In this photoshop tutorial you are going to learn how to create a glossy navigation interface for your website.

Create a new document with a black background and 800×400 pixels dimensions. In a new layer draw a long rectangle with #1D1D1D color shade and 719×31 pixels dimensions.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add a Satin, Gradient Overlay and Stroke blending options to your long rectangle.

Result:

Create a new layer and using the Rectangle Tool draw a rectangle with #595959 color shade and 132×26 px dimensions.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow and Gradient Overlay blending options to your dark gray rectangle.

Result:

Select your Horizontal Type Tool and above your screen under the options palette set the font family to Arial, bold, 11 pt, none and white color shade. In a new text layer type your first navigation title on the rectangle design.

Add your sub links on the long rectangle using #C6FF00 color shade and a white pipebar as the spacer.

Create a new layer and using the Rectangle Tool draw another rectangle with #595959 color shade and 132×26 px dimensions. Position it as shown below.

Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add a Gradient Overlay blending option to your second rectangle design layer.

Result:

Add another text link on the glossy tab.

Add the rest of your navigation text links.

Glossy Navigation Interface.

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