First Trimester Final

Navigation Tab Tutorial

Step 1: Change your foreground color to black.

Step 2: Add a new layer.

Step 3: Select the rounded rectangle tool.

Step 4: In the options bar click on the fill pixels icon(its the third icon)

Step 5: In the options bar increase the radius to 20.

Step 6: Draw your rounded corner box

Step 7: Select the rectangular marquee tool.

Step 8: Draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangle

Step 9: Press the delete key

Step 10: Deselect

Step 11: Switch to gradient tool.

Step 12: Click on the arrow to bring up the gradient thumbnail

Step 13: Double click on the left color stop under the Edit bar

Step 14: Choose 40% black. Click ok

Step 15: Double+click on the right color stop but this time choose white. click ok

Step 16: In the layers palette, turn on "Lock Transparent Pixels" (its in the first icon from te left.

Step 17: Using the gradient you created , draw a gradient from the top of your shape to the bottom. (use the shift)

Step 18: From your layers styles choose bevel and emboss 

Step 19: for style choose iner bevel, set the angle to 126, depth to 2 and size to 4. Raise the highlighted opacity to 100% and the lower shadow opacity to 50%. Don't click OK yet

Step 20: In the list of styles on the left hand side, click on the name outer glow

Step 21: Set the blend mode to normal, then click on the color swatch, choose 30% black as your glow color. Increase the spread to 25%. click ok

Step 22: Hold the appl e key and the in te layers palette, click the ;ayer that contains the tab

Step 23: Select->Modify->Contract. enter 5. Ok

Step 24: Select the Marquee tool. Holding the option key then draw a rectangle starting from the bottom of your current selection to just a little below the top.

Step 25: Add a new layer

Step 26: Press x. Then option+delete

Step 27: Deselect

Step 28: Filter menu ,blur,, choose gaussian blur. enter 1.5 pixels. click OK

Step 29: Lower the opacity to 70%