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  Step 4.
  This is the 2nd part of this Photoshop tutorial to create a gallery layout. Continuing on from creating the header part of the layout, make a new layer and then create a grey gradient, as shown in image a). For this one use EAEAEB for the foreground and FFFFFF for the background. Zoom in by 300% and make a pixel wide blue line 1 pixel below the blue gradient layer. Create a rounded rectangle, using the shape tool, with a radius of 4 pixels. Make a selection out of it by holding Ctrl and pressing on it in the layers panel.
   
 
a)Click to enlarge   b)   c)
   
Step 5.
Make the rounded rectangle layer invisible and then use the selelction to delete the selelcted part of the grey gradient and the pixel wide line. On a new layer below the grey gradient, make a red rectangle, as shown in image b).
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Step 6.
Zoom back out to 100%and then create an orange thin rectangle spanning the width of both side borders. Next, create a blue rectangle below the orange one. .
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Step 7.
We're now going to create some diagonal lines along the blue strip, at the pixel level, so zoom in to 800%. Choose the pencil too, select a darker blue and then change the pencil size to 1 pixel. On a new layer, create the 1st 4 pixels and then duplicate the layer. Line the duplicate up so that there are now 8 pixels. Duplicate it more times to finish the line and then merge all the layers into 1. Then, dupliate each line along the blue strip, as shown in image c).
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Step 8.
When you're finshed. zoom out and it should look like image a). Next, make a rounded rectangle with a radius of 7 pixels and then make a selection using it. Use the selelction to copy (layer via copy) that part of the blue strip and lines to as a new layer.
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Step 9.
 
Move the new layer below the grey gradient strip and move it into the position shown in the image below. Next go to Gallery Photoshop Tutorial Part 3

 

 

 
 
   
   
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