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Create a Professional Web 2.0 Layout

Create a Professional Web 2.0 Layout
In this Photoshop tutorial we're going to learn how to create a web 2.0 layout, As we go through the tutorial we'll deal with so many Photoshop techniques. Seems kind of long? that's because it's very detailed. I assure you'll find easy to follow and to get done, just give it a try! Step 1 To keep everything aligned we're going to use 960s Grid System (Get it from here) once downloaded open up the file "960_grid_24_col.psd". Step 2 As we'll use guides so much, we need to view our Rulers. Step 3 We need to set lower borders for the header area, therefore we'll drag a new horizontal guide after 100px. go to View > New Guide, Position: 100. Step 4 Let's create our header. we'll start by creating a selection of 1020x100px. then click Shift+Backspace to fill it (with any color just for now). Give it a Gradient Overlay according to the following image: Now call this layer: "header_bg". Step 5 Write your Web site title with these settings: Step 6 Write your navigation text with these settings: Step 7

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