Photographer portfolio layout

May 15th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Web Layout

Combine in a group the layers composing both vertical lines (press Ctrl button and mark out the corresponding layers and then hold on the left mouse’s button to take the marked layers on Create a new group selection). Make two copies of the group that we’ve got and choose then Free Transform option to situate the copies the same way demonstrated below:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Insert now the titles for the menu’s buttons, each word being represented on a separate layer:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the layer’s effects by clicking on the layer containing the site’s name (Copy Layer Style) and then have a right click button on each layer containing the button’s title (Paste Layer Style).

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Next we’ll situate the picture under the menu:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Using the Rectangle Tool (U) we can hide the bottom part of the picture under a stripe of black color.

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Fill 60%

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Press Alt button while clicking between the black stripe’s layer and the picture’s layer on the layers’ panel:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Using the Ellipse Tool (U), we can represent a button on the lowest part of the picture:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Blending Options>Stroke

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Select next the Pen Tool (P) and represent a small pointer on the button that must be of white color.

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Next we’ll combine in a group all the layers composing the button on the lowest part of the picture (press Ctrl button when marking the necessary layers and then hold on the left mouse’s button while moving the marked layers on Create a new group option). Make a copy of the new group and change the parameters for the first button’s layer: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The gradient’s parameters are the same with the original one.
Blending Options>Stroke

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The gradient’s parameters are the same with the original one.
Choose now Free Transform option and turn around the group’s copy, situating it the same way from below:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Insert the section’s name on the menu’s zone:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the layer’s effects by right clicking on the layer containing the site’s name (Copy Layer Style) and then have a right click on the name of the section (Paste Layer Style).

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Now we’ll represent a vertical dividing line on the picture’s right side, applying the Line Tool (U) (weight 1 px).

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Gradient’s parameters:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Insert the section’s name on the picture’s right side, keeping the same demands from the next shown table:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the layer’s effects by right clicking on the layer containing the site’s name under the picture (Copy Layer Style) and then click on the right mouse’s button on the recently written section (Paste Layer Style).

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

… and finally the last stage includes introducing the basic text reserved for the appropriate section:

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Create a nice looking photographer portfolio layout in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The final result!

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  • Serafina

    13/09/2009

    I love it! thank you!

  • AC

    10/10/2009

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!

    We’ve done it
    and it was awesome , even better than yours!

    THANX ALOT!

    (K)(K)(K)(K)(K)(K)(K)(K)(K)

  • Andrey

    21/10/2009

    Awesome tutorial except i don’t know how to make it online or on a website? can you please help me?!

  • clippingimages

    28/10/2009

    WoW :) Awesome tutorials. Thanks for sharing this nice post.

  • Mamun_bangladesh

    18/12/2009

    Its Really awesome tutorial.keep it up

  • faith

    21/02/2010

    Hey. I really have loved your tutorials. I have a question though. How do you get them from photoshop to the web? I’m wanting to use blogger or blogspot to host my page. What program do you use or how do you get the buttons to link to different pages too? Does this make sense.. I would love any help of advise you could share!

    Thanks so much