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A Photoshop tutorial to create a nice colorful menu bar
 
Chained Text Thumnail
Step 1.
Start off by making a new Photoshop document. Choose the rounded rectangle tool, set the radius to 12 pixels, and create a wide rounded recntalge, as shown below, It doesn't matter what colour it is because we'll be creating a gradient with the shape next.
Step 2.
Choose dark maroon (6f1300) for the foreground color and a lighter shade for the background color (c82e00). Make a selection (select > load selection) using the rectangle
a)   b)
Step 3.
Choose the linear gradient, cirlcled in green (a). Open the gradient editor, by clicking on the sample gradient, and choose "foreground to background" (b)
a)   b)
Step 4.
To create the gradient, drag form the top to the bottom of the selection, which should produce something like in the iamge below.
Next go to Part 2) Part: 1 | 2 | 3
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