3 January 2009

Dark Style Web Template

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/site_images/thumbnails/dark_layout_big.gif

In this tutorial il show you how to create a dark style layout, firstly create a new document with the dimensions 950 x 1130 pixels. Fill your background layer with the color black. Select the rounded rectangle tool and set radius to 15px.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step1.gif

Draw out a rounded rectangle for your header. Leave equal amounts of pixels either side and dont place it right at the top of your canvas.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step2.gif

Add these layer styles to your header layer.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step3.gif

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step4.gif

Your rectangle should be now transformed into the image below.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step5.gif

On the left side of the header add your website title and slogan, on the right side add 3 navigation items.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step6.gif

Inbetween the 3 navigation items on the right add a very small square or rectangle, i drawn 3 pixel long line. Once you have done that add this outer glow.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step7.gif

You should have something like this.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step8.gif

Finally make a selection on your header similar to the image below.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step9.gif

Fill the selection with the color white then set layer opacity to 2%. Underneath your header add another rounded rectangle using the rounded rectangle tool with a radius of 15px, this will be our navigation.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step10.gif

Add these layer styles to the navigation.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step11.gif

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step12.gif

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step3.gif

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step4.gif

You should have something like this.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step13.gif

Make a selection across half of your naviagtion.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step14.gif

Fill the selection with the color white and set layer opacity to 5%. Now add your navigation text. Inbetween each item add a small divider. To make the divider create two 1 pixel lines next to each other using two different shades of grey, one dark and one light shade.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step15.gif

To create a hover on your navigation select the elliptical marquee tool and create a white circle. Have the top of the circle just overlapping the bottom of the navigation you want to hover.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step16.gif

Now goto “filter > blur > guassian blur”, blur by about 6-8 pixels. Set layer opacity to 23% then delete the bottom half of the circle so it comes level with the navigation.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step17.gif

Where now going to make a featured box for some featured content. Select the rounded rectangle and draw out a big rectangle underneath your navigation.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step18.gif


Dont fill your selection with a color, instead select a radial gradient with the color #2c2d2d as your forground and black as your background and create a radial gradient in the selection, start the gradient from the bottom left corner. Then add this stroke.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step4.gif

You should have something like this.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step19.gif

Add an image of your choice, im using the final result of my iphone light beams tutorial. Add it to the left side of the box. Now add some descriptive text on the right side.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step20.gif

The layer styles for the silver style button are as follows.


http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step21.gif

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http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step23.gif

Using the same layer styles as we used for the header, navigation and featured box create more content boxes using the rounded rectangle tool.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step24.gif

Add your glowing dot that we used in the header and label each content box.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step25.gif

The 1st content box im going to use as an image gallery. With the rounded rectangle tool add another rectangle within the content box. Then add these layer styles.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step26.gif

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step27.gif

You should have something like this.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step28.gif

Add an image inside the inner rectangle by copying an image to the clipboard then goto “edit > paste into”. Move your image into place then create a black rectangle across the bottom of the image set layer opacity to 40% then add some image info.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step29.gif

To the box on the right im going to add some simple news articles.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step30.gif

In the 3rd content box im going to add a flickr gallery. Create an inner rounded rectangle like we did in the 1st content box.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step31.gif

Add some flickr images within your inner rectangle, i made my images have rounded corners by copting them and pasting them into a rounded rectangle, doing this automatically adds a layer mask, just delete the rounded rectangle after.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step32.gif

With the elliptical marquee tool just add two black circles in the middle at each end of the gallery.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step33.gif

Inside the plain black circles just add a left and right glowing arrow.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/step34.gif

Now for the footer, Duplicate your header and all it’s elements, drag to the bottom of your canvas. Delete the little navigation the the 3 glowing dots, replace with your copyright information.

http://www.hv-designs.co.uk/tutorials/dark_layout/finished.png

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