navigation Tab Tutorial

Step 1: 

Change your foreground color to black.

Step 2: 

Add a new layer.

Step 3: 

Select the rounded rectangular tool.

Step 4: 

In the options bar click on the fill pixels icon. ( Its the 3rd icon)

Step 5:

In the options bar increse the radius to 20.

Step 6: 

Draw your rounded corner box.

Step 7: 

Select the rectangular marquee tool.

Step 8: 

Draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangle.

Step 9: 

Press the delete key.

Step  10:

Deselect.

Step 11: 

Switch to the gradient tool.

Step 12:

Click on the arrow and to bring up the gradient thumbnail.

Step 13:

Double click on the left color stop under the editors bar.

Step 14:

Choose 40% black, Click Ok

Step 15:

Double click on the right color swap, but this time choose white, Click Ok

Step 16:

In the layers palette turn on " lock transparent pixels"( its the first icon from the left)

Step 17:

Using the gradient you created, draw a gradient from the top of your shape to the bottom. ( Use the shift)

Step 18:

From your styles choose bevel and emboss.

Step 19:

For style choose inner bevel, set angle to 126, depth 2. and pixel to 4. Raise the highlight opacity to 100% and lower the shadow opacity to 50%. Don't click Ok yet.

Step 20:

In the list of style on the left hand side, click outer glow. 

Step 21:

set the blend mode to normal, then click on the color swatch, choose 30% black as your glow color Increase the spread to 25%, click Ok.

Step 22:

Hold down the apple key, in the layers palette, click the layer that contains the tab.

Step 23: 

Select modify then contract then enter 5 pixels

Step 24:

Select the marquee tool. Hold down the option key and draw a rectangle starting from the bottom of you current selection and just a little below the top.

Step 25:

Add a new layer.

Step 26:

Press x then option+ delete.

Step 27:

deselect.

Step 28:

Click on the filter menu then choose blur, then choose gaussian blur, then enter 1.5 pixels, then choose enter.

Step 29:

Lower the opacity to 70%.