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Creating a website header with modern grunge look |
| Create a file of header size and apply a gradient. Apply some noise from filter>>noise>>add noise. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. |
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| Enable "subtract from shape area" at the top bar. Create another rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Ctrl+Click the layer thumbnail to get the selection. Press Shift+Ctrl+D to feather the selection. Create a new layer and fill it with white color. Select marquee tool and move the selection few pixels towards top right. |
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| Press delete to remove the area under selection. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Duplicate the layer, scale down and change the color. Create a small ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Apply same layer style. |
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| Duplicate the all the button layers several times and place as shown. |
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| Create a couple of rounded rectangles and apply same layers styles as we used above. We'll use this as a place holder for website name. |
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Create some wires using line tool and apply some bevel&emboss layer style. |
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| Create a circle using elliptical shape tool. Enable "subtract from shape area" at the top bar. Create a line using line shape tool. |
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| Apply some bevel&emboss layer style. Duplicate the place as shown. |
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| Populate the header with site name and navigation links. |
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