Wired Light Menu Photoshop Tutorial

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Step 4.

This is the 2nd part of lights menu Photoshop tutorial. In this part we'll be creating the wires and the lights. Make a selection using the the stroked path (a). Contract and feather the selection by 2 pixels (b) and then fill it (c) with a lighter shade of blue (77b5fe). So now that you've created one wire, you can now duplicate it (d). Rotate it using the transform tool (Edit > Transform > Rotate)

a)		b)		c)		d)		e)

Step 5.

You can change the color of the duplicated wire by adjusting the hue (Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation). Create a 3rd duplicate, colour it, and rotate it to another angle

a)		b)

Step 6.

Duplicate the wires folder (layer set), and flip the duplicate horizontally (edit > transform > flip horizontal). Create a grey (ededed) rounded rectangle (b) with a radius of 20, and reduce it's opacity to 70%.

a)		b)

Step 7.

Make a selection using the rounded rectangle (select > load selection), and create a new layer below it, from the layers panel. Expand the selection (select > modify > expand) by 5 pixels, and fill the new layer with a darker grey (727272). Reduce the opacity of this new rounded rectangle to 70% also. Make a selection using the smaller rounded rectangle, and use the selection to delete part of the larger rounded rectangle, allowing you to see through the smaller one.

a)		b)

Step 8.

Create a new layer above the two rounded rectangles, and fill the selection with an even darker grey (323232). Feather (select > feather) the selection by 7 pixels, contract (select > modify > contract) it by 5 pixels, and delete the selection area of the darkest rounded rectangle. This will create a shading effect over the lightest one (b).

a)		b)

Step 9.

For the menu text, i've used the settings below. The text is'nt as visible as we'd like, so next we're going to add a darker border to it.

Step 10.

Make a selection (select > load selection) using the text, and create a new layer below it. Expand (select > modify > expand) the selection by 2 pixels and fill the new layer with a dark grey (8e8e8e)