Blue Glassy Nav Bar

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Navigation Bar, Web Graphics, Web Design

Create a Navigation Bar for your web site with a glassy look.

1. Start by opening a new 460px by 70px file
2. Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool and make a rectangle with any color. Right click over the layer and select Rasterize Layer
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3. Now apply these layer styles to this layer
- Inner Glow
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- Gradient Overlay: #96bfcc, #bfdde7 to #ffffff
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- Stroke: #96bbcb
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4. This is what we have so far
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5. Select the Text Tool and write the links for your nav bar using: Trebuchet MS Bold 13pt Strong
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6. Now apply this layer style to the text layer
- Drop Shadow
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7. This is how it should look like
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8. Now, zoom in your image, create a new layer, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and create a 1px width line that goes from top to bottom of the nav bar, now fill it with #a1b7c1 and move the selection by 1px to the right and fill it with #ffffff
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9. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection at the top of the nav bar like in the image below
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10. Go to Select -> Modify -> Feather and apply 5px radius, now press Del or go to Edit -> Clear, move the selection to the bottom and press Del again
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11. Duplicate this layer for as many links as you have, and place it between each one. Your nav bar should look like this
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11 comments on this tutorial

good simple design.. method.. need more variations in it..

very nice thanks

What theme is your computer running?

@Sam: Energy blue or Royale

this is nice…

How do i add hyperlinks??

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