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Design a forum skin
	Posted on: [12.07.2007 12:40:01]  Posted by: Ray  Size: 0
Rating: / (rated 0 times) Downloads: 1710 Views: 1823	How to design a forum skin in Photoshop In this Photoshop tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to design a modern looking forum skin. - Open a new document with a width of 700 pixels and a height of 900 - 1400 (This depends on the size of your board) With the background layer selected, Right Click and select Layer from background. With the layer still selected, fill it with #e7e7e7. Go to the Blending Options and apply these settings. You can download a pack of patterns from here. - Make a big big rectangle from the top to bottom and side to side. Try and keep it about 20-25 pixels from the edge in all places. Apply these settings to the rectangle. You should be here by now. - Select the color #f96f00 as your foreground color. Make a small rectangle in the upper left corner of your box. Fill it with your foreground color. You should have this. Apply these settings. Now, make a selection of that part by Holding the "Control" Key and clicking the layers thumbnail. Go to Select >> Modify >> Contract >> 2 Pixels Now press Control + Shift + I and press delete. This time, press Control + Shift + I. and go to Select >> Modify >> Expand >> 2 Pixels. Make a new layer and go to Edit >> Stroke Set it to these settings. Deselect. You should have this. - Go ahead and add some text and you are done with that part. - Time for the tabs. Make a rectangle about this big. You can fill it with any colour you would like. Now, cut off the corner of the rectangle using your favorite selection tool and pressing delete. I just used the polygon lasso tool and held shift to get a straight cut. Apply these settings. - We now want to do the same thing with the tab as we did the header. Make a selection of that part by Holding the "Control" Key and clicking the layers thumbnail. Go to Select >> Modify >> Contract >> 2 Pixels Now press Control + Shift + I and press delete. This time, press Control + Shift + I. and go to Select >> Modify >> Expand >> 2 Pixels. Make a new layer and go to Edit >> Stroke Set it to these settings. - Add text and duplicate the layers and you should have this. Please continue to page 2...
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