Creating Custom Menu in Techno Style

This not so difficult professional Photoshop tutorial will walk you through the creation of a simple, but cool navigation bar and buttons that you can use on your website!

First of all, create a new document sized 500×300 px, all the default settings and my background gradient colors are #244e49 and #001e17:

Then apply Filter > Texture > Grain with similar settings to these:

Ok, now we have something like this one below:

Go to the next step. Time to add the grungy texture to the background. For this you can use my brushes. Create a new layer and make a couple of prints using the Brush Tool and black color.

Make this grungy texture a little bit sharp. For this effect use Sharpen Tool.

Now you need to make a curvy shape (it will be your navigation bar) using the Pen Tool, and color of #67716e:

After that rasterize this shape with Layer > Rasterize > Shape and then apply Filter > Texture > Texturizer:

See the filter effect now:

Ok, to stylize this bar. Right-click your navigation bar layer in your layer’s palette then go into the Blending Options, click and apply the following settings:
• Drop Shadow
• Inner Shadow
• Bevel and Emboss

Looking pretty much good now.

Now I would like to bring grunge texture to the navigation bar to. Now, select the navigation bar with Select > Load Selection, after that create a new layer, then select the Brush Tool and make a new print with grunge brushes.

Remove the selection with Ctrl+D, then use the Sharpen Tool again to make this layer sharp. Set opacity to 50% for this layer.

Ok, begin to create button. Select the Ellipse Tool and make a rounded shape like on picture below:

After that apply following layer styles for this layer:
• Outer Glow
• Inner Glow
• Gradient Overlay
• Stroke

Look at the picture below. Your button should look like this one:

Now it’s time to add a nice, glossy shine to the button. Start by making a selection around your button with Select > Load Selection, then contract your selection by about 3 pixels with Select > Modify > Contract and fill it with white color.

Contract your selection by about 3 pixels again and press Delete to clear selected area.

Deselect this area with Ctrl+D and apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with following presets:

This is satisfactory result. Your image should look like this one:

Now, change layer mode to Overlay and you will see the difference.

After that I think we should bring glare to the button. Create a new layer, and then select the Pen Tool to create a shape for the future glare using white color.

Rasterize current layer (Layer > Rasterize > Shape) and set opacity up to 40%. Now, use the Eraser Tool and a soft round brush about 90 px to make this shape semitransparent a little bit on the bottom.

We are done with the button design. Now you can add text. Use the Horizontal Type Tool to write out button title.

You can duplicate this button five times and you will receive the next navigation bar with menu:

Thanks for reading this Photsohop tutorial, everyone. I hope you enjoyed it, and even learn something!

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