Corporate Business - Design a Modern & Stunning Web Layout

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Corporate Business Design a Modern & Stunning Web Layout

Posted in: Tutorials Written by: Stelian Subotin March 29th, 2011

In this tutorial were going to create a clean and professional business layout inPhotoshop. It has a great mix of colors and elements and is great for business

owners and service providers. This tutorial, though long, is very detailed. Onlyworked with Photoshop a bit? Or maybe youre just starting to design web layoutsusing Photoshop, no matter what your skill level if you carefully follow each of thesteps at the end youll have something a finished layout similar to mine.

Preview of Final Result

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Resources

Step 1

Open Photoshop and create a new document that is 1200 x 1200 pixels, 72 dpi,and RGB Color. Fill the layer with white. (Ctrl+Backspace or Delete)




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Step 2

Now create a rectangle for the header and fill it with a white-grey color, then use thecolors on the image for the Gradient Overlay. Our search and logo will eventuallybe part of the header.




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Step 3

Create a new rectangle above the previous one, with attributes as shown below.The following drop shadow effect creates a look of a 1 pixel stroke which doesincrease the look of that simple bar. Note: this step creates a horizontal line.




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Step 4

Now add the Gradient Overlay layer style with the hex codes indicated.




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Step 5

Add a white 1 pixel stroke. The following stroke of 1 pixel will divide the grey shadoweffect. Itll eventually work as a divider.




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Step 6

Make one more rectangle in the middle-right zone, and fill it with white and add a 1px stroke as indicated it will be our search box.




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Step 7

One more rectangle should be created and filled with blue. Set the inner shadow asindicated below, this will be our search button. This blue works great in combinationwith grey, white and light-grey. Blue will be the major contrasting color we use as wework through this template.




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Step 8

Add the Gradient Overlay details to the button with the details from image.




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Step 9

Add a 1 px stroke to the button with the color indicated. Take a look at the first andthe final result of the button so you can see the difference all these details made.


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Step 10

Now add this drop shadow effect for the text placed in the search box, using PTSans Bold. This will be the final step in creating your search button. You may wantto try other fonts, but the PT Sans Bold is really good for this small button.




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Step 11

Make another fill under the header section, this will be the navigation area. Here wewill place the navigation links of our template.




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Step 12

Write your navigation links using a dark-grey color, then add a white drop shadoweffect. The effect used for the navigation links is the same used for the searchbutton.




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Step 13

With 1px vertical line, make divisions between each links. The lines should be blackand will really increase the beauty of the navigation area.

Step 14




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Over the home section, make a fill with the blue and then add a Gradient Overlaystyle as indicated.




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Step 15

Copy the Home link, this time color it white and add a drop shadow effect.




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Step 16

Create a big, grey zone under the navigation, it should be about 30% of the layout.This will be the background for the featured area.




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Step 17

Now create a big, white rectangle and add some shadow with the details shown. Abig stock image, a big headline and some text with another great button will beadded.

Step 18

Add a any dummy image you want to that featured area. Be sure it covers more than80% of the area. The one I chose is from a stock website.




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Step 19

Add some text to it, use the PT SANS Bold font and make the font big.

Step 20




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The remaining area should be filled with grey, in it well place some text. This isreally a secondary area which describes the image, the services, the company itself,or whatever youd like.

Step 21

Place some blue-colored text which will be the title of the information below. Use thedetails in the image for Drop Shadow style.




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Step 22

Add some dummy text. This could be some important information or whatever youdlike.




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Step 23

Create another grey area under the featured zone, where we will add some text andicons later. Add the details as stated on the image. Mostly, the icons will promote theservices offered by the company behind the website.




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Step 24

Continue by adding a Gradient Overlay style for the last rectangle we have createdin the anterior steps.




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Step 25

Now we are adding titles and icons, as well as some divisions. The icons can befound in the resource list at the beginning of the tutorial. Be sure to choose youricons and text thoughtfully.




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Step 26

At the border of both zones, create a small circle and fill it with dark brown color. Addsome inner shadow as stated on the image.

Step 27

Continue by adding a drop shadow layer style. It is another small detail, but it really

makes that button zone minimalistic, nice-looking and well designed.




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Step 28

To finish, add a Gradient Overlay effect.




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Step 29

By using the Custom Shape Tool (U), create an arrow in both circles. Now add thedetails shown on the screenshot.




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Step 30

Continue by adding some Color Overlay for the arrow. It should also be a blue colorbecause otherwise, it will not fit the contrast and the colors used on the wholetemplate.




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Step 31

Add a video screenshot in the free space and place a title for it. For this template, Ihave used a simple screenshot of a YouTube widget.




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Step 32

Add the text Product Highlights and Case Studies. Let the text under the ProductHighlights be links so you could showcase some friends websites or resources youadmire/promote.




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Step 34

Dont forget to make a relevant/small footer for our template. If you have paidattention, you should know how to create the same effect as below.




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All done! If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment. I hopeyou enjoyed this whole tutorial!

For Further Reading:

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