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Creating a cool left navigation panel |
| Start by creating an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Select direct selection tool and select the elliptical path. Duplicate the path. Press Ctrl+T and scale down the duplicate path. |
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| Enable subtract form shape area form the top bar. |
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| With subtract form shape area still enabled on top bar, create a rectangular path over the elliptical ring. |
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| Apply layer styles as shown below. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle for the button and duplicate it four times. |
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| Copy the layer style from the elliptical ring and paste on button shapes. |
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| Duplicate the button shape of the top button and scale down. Remove layer style from this shape. |
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| Apply following layer style. |
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| Duplicate this shape. Remove layer style from this shape. Rasterize the shape. Fill with black to white gradient. |
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| Change layer mode to screen. |
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| Duplicate the blue button and place on the other buttons. |
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| Create two small circles and apply the same layer style we used for the elliptical ring. Fill the background with dark gray color. |
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| Type button links with a nice font. |
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