Software Layout #4

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Hello welcome to tutorial 216 by hv-designs, in this tutorial il show you how to create a sleek looking software layout, currently the 4th software layout in our database.

 

Setting Up Our Canvas

Open up photoshop and create a new document, the dimensions should be 1200 x 1200 pixels.

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The background can be any color as we’ll be changing it in the next step.

Creating Our Background

Set your forground color to #585858 and your background color to #282425. Select the gradient tool with a radial gradient.

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Once you’ve selected your radial gradient drag out the gradient starting from the top middle part of the canvas dragging down towards the middle of the canvas.

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Creating The Website Title

Using the colors white #ffffff and the color green #d7e400 add your website title and slogan.

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The font i used and settings are located in the screenshot below.

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On the right side of the title add your simple support toll free number.

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The layer styles used for the free toll number are as follows.

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The text should now be transformed into something like below..

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Creating The Navigation

Select the rounded rectangle tool with a radius of 10px.

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Drag out a rectangle underneath your website title, fill the rectangle with any color.

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Zoom into one of the bottom corners of the rounded rectangle, select the rectangular marquee tool and create a selection cornering off the bottom corner.

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Fill the selection on the same layer then do the same to the other bottom corner. The end result should be something like this.

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Now add these layer styles to your navigation.

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You should have something like this.

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Adding The Navigation Links

Add your navigation links over the top of your navigation bar using the type tool. Ive opted for a simple arial font for the navigation text.

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Once you’ve added the text add these layer styles.

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Creating The Software Summary Box

With the rounded rectangle tool on a layer underneath your navigation layer create a big rectangle. The rectangle itself should be the same width of the navigation and the top corners should be hidden underneath the navigation.

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Now you’ve created the rectangle select the gradient tool with a radial gradient. Using the colors #d3df00 and #b4c00a add a radial gradient over your rectangle in the same way we did our background.

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Now add this stroke layer style to complete this step.

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Software Summary Box Content

On the left side of the software summary box add an image of your software or a logo. As i dont have any software to feature ive used a report icon from smashing magazines free icon set.

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Next to the icon add a title with a paragraph.

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To the title add these layer styles.

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Creating The Try Now Button

Using the rounded rectangle tool still with a radius of 10px, create a small rectangle, Fill the rectangle with any color.

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Now add these layer styles to your button.

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Add your button text then add these layer styles.

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You should have something like this.

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Creating The Content Area

Using the rounded rectangle tool create a big rectangle underneath the summary box. The box should be the same width.

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Add these layer styles to your big rectangle.

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Creating The Sidebar

Using the rectangular marquee tool make a selection the same height as the content area and any width.

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Once you’ve made the selection fill the selection with any color then add the same gradient overlay as the content area.

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Now add this drop shadow.

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You should have something like this.

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With the rectangular marquee tool again create a black square which covers the sidebar area. The layer should be underneath the other rectangle layer which contains the drop shadow which makes up the sidebar.

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Set the black rectangles layer opacity to 4%. This just adds a darker shade to the sidebar area.

The Content

Your layout is now ready for its content. Using a combination of headers and paragraphs to build up your content area. Ive included some icons from “wefunction” just to spruce it up abit.

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The Footer

For this design i opted for a simple text footer.

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The Finished Layout

Finished

 

Enjoy

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