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%