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Smooth Multi-layered Nav bar

Description: This tutorial will show you how to easily create a nice hi tech looking nav bar for your user interface. The steps I used in this tutorial is just a guide, you should play around with your own settings and try new techniques and im sure you will end up with something more appealing than mine. Im just showing you the technique, the way you use it is up to you.

	Start a new document about 600x100. Use the rounded corner shape tool and draw a long rectangular shape. lets make it 567x30 (you can see the size of the shape you are currently drawing by viewing the "Info" Pallete".
	Go to Layer->Layer Style->Gradient Overlay. Apply a Linear gradient from top to bottom using colors #BAC3CA -> #FFFFFF
	Go to Layer->Layer Style->Bevel and Emboss. CLICK HERE TO VIEW
	Then just add a little of dropshadow (Layer->Layer Style->Drop Shadow)
	Now use the rounded corner shape tool again and create another rectangular shape above the other one, make this onea little larger than the other one. Lets make it 580x32.
	Apply the following Gradient Overlay. Colors Used: #DDE8F4 -> #7C8B9D
	Now apply the following Bevel and Emboss CLICK TO VIEW Then this Drop Shadow CLICK TO VIEW
	Now use round shape tool and draw an OVAL shape over the bar.
	press CTRL+T to activate the transform tool. position your cursor just outside one of the corners so we can rotate the shape tool.
	CTRL+CLICK on the oval shape layer to make a selection of it. then hide that layer and choose the top bar layer (the larger one).
	Then just hit delete to reveal the bottom bar. Repeat the selection process to create areas for your other nav buttons
HERE IS MINE DOWNLOAD PSD FILE

User Comments

Nina | Mar/2/08 07:55

Tutorial doesn't take you all the way. I'm new and I got lost at where it said "Repeat the selection process to create areas for your other nav buttons". Couldn't do it. So tutorial not useful for beginner.

salman | Feb/1/08 00:24

excellent tutorial

Mahdum | Jan/29/08 21:03

Güzel çalışma tebrikler :)

jb | Dec/6/07 23:59

wow are yall serious..... just make a new layer.... brush it in... hide it.... make your oval..... unhide it.... turn.... hide it.... click what layer u wanna delete.... and delete.... ps nubs

Jamie | Nov/25/07 03:47

Idiots. If your new to this following the instructions does not delete as it should People say its easy but wont explain. Rubish tutorial!!!!

Rayrayray | Oct/25/07 02:07

Good, too bad i don't know how to do it..

jen | Sep/15/07 15:15

it was very fun to make.My older bruther made it to. Im eleven years old!!!!!!!!!!!

eggs_jr | Sep/5/07 22:30

same problem here. i dont know why but the oval shape doesn't turn to what the tutorial converts.
I had rasterized the larger image but still cant delete it. any ideas guys? i'm using PS CS2

eggs_jr | Sep/5/07 20:10

Hope you can add too the color code for each of the following layers because all of us are not that experienced photoshop users. thanks.

ahmed | Apr/23/07 03:37

@ Aleksey
if you right click the top layer (the larger shape) and select rasterize then you can delete it.

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