Photography portfolio
January 21st, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Web Layout
Awesome photography portfolio design with a lot of content boxes and an attractive look.

Create a new file (File>New) that would have 800×800 px and 72 dpi. Selecting the Paint Bucket Tool (G) may help us to paint the new file with the next color #111111

Next we have to use the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) (radius 7 px) to represent the primary layer reserved for the menu’s button, situated on the site’s header.

The layer’s parameters are selected by making a mouse click on the necessary layer on the layers’ panel.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradient’s parameters:

Blending Options>Stroke



Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent a highlight on the menu’s button. Firstly we need to represent the zone of the highlight to be and then, holding on Alt button, erase the unnecessary elements.

The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradient’s parameters:



Using the same instrument and the same radius, try to represent next the zone reserved for the buttons’ indicator of white color. Press Alt button and select the Rectangle Tool (U) to erase the unnecessary elements.

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Clay Jackson
21/08/2009
This is great, thanks for posting!
Background Checks International
26/08/2009
Awesome design and post… thanks man!!!!
yac
10/09/2009
Thanks man!!!!!!
Kushan
11/09/2009
THANKS! THANKS! this is better than giving away template…we can learn lots of things like this… actually i grab the pencil tool after ages
THANKS!
Yadav
16/09/2009
Nice tutorial this is helpful for me
Luis Lopez
01/10/2009
Great, your amazing work has been featured here:
http://www.conceptopixel.com/2009/10/47-tutoriales-para-crear-botones-web-layouts-barras-de-navegacin-banners-y-ms.html
I like the camera on the right-bottom corner, special detail, i love it.
Cheers. Luis.
Bigfoot29
06/10/2009
Wow this amazing I can’t wait to try it out thanks so much!!!
Jonocode
25/10/2009
Hi!
I’m very new to photoshop. I was wondering if someone could explain these words:
“Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent a highlight on the menu’s button. Firstly we need to represent the zone of the highlight to be and then, holding on Alt button, erase the unnecessary elements. ”
I’m stuck on this part! What is it that I need to do?
P
06/11/2009
Wow great thanks for the good work
:D
jonocode:
you use the SAME instrument. you make another roundedrectangle on top of the existing!
i had the same problem hehe but i figured it out
R
10/11/2009
i thought i knew PS pretty well, but I still can’t follow the steps..
arul karthik
30/01/2010
It was a nice exp to do initial steps..Thank u very much..
Daniel
01/03/2010
thx. awesome!
Where to download the PSD?
rhanzies
14/03/2010
this one is one of a kind..i really love it…thanks a lot dudes
MaXeLL
21/03/2010
Good Work! This layout its very beautiful and professional doing.
3TurtleStudios
26/03/2010
@ Joncode:
using the same instrument means using the same “tool”… which is that rectangle shape tool..
when u create a rectangle with rounded corners and want to subtract another rectangular shape from it, you just hold alt key..
so basically… see it for urself: make a rectangle with the shape tool.. then with the same tool, hold down alt key and make another shape over it… you will see the new shape will be subtracted out..
similarly, holding shift key will add to the shape..
hope this helps…
تطوير الذات
06/04/2010
this is great
but can you give me an example HTML for this template because it’s very beautiful and i want to put it in my own website
thank you a lot
Natalia Resende
07/04/2010
Thank you. I loved this lay!
emdad hossain
18/05/2010
thanks for great tutorial.
Sean
26/05/2010
It seems a great tutorial however I have spent so much time trying to work out exactly what I’m supposed to do… it’s really putting me off.
It would be nice if the steps taken were explained in full detail and in fluent English.
denise
10/06/2010
Poorly explained:
Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent a highlight on the menu’s button. Firstly we need to represent the zone of the highlight to be and then, holding on Alt button, erase the unnecessary elements.
It would be much more helpful if you actually said what tools you meant and layers you were talking about. you diagram doesn’t follow with what you are saying.
haseeb
29/06/2010
it is a verry good site
haseeb
29/06/2010
you shuld told more for the beginers
beno
02/07/2010
I am stuck on the same spot where Jonocode is at…
Quote: “Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent a highlight on the menu’s button. Firstly we need to represent the zone of the highlight to be and then, holding on Alt button, erase the unnecessary elements.”
and yes it is poorly outlined … no layers explained.
someone tell me how can i do this part?
CELIN
02/07/2010
THANK U SO MUCH 4 POSTING THIS
Remonty Malowanie
22/07/2010
Very good post. Lots of new things for me, thank you very much!
MICHAL
26/07/2010
