Vista styled menu Tutorial

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Date added:
09-08-07
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Step 5:

Ctrl+Click the menu base layer again, Go to Select > Modify > Contract, and use 1px, hit OK. Make a new layer named "Shine", take the gradient tool, set the foreground to white, and use a foreground to transparant gradient, now make a gradient like mine below.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Take the eliptical marquee tool Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu and make a round shape like mine below.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Hit delete on your keyboard to make the curve, and set the opacity of this layer to 42%.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Step 6:

Change the foreground color to black (#000000), take the gradient tool, we use the same gradient as before (the foreground to transparant gradient). Make a new layer called "Bottom shadow", and make a nice gradient like below.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Change opacity of this layer to 46%.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Step 7:

Ctrl+Click the menu base layer again, Go to Select > Modify > Contract, and use 1px, hit OK. Make a new layer named "Side shadow", and make a gradient like below.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Change opacity to 20%, duplicate "Side shadow" layer, Go to Edit > Transform > Flip horizontal. Move this layer to the left side.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Step 8:

Make a new layer named "Line" and make a line with the penciltool like below (DON'T overlap the stroke layer!) Change the color of this line in the blending options with color overlay, use color #555454. Change the opacity to 41%.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Duplicate the "Line" layer, HOLD shift key and press downwards 6 times. Then duplicate the "Line copy" layer, HOLD and press downwards 6 times again. Do this until you have the same as me below.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Step 9:

Make a new layer named "Bevel shine", take the gradient tool, change foreground to white and use the same gradient again (foreground to transparant). Make a gradient like mine.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Change opacity to 24%.
Duplicate the Bevel shine layer, and hide the duplicated layer. Select the Original Bevel shine layer, Ctrl+Click the menu base layer again, Go to Select > Modify > Contract, and use 1px, hit OK. Make an inverse selection and hit delete.

Unhide the Bevel shine copy layer, take the Rectangular marquee tool and delete the surrounding pieces like below, also delete the parts on top of the Stroke layer or the result will be shabby.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

Then make a selection like below

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

And hit delete. Then select the original bevel shine layer with the selection still active hit delete also.

Select the "Bevel shine copy" layer, HOLD shift and press down key 6 times, then copy the layer and hold shift and press down 6 times again until you reached the last line like below. For the last Bevel shine layer use an opacity of 10%.

Free Photoshop tutorial - Vista styled menu

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