolio Section (Exclusive Tutorial)

Don't worry about the content. Let's assume that you have already got something to show and we're now going to arrange all this fast and correctly. For myself, I chose the sexiest image of a portfolio - the shape of a notebook. You are free to create and contrive for your own pleasure though:

Glass Content Box

Create a glass content box for your website.
01. In the end, the glass content box will be transparent so you can have images beneath show through it.
02. Create a rectangle.
03. Open up the layer styles menu and use the following 'Drop Shadow' settings:...

Interface Cracks

01. Take the image you will be applying cracks to. For demonstration purposes, the following image will be used.
02. Zoom in to the section of the image you want to apply cracks to.
03. Start by creating a new layer on top of the image...