In this tutorial l will show you step by step how l created this mock layout for a technology website. This layout would work great for a company that develops software, or hardware. Or offers specific internet/customer relations services. If you're ready to get started, we'll begin. Go To Page: [ 1 ·
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Step 1.)
Start a new document in photoshop of any size, l'm using 700 x 670 myself. Fill the background with a mid-grey tone, l used #64675F
Step 2.)
We'll start with a simple background, so make a new layer and fill it with #000000 (black). Next go to "Filter->Noise->Add Noise" and apply these settings:
Change the blending option of this layer to "overlay" and set the opacity to: 14 percent or so
Result:
Step 3.)
Create a new layer. Now we'll create the container for the entire page, get out the rectangular marquee tool and make a selection like so: This selection is about 15-20 pixels away from the top/bottom/left/right side of the canvas
Go to: Select->modify->smooth with a setting of x pixels
Fill this selection with a light grey, l used #ADB1AA. and press CTRL + D to deselect the area,
Result:
Step 4.)
Now double click this layer, and apply the following blending options: Drop Shadow:
Inner Shadow:
Inner Glow:
Result:
Step 5.)
Now create a new layer. Using the rectangular marquee tool, make a selection like so:
Notice that this selection is about 3 pixels inside the previous box:
Fill this selection with #414743
Step 6.)
Create a new layer. Using the rectangular marquee tool, make a selection like so:
Note this selection is about 3 pixels inside the base box as well.
Set your foreground color to: #6EA000, and your background color to: #608A02
Get out the Gradient Fill tool and set it up like so:
and fill this selection in with a gradient from bottom to top, result:
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