Hi. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a light blue-ish layout.
Create a new Photoshop document (Mine is 1024 x 728px).
Fill it in with #e8ebed.
Create New Layer.
Grab the Rectangle Tool (U) and create a rectangle as shown. The color is not important as we will be applying a gradient to the next step:
Apply the gradient using the following settings:
Let’s create the vertical menu now which is :
>Create New Layer!
>Grab the Line Tool (U) – set it to 2 px weight.
>Set the Foreground Color to #005697.
>Holding the Shift Key down – to draw a straight line, drag your coursor from left to right.
>Duplicate the layer.Change its color to #9d9d9d.
For BEGINNERS:
Changing one layer’s color can be done either by opening the Blending Options Panel and checking “Color Overlay” , afterwards selecting the wanted color, either holding down the CTRL key while left clicking on the layer’s thumbnail (to load its selection) , and colouring the selection using the Paint Bucket Tool (G).
>Place the 2nd layer below the 1st one and move it a bit lower,under the 1st one.
>Duplicate the layers 4 times more and place them as shown in the picture:
Using the Type Tool add some text:
Draw little squares and place them in front of every line of text as shown.
#5fa4d9
Add social media buttons:
You can download them here
To learn how to get that nice reflection effect check out on this
tutorial !
Now add a nice picture and change its Blending Mode to Screen;
create a nice reflection for this picture aswell, and add some text on a white background (50% Opacity):
Will create now the upper part of our layout:
Create a new layer as shown:
--------------------------------THIS GOES ABOVE THE BANNER CREATED PREVIOUSLY----------------------------------
Open the Blending Options Panel and add a gradient using the following settings:
Create a new layer.Grab the Rectangle Tool and, with the Foregound Color set to #2e89cf, create a rectangle :
Rotate it to 45o and lower its Opacity to 50%. Now duplicate the layer several times and place them as shown:
Let’s create the Search Form !
Create a new layer. Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool , set the radius to 20 px and draw a rounded rectangle using #ededed as foreground color.
Lower its opacity to 80%.
Create a new layer. Create a new rectangle and fill it in with #ededed. Apply a 1 px Stroke using a dark grey as color:
Next to it create an other rectangle (into an other layer) and, besides Stroke, apply a slight Gradient too - bright grey to white :
Add some text and we’re done with the upper part:
To create the “London Weather” section, we need first to create a new rectangle, in a new layer. Apply the same style as the Search button – Stroke & Gradient.
Now draw a banner and use for it the same gradient as used for the main blue banner .Add some text and some pictures with clouds and you are done:
For the remaining of the layout, I have inserted several pictures and some text. For any questions you might have about “How to?” post a comm..
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