Hello. This is my second layout tutorial , i hope you like it



1)Create a new document with the size 1500 x 1300 pixels and fill the background with black.

2)Download this image ( http://flickr.com/photos/victorvonsa...30810/sizes/l/ ) and place it in our document. Use Free Transform to make this image bigger, then go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Select Gradient Tool and draw a linear black to white gradient to mask the upside part of the image.



3)Create a new layer and make a rectangular selection with the fixed size 800 x 1200 pixels. Fill the selection with white and set the opacity for this layer to 15%. Change the name of the layer to content bkg.



4)Create a new layer and make a rectangular selection with the size 300 x 1200 pixels, fill it with white and set the opacity of the layer to 15%. Change the name of the layer to sidebar bkg.



5)Ctrl + Click on the ‘content bkg’ layer`s thumbnail to select it, then go to Select > Modify > Contract and add a value of 7 pixels. Create a new layer, fill the selection with white and set the opacity to 15%.



6)Do the same thing with the ’sidebar bkg’ layer too.



7)Download this Vista wallpaper (http://flickr.com/photos/brajeshwar/414469897/sizes/l/ ). Place the image inside our document, above all the other layers and change its mode to Soft Light. Use Free Transform to make the layer bigger.



8)Create a new layer and use Brush Tool to paint with 3-4 dark colors.



9)Select Type Tool and write the name of your site with white. Press Ctrl + G to place this layer inside a folder, and set the blend mode for the folder to Color Dodge. Right-click on the text layer and select Rasterize Type. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use the value 1.5 pixels.





10)Ctrl + Click on the text layer`s thumbnail to select the text, then click on the layer you created at the step eight (the one with the colors), go to Select > Modify > Expand and use the value 1 pixel. Go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal Selection.



11)Select Type Tool and add the pages names. I used the font Futura, the size 30 pixels and the color #ececea.



12)Now we are going to add the content on the page. I used the font Verdana with the white color and the size 15 for the content and 30 for the title.



13)Write the text for the sidebar. I used the same two fonts ( Futura and Verdana) to keep the design as clean as possible. I have drawn some black and white rectangles and I set the opacity of them to 30%.



Here is a Full size image

Content boxes are comparising to WinVista boxes.
Ninceeeeeee

Sry, for the late post.

This layout is quite easy to make, but the result... FANTASTIC!

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Simple but Fantastic!

Great work

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Saw the light beams on this and thought "Oh no, they're made with that rotten pen tool!" (my pet ps hate)
What a fantastic idea to use the vista wallpaper!! Gotta try this one.
Thanks!

Very happy with how mine turned out. Although I did some a little differently.
Thanks for the tutorial!

Very eye-catching! I love the nightlife.

Nice
Thank you

nice one, thanks

I hate Windows Vista (It looks like Vista), but it is really nice design !