MEMBER: DONNA THOMPSON / Star~NET
Online Systems |
| EASY
FOLDER TABS |
| Easy
way to create folder
tabs to use as webpage
navigation. |
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Step one:
Create a new transparent blank
document. Set foreground color
to white. Select the Shapes
tool and choose Polygon. On
the shapes toolbar, create
a rasterized shape by clicking
on the third square. Type
in 6 in the sides box to make
it a six sided polygon. Hold
the shift key and draw the
shape on your blank document.
Step two:
Select the rectangle marquee
and draw a rectangle over
the bottom half of the polygon.
Hit the delete key and CTRL
+ D to deselect. Go to the
Layers palette and CTRL +
CLICK to select your shape.
Go to the SELECT menu and
save selection. Name it "Alpha"
Step three:
Click on the Channels palette
and choose the Alpha channel
and deselect the layer. Go
to filters, blur, Gaussian
blur and set the radius to
10. Click Ok. CTRL + F to
apply the filter twice more
Step four:
Press CTRL + L to open the
levels dialogue box. In the
Levels dialogue box move the
sliders so that they touch
in the center or type in the
input levels 120 Black, 1
Gray and 145 White. Click
OK.
Step five:
In the channels Palette CTRL
+ Click the Alpha Channel
to select it. Click on the
Layers Palette and and click
on Layer 1. Go to the Select
menu and choose Inverse (SHIFT
+ CTRL + I) Hit the delete
key and then Deselect the
Layer (CTRL + D)
Step six:
Now you have a rounded tab
that you can resize and change
the color to suit your needs!
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