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New Document |  |
Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Press CNTRL+D to reset your pallete colors. Start off with any color of background, I used a dark grey.
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Rectangular Marque Tool | |
Starting with the Rectangular Marque Tool now make a nice selection like below:
Right click the layer and apply these blending mode styles to it:
By having fill pixels selected this will save us from having to Rasterize the layer :D.
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Make a White Box | |
Make a new layer and use the rectangular selection tool to make a white box like below:
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Use the Rectangular Marque Tool | |
Now we want to make thin lines. Make 2 different colors, use the Rectangular Marque Tool to make these lines, or you can use the Line Tool with a 3 px width:
Note that I made the right line darker then the left line, you will see this in the next example pictures.
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Blending Options | |
Use the Rectangular Marque Tool again to make yet another selection, remember you must make new layers everytime you make a new selection. Fill the selection in with your desired color and apply these blending options:
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Make the same Colored Layer Again | |
Make the same colored layer but to the right, repeat step 5 to do this:
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Press Delete | |
Select the white layer e created in step 3. Make a selection at the bottom like below and press delete!
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Emerge Both the Layers | |
In step 4 we made those 2 lines. Emerge both the layers together. Now duplicate the layer and move them around. We are going to use them for content headers:
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Add your Clipart and Icons | |
Now your pretty much done, I will leave you to completing the rest. When Designing a template its best to finish the blank design first then add your clipart and icons. Here is my final version with clipart and icons added:
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