[Photoshop]How to make a Userbar

First make your settings like mine.
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Your image should look like this now.
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Rename layer one to background.
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Now find a picture off of google and right click it and go to copy image.

Then go back to photoshop and press ctrl+v.

Now, grag the photo to the postion you want it to be.
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Make a new layer and name it scanlines.
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Now go to file new and make your settings like mine.(This is for your scanlines)
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Now hold ctrl + + To zoom in untill its at 3200%

Click and hold your paint brush then select Pencil.

Then put 3 squares going in any direction you want.
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Then go to image at the top of the screen and go to fill and make it look like mine.
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Now you can close that and go back to your userbar.

Now, you want to select your scanlines layer.

Then go to edit at the top and go to fill.

Select Use patten and then select the scanline you made.
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Then press okay. And it should look like this.
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That looks ugly. So now you want to go to were your layers are and make the opacity to 23%
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Now. Make a new layer and name it. Border
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Now press ctrl + a

Now go to edit at the top and choose Stroke.

Make your settings as mine.
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Then press okay. Now press ctrl + d to deselect your userbar.

Now make a new layer and name it ellipses.
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Now you want to go to your rectangular tool. Click and hold it then select the elliptical tool.

Now. Click and drag it on to the image like i did.
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Now press ctrl + delete.

And now it should look like this.
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Then go to your layers and make the opacity to 23% again.

Now press ctrl + d

And your ellipses should now look like this.
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Now make a new layer and name it text.

Now you want to choose the text tool.

And make your text settings like mine.
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Vistor font download here!

Now you want to click in the bottom right of your userbar and type your lg username.

I would post what it looks like finished but my computer wont let me use my vistor font for some reason.

thanks ill try this when i get home

You should add this:

The next step is to define your pattern, choose Layer>Merge Down, then Select>All, and Edit>Define Pattern.


Otherwise good tut.

you mean excellent tut

Oh that's nice.

I was always wondering about those scanlines. :o

Thanks for the tut. it will be useful. there was a tut here, but it got lost

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Originally Posted by Eternal Darkness

You should add this:

The next step is to define your pattern, choose Layer>Merge Down, then Select>All, and Edit>Define Pattern.


Otherwise good tut.

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Yeahh. But i don't do that..

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Originally Posted by iFresh

Yeahh. But i don't do that..

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Well You need to explain in someway how to make it into a pattern.

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Originally Posted by Eternal Darkness

Well You need to explain in someway how to make it into a pattern.

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Ohh. Yeahh. Haha. I knew I was forgetting something.

I'll add it later right now I'm too lazy.

my bar should be finished by tommrrow

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Originally Posted by Rape

my bar should be finished by tommrrow

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Lol. It only takes like 5minutes to make.

What happened to your images?

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Originally Posted by Nat

What happened to your images?

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Idk.

I use the [ I M G ] [ / I M G ] Tags and for some reason it didnt work. :/

It didn't even come up as links it didn't show up period if I could make them show up without you having to click the links that would be wayy better.

this is perfect timing i have been wanting to learn so i can teach my friend for $5

thanks for the tutorial, I made my userbar, it kinda sucks though :/

Whoah! Thanks guys! I made my first something with photoshop. :D

My userbar :D
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