Make A Userbar - DLB

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Make A Userbar by DLB

Materials:
A few minutes of time
Photoshop

First off what you want to do is create a new document with the size 350px by 20px
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Then you're going to want to select the two colors you want to use for your gradient. For this tutorial, i selected black and blue.
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Next you select your gradient tool, which if you don't see it, click and hold the paint bucket tool until it pops up and select it.
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Apply the gradient until you get it to look how you want itMember Added Image

Assuming you don't have the stamp already made, you will have to make the stamp.
Note: If you've made a stamp before, you won't have to do these steps again. Its only for the first time.

First things first, create a new document (Ctrl+N)and make it 6 x 6px.
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Zoom in pretty close and select your pencil tool. With it draw this shape.
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Easy right?

To make it stay as a stamp, go to edit>Define Pattern
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Now you've made your first stamp. Back to userbar.

Apply your stamp to the picture (click and drag all over it)
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Next you want to lower the opacity so it blends a bit better. Anywhere from 25-35% is fine. I use 25 most of the time.
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