3D Bar Start by making a white 2d navigator bar with rounded edges and place it on a layer (layer 1). Load a selection around the bar and contract the selection by 3 pixels. The amount of contraction depend on how thick the bar is. Use you best judgement when selecting amount in pixels and Do not lose your selection | |
With the selection sill loaded, make a new layer(layer 2) using the
new layer button. Inverse the selection
and fill the selection it with
black. Next, press CTRL + A to select all then CTRL + X to cut and load the contents of the layer to the clipboard. This will empty layer 2 | |
Go back to layer 1 then load a selection again on the white navigation bar then press CTRL + SHIFT + V to paste the contents of the clipboard on a new layer and using the contents of layer 1 as a mask. The white bar should now have a black border around it. | |
On the newly created layer with the mask, apply filter>blur>guassian blur
to the layer. I used 3.4 as the amount of blur for this tutorial but you can experiment
with your own settings. displace contents of the new layer(not the mask) by 1-2 pixels up and 1-2 pixels right. The lower and leftmost part of the bar should come out darker to the side opposite to it as shown on the left. | |
Add the text and other effects like a drop shadow to complete the navigation bar.
•Download the PSD file used in this tutorial |