Description:
This tutorial will show you how to make a Stylish and modern looking
bar which can be useful for things like a navigation bar, buttons, etc.
Step1:
Draw a rectangle to the size you would like the bar to be, keeping in
mind what it will be used for. Mine is height: 25px; width: 300px,
which will be used as a minibar for a sig.Choose the colour you want,
mine is green.
bar01.gif 143bytes
203 downloadsStep 2:
Hit the layer styles button
icon01.gif 625bytes
115 downloads and select inner shadow. Choose thefollowing settings (for distance just set it so it’s about half the height
of your rectangle):
settings01.gif 15.71KB
153 downloadsNow we want to add a gradient to give it a little more depth:
settings02.gif 13.93KB
189 downloadsLast but not least i like to add a border to give it a finished look. To
do this I usually just do a 1px stroke using a slightly darker shade of
the darker part of our bar (I hope that makes sense). Here is what i
got:
bar02.gif 829bytes
198 downloadsAnd with some additional changes i got this:
bar03.gif 2.85KB
385 downloadsI hope this helps somewhere!
