Creating Header for a Video Games Site
You will create a simple and yet attractive for a video games website. You just need to download 3 images, apply ((Layer Styles)), ((Gradient Tool)), and a special font.
Open a new document, 900×140px, and transparent background.
Select ((Gradient Tool)), ((Linear Gradient)) and trace a gradient from top to bottom, and these colors: #476ba7 and #263d65.
Download the 3 images:
To begin, copy and paste the Pacman image in the left side of the document.
Select ((Erase Tool)), size 200-230px, and ((Hardness)): 0%, to erase the right side edeges in the Pacman image.
Then change the layer mode to ((Soft Light)).
Reduce the ((Opacity)) to 55%.
Now place the Mario JPG image in the center of the header.
As you can see, the image size is quite big, so reduce it with ((Free Transform)) (Ctrl + T).
Select ((Erase Tool)) with the same values, and erase all the left and right sides of the image.
Change the layer style to ((Soft Light)).
Reduce ((Opacity)) to 20%.
Now paste the Mario PNG image in the right side of the header.
Erase the borders of this image as well and reduce the ((opacity)) to 50%.
Now write the text. First, download the font ARCADE.
Write the text using the size 60px.
In the text layer, go to ((Layer))-((Layer Style))-((Blending Options)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Gradient Overlay)).
Done! You can add more details such as buttons or a slogan underneath the title.
