Glassy Navigation

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Glassy Navigation

In this tutorial you’ll see how to create a glassy navigation bar. After you started with a New document, follow the steps below.

STEP ONE

Select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle, 400 pixels of width and 35 pixels of height. Set solid background - #CCCCCC and 1-Pixel soft style border - #999999 color. Set the rectangle’s roundness to 100. After you’ve done that, select the rectangle and in the Properties window go to Effects -> Bevel and Emboss -> Inner Bevel and set all values like they’re setted on the image below.

STEP TWO

Then go to Effects -> Shadow and Glow -> Inner Shadow and set all values like they’re setted on the image below.

STEP THREE

After that, go to Effects -> Shadow and Glow -> Drop Shadow and set all values like they’re setted on the image below.

STEP FOUR

Now, select the rectangle tool and draw another rectangle. Set roundness to 100. Set solid background - #95CFF4 and 1-Pixel Soft style border - #666666 color. Place the second rectangle over the first one.

STEP FIVE

Select the second rectangle and go to Effects -> Shadow and Glow -> Inner Glow and set all values like they’re setted on the image below.

STEP SIX

This is the final step. Go to Effects -> Shadow and Glow -> Drop Shadow and set all values like they’re setted on the image below.

That’s all and now you’ve got something like it’s shown on the image below.

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