navigational tab tutorial

Step1 Change your foreground color to black,

Step2 add a new layer

Step 3 Select the rounded rectangular tool

Step 4 In the option bar click on the fill pixels icon its the third icon

Step 5 In the option bar increase the radius to 20

step6 draw your rectangular corner box

Step 7select the rectangular marque tool

Step 8draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangular

Step press the delete key

step 10 deselect

Step 11 switch to the gradient tool

Step12 click on the arrow to bring up the gradient thumbnail

Step 13 double click on the left color stop under the editor bar

step 14 click 40% black then click OK

Step 15 double click on the color stop but this time choose white then press OK

Step16 in the layer palette turn on lock transparent pixels its the first icon to the left

Step 17 using the gradient you created draw a gradient from the top of your shape to the bottom

Step18 From yours layers style choose bevel and boss

Step19 for the style bevel set the apple t 126 depth to 2 size 4 the highlight opacity to 100

and lower the shadow to opacity 50 don't click OK yet

Step 20 in the list of the styles on the left hand side click on then outer glow

step 21 set the blend mode to normal then click OK on the color swatch choose 30 % black as your allow color increase the spread to 25% click OK

Step22 Hold down the apple key and in the layer palette click the layer the contains the tab

Step23 select modify contract enter 5 click OK

Step 24 Select the marque tool hold down the option Key then draw rectangle starting from the bottom of your current selection to adjust a little below the top

Step 25 add a new layer

Step 26 pres z 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%

Gel Button

Gel Button tutorial

Step 1 Add a new layer.

Step 2 Set your foreground color to light blue

Step 3 Select the rounded rectangle tool. In your option bar set the radius to to 40 pixels

Step 4 In the option bar , click on the third icon from the (fill pixels)

Step 5 Draw your shape on your stage

Step 6 Apple + Click on your shape layer

Step 7 Add a new layer

Step 8 Go under the select menu , under modify and choose contract. Enter 20 pixels , click OK

Step 9 Press the letter "D" then the letter "X" to set your foreground to white.

Step 10 Press option + delete

Step 11 Press Apple +D

Sep 12 Go under the filter menu , under blur , choose Gaussian blur When dialog box appears enter 10. Click OK

Step 13 Select the move tool

Step 14 Using the arrows on the key board , move your blurry white layer down to the bottom pf the pill shape

Step 15 Hold down the apple key and click on the pill layer in your layers palette

Step16Press shift + Apple I to inverse your selection

Step 17 Press the delete key

Step 18 press the shift Apple+ I

Step19 Create a new layer

Step20 Set your foreground color to darker blue than you original blue.

Step 21 Fill your selection by passing Option+Delete

Step22 Deselect by pressing Option + d

Step 23 Hold down the apple key click once on the blurry layer in your layers palette (Be sure not to change layers). You should still be on the dark layer

Step 24 Press delete to knock a soft hole out of the blue pill shape

Step 25 Select the rectangular marquee tool

Step 26 Place your mouse inside the selection area and drag the selection upward a little bit. Tap the delete key

Step27 Repeat step 26 one or two more times until you re almost to the top of the pill (make sure to stop just short of the top

Step28 Deselect by pressing apple + D

Step29 Apple + Click on your layer to put a selection around it

Step 30 create a new layer

Step 31 Go under the select menu, under modify , choose contract

Step 32 Press the letter "D" the "X" to select your foreground white

Step 33 Select the gradient tool . In the option bar click on the down facing arrow next to the gradient thumbnail . Choose a the second gradient (Foreground to Transparent)

Step 34 Drag this gradient from the top of your selection to the bottom

Step 35 Deselect

Step36 Select the move tool . Using the arrows on the key board , move your white gradient layer upward to where its almost at the top but leave gap of dark blue between your white gradient and the top of the pill ( THIS CREATES THE HIGH LIGHT AREA OF THE PILL)

Step 37 Press apple +T

Step 38 Go under the edit menu, under transform choose Perspective,

Step 39 Grab the left bottom corner, and click and drag outward just a bit to add a perspective effect

Step 40 press enter to let photoshop know your are done

Step 41 Hide your background layer visible

Step 42 Choose drop shadow. In the dialog cox, click the color swatch

Step 43 Click on the blue section of your pill shape to colorize the shadow

Step 44 Lowe the opacity to 50%, set the angle to 90º , distance to 45, size to 32 , turn off the Global Light. Click OK to complete the effect

Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1 :Create a new layer Draw a circular selection using the elliptical Marque tool.

Step2:Press d and x to select the gradient tool

Step 3: In the option bar , click on the down facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail

Step4 Close the filter and in the option bar click on the radial gradient icon.(its the second icon from the left)

Step 5 Drag the white to black gradient from the left to the center of your selection its about 1/4 past the egde

Step 6 press d create a new layer

Step 7 In the gradient flicker. Choose the foreground to transparent gradient (its the second one from the left top row)

Step 8 In the option bar choose the linear gradient (its the last one) Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black

Step 9 In the layers palette lower the opacity to 75

Step 10 Create a new layer

Step 11 Go under the select menu , under modify and choose contact enter g pixels Click Ok

Step 12 press x drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selection area Press apple +d

Step 13 Go under the filter menu , under Blur choose gausian blur

Step 14 Duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your new layer icon

Step 15 Press apple +T ctrl + click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180 from the pop up menu. Press enter to let photoshop your done.

Step16 select the move tool . Drag this layer straight down the almost to the edge

Step 17 Lower the opacity of this layer to 60

Step 18 Go back to layer 3 (the layer below your current layer). press apple +t

Step 19 Hold the shift key grab the bottom right handle shrink the white gradient by around 15 press enter

step 20 hide the background layer and choose merge visible fro, the layers palettes pop up menu

Step 21 Choose drop shadow from the layer style pop up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click OK

step 22 press apple + u ( hue +selection the colorize button and move the hue slitter choose a color for your button

Sound Fx

http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Creatures/Night/ ( pain owl )

Transform Tutorial

Step 1 Select the layer you would like to transform ( scale , rotate , skew , rotate ccw rotate cw , flip horizontal  or flip vertical ). 

Step 2 Go to the edit menu , choose Transform select the option you need to transform you image.

Resize Tutorial

Step 1 Hold down the apple key and tap the letter t. this will create a box that surround your image 

Step 2 Hold down the shift key and drag one of the corner edges  in to make your image smaller . Drag it out to make your image bigger.

Step 3 Click the enter key on the far right hand side of the key broad to let photoshop know that you are finished resizing your image.

Photoshop stortcuts

Photoshop shortcuts

Apple +c- copy

Apple +v -paste

Apple + duplicate 

Apple + option + z undo multiple Times 

Apple +s save 

Apple +n new document 

Apple + z undo

Apple +f  Run filter 

Apple + e Merge layers

Apple+x  - Cut 

Apple U - Hue + saturation 

Apple +d deselect 

Apple +click layer rasterize

x - color swap

V- move tool

B - brush tool

U- custom shape tool

M marquee tool

T type tool