Standard Usberbar Tutorial

[Blayde]

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/00_000.png

My basic tutorial :D. First, let's do scanlines.

Open a new document, 6x6 px, transparent background.

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/01.png

Now, zoom to 1600% (ctrl+plus till it doesn't zoom anymore).

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/02.png

Right click on the brush tool, to get a dropdown, select the pencil tool, and with a 1px size and black as the foreground colour, make a diagonal as shown (don't drag the pencil, click at each location, it's just as fast and less mistake-prone)

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/03.png

Go Edit>Define Pattern and name it as you want and press ok

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/04.png
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Now, we are going to make this CS3 userbar:

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/01_000.png

Make a new document, 350x19 (you can do 350x20 if you want), transparent background

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/02_000.png

It should look like this

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/03_000.png

Now, get the image you want incorporated into your userbar. I am using this CS3 logo, but i need each part, ie the logo and the CS3 text separate, so i copy them separately.

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/04_000.png

If you have only one image to incorporate, skip this and just copy it over. If your image is not transparent like this one

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/05.jpg

then you can user either the marquee tool to select the part you want and copy paste into the userbar .psd

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/06.png

Now Free Transform (ctrl+T) the image till it fits enoguh so you can see what it is, how much depends on you

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/07.png

Create a new layer, under the image layer, and use the gradient tool on it, the foreground and background colours determine the gradient colours. Alternatively, you can load some gradients prebuilt into photoshop, by loading them.

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/08.png

Resize the CS3 text as well:

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/10.png

To add the stroke, add a new layer above all the others, press ctrl+a to select all and go edit>stroke. Make it 1px, inside, and black.

Add a blending effect by right clicking on the logo layer and going to blending options>Outer glow. Change the colour of it accordingly.

Add the text, Visitor TT2 BRK, size 13, no anti-aliasing. go to the blending options of the text layer and add a black stroke of 1px, outside.

Now select the gradient layer, and go edit>fill. Select the scanlines pattern and change the opacity to suit, or leave it at 100%:

http://www.phyrefile.com/pic/2007/07/07/12.png

And there you are, just save for web, png-24 for quality. :D

[tradedemon]

Great tutorial Blayde,

And that was very quick indeed.. :)

[fiqe]

and witch photoshop is it?

[Echo]

I just tried to do that, but i got stuck when you copy and paste it.

Couldn't do it lol.

Think you could help?

Nice tut though.

[diesel]

ctrl+a > ctl+ c to copy

then ctrl+v to paste ;)

[MrXile]

ctrl+a > ctl+ c to copy

then ctrl+v to paste ;)

Or ; click EDIT>Copy and then EDIT>Paste on the Photoshop menu's ;)

[Echo]

Ok.

now how do i make the new layer [under] my 1st one lol

[diesel]

layer > new layer ( or ctrl + n)

the on your layers palette click and hold the new layer and drag it to your desired place ;)

[Echo]

ahh okay thanks.

i'll post my result tomarrow in the userbar forum.

right now kinda tired.

[bej1223]

can u make more specific in the part where you put gradient tool to the layer going down. like more pic and specific detail about doing gradient before the logo. and how to select the scanlines to the bar.

[-bH.munky]

This is 6 months old you shouldn't really be commenting on it.

[lokifeyson]

now, now, he just gave some advice on it :)

plus blade is still active on here so......ah, whatever, lol

[bigun]

when people open old threads i get all confused O_o :lol:

[A-dam]

wow, thanks a lot, this has really helped

[trebor]

can this work with gimp?

[Raditz]

probably not seeing that there are different stuff then gimp.Maybe try this
http://www.signaturebar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8420&postdays=0&postorder=asc&vote=viewresult

[Nadine Is A Babe]

Ooo Nice Tutorial Blayde. I Might Try That Sometime.