4/21/2009

Design Studio Header

1. First thing we need to do is create a new document. I started with a size of 1000x216.

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2. What we want to do next is to add a gradient to our background layer. To do so, right click your background layer and then input the following blending options

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3. Next we want to use our rectangle marquee tool to make a selection similar to the following and fill it with #FFFFFF

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4. Now input the following blending options

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5. You should have something that looks similar to this

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6. Next, we want to go ahead and add some text for our links. I used Helvetica with all caps

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7. Now we want to show what our active link will look like. To do so use your rectangle marquee tool again to make a selection similar to the following:

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8. Choose Edit>Clear and you should have something that looks like this:

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9. Next we want to add a little bar across the top. So use your rectangle marquee tool to make a selection similar to this and fill it with #FFFFFF

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10. Now input the following blending options into this layer

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11. It will look something like this

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12. Now all I did was add some text and a simple logo with a custom shape from default photoshop shapes and this is what I came up with:

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13. You can take it one more step and add some round vector shapes. I used some halftone patterns from one of the GoMedia Arsenal packs

Design Studio Header Tutorial: Final Result

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