All very nice but this is not really a tutorial. it lacks details and descriptions. for a begginer it is impossible to follow…
Jack
01/08/2010
Damn good one! Very nice portfolio site!
pencil art
04/08/2010
This is really very good tutorial. I love it..
Now I will design a website with the help of this…
Natanela
04/08/2010
Thank you. This is beautiful.
Sunil
12/08/2010
I really apreaciate this site for helping new web designers
for imagination of good site layout.
Debbie
25/08/2010
I agree with Denise above regarding this and and your other tutorials…your designs are great, but the writing needs to be improved significantly. There are a couple of things in this one that I don’t understand what you are saying to do. Suggest using one-third of the words and clear, simple English. Then these tutorials would be top notch.
For example: “Press Alt button and make a mouse’s click between the photos’ layers and the photo’s layer”….huh?
And this: “Press Alt button when using the same instrument to move off the unnecessary elements.” Have no clue what you mean there.
As I say, love your designs, but am staying away from more tutorials because they are just too hard to follow.
If you need to hire a writer for your tutorials, please contact me.
Debbie
25/08/2010
Three Turtle Studios, thank you for your clear explanation using the ALT key to create a subtracted rectangle. BTW, I *love* your site…very clear and clean, yet very attractive
Ramaly
25/08/2010
This was great. !!! Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.
minh luan
28/08/2010
this tutorial very good .thank you very much
Dean
07/09/2010
Guys I hate to be the muppet of the group, first let me say ahuge THANK YOU! I have been looking for a template like this for ages. I admit I am still new to CS5. The only thing I can’t seem to find is the “Graient Editor”. I have triedfinding some kind of layout image etc on-line but no joy… PLEASE help
chirag
16/10/2010
thanx i love this web
chirag
16/10/2010
tanx for trike
tonyhoang
31/10/2010
It will very very good if you add a step about Dreamweaver at the end, thank you very much
Frank
12/11/2010
Hello i am new at photoshop, so can somebody please explain this part it could be obvious but i dont get it:
Next we have to select the Pencil Tool (B) (1 px) to picture the symbols on the menu’s buttons situated on the site’s header. The color should be white in this case.
Thanks!
stayalive
14/11/2010
thanks a lot for this nice article !
TAIMOOR JAWIAD
26/11/2010
Thanks for this post very beuitifull traning for web
NICE ASSOUM .
kenichifc
17/12/2010
It will very very good if you add a step about Dreamweaver at the end, thank you very much.
Balloon printer
21/12/2010
It will be good if you add a step about cssr at the end, thank you
balloon decorating
21/12/2010
this tutorial very good .it is helpful to me
Farhina
22/12/2010
http://www.facebook.com/Photoshop#!/photo.php?fbid=112791922125374&set=o.6147239684
I made this, hope you all like it.
raja
23/12/2010
This web site is very helpful i alwys use it
raja
23/12/2010
mind-blowing tutorials in this web site
thanks for help
Arif
09/01/2011
good work …………..
Aaron
18/01/2011
Would love to see the coding side of this done. I can make amazing layouts/themes but.. coding, whole different story.
Chris
26/01/2011
jeez, you had me till the bit that lost a few other people.
That is, “Using the same instrument, it’s possible to represent a highlight on the menu’s button. Firstly we need to represent the zone of the highlight to be and then, holding on Alt button, erase the unnecessary elements. ”
I tried instructions posited by other commentators, and various other things but it never seemed to work (on CS3).
wiyono
29/01/2011
Really great…
Thank you for sharing…
Ramesh
02/02/2011
Its really help for me!!
vivek
05/02/2011
great work. But Can u post PSD for this or can u please mail it me?
artred
05/02/2011
Great work man!
edy
02/03/2011
Nice Tutorial..
I like this tutorial..
thanks a lot…
abdul azeez
07/03/2011
Thank u teacher?
Good lessons ……..
jj
28/03/2011
it is very useful. thank u
Werel
06/04/2011
Helpful and nice, but difficulty for newbie like me
Asifa
14/04/2011
Thanks for posting great tutorial.
doan trung kien
22/04/2011
very good! i like it!
pham thuy anh
20/05/2011
thanks a lot of!
it’s very interesting. i learned a lot from it.
Great!
Sachin
07/08/2011
How do you creat “layer group” for creating multiple button of menu.
masomeh
12/08/2011
Thank you. This is beautiful.
chirag
14/08/2011
th.
Pope
08/10/2011
Hi ,
Thanks immensely for providing this tutorial. I’ve never felt I could put together a theme from scratch, but this has given me the confidence to start using Photoshop.
Much appreciated,
Pope
amrew
04/12/2011
very nice
Ian
10/12/2011
Hi, I have no such symbols for my pencil tool. If I’m looking in the right place, I chose the pencil tool from the tool box and then in the top left on the options bar for the pencil there is a dropdown second from the left with a very small collection of shapes (mostly smudges and smears and a star. Where do the symbols you used come from?
Thanks
KATANO
09/01/2012
thanks 4 your post. it nice
yan
20/01/2012
nice tutorial,…thanks