Navigation Tab Tutorial

Step 1: Change your foreground color to black.
Step 2: Add a new layer.
Step 3: Select the rounded rectangle tool.
Step 4: In the options bar click on the fill pixels icon. ( It's the third icon.)
Step 5: In the options bar increase the radius to 20%.
Step 6: Draw your rounded corner box.
Step 7: Select the rectangular marquee tool.
Step 8: Draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangle.
Step 9: Press the delete key.
Step 10: Deselect.
Step 11: Switch to the gradient tool
Step 12: Click on the arrow to bring up the gradient thumbnail.
Step 13: Double click on the left color stop under the editor bar.
Step 14: Choose 40% black. Click OK.
Step 15: Double click on the right color stop but this time choose white. Click OK
Step 16: In the layers palette, turn on "Lock transparent Pixels" ( It's the first icon form the left)
Step 17: Using the gradient you created, draw a gradient from the top of your shape to the bottom.
Step 18: From your layer styles choose bevel and emboss.
Step 19: For your style choose inner bevel, set the angle to 126, depth to 2 and size to 4. Raise the highlight opacity to 100% and lower the shadow opacity to 50%.
Step 20: In the list of styles on the left hand side, click on the name outer glow.
Step 21: Set the blend mode to normal, then click on the color swatch, choose 30% black as your glow color. Increase the spread to 25%. Click OK
step 22: Hold the apple key and in the layer palette, Click the layer that contains the tab.
Step 23: Select----Modify-----Contract. Enter 5. OK
Step 24: Select the marquee tool. Hold the options key then draw a rectangle starting form the bottom of your current selection to just a little below the top.
Step 25: Add a new layer
Step 26: Press x. Then Options+ Delete
Step 27: Deselect
Step 28: Filter menu, blur, choose Gaussian blur. Enter 1.5 pixels. Click OK
Step 29: Lower the opacity to 70%