With this tutorial I am going to show you how to make this simple header.
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1. Start by creating a new document with the setting shown below. (of course you can use a different size if you wish)
2. Go to View -> New Guide and create a horizontal guide at 160 pixels.
3. Select the Rectangular Marquee tool and make a selection from the top of the document until the guide like in the screenshot below.
4. Set your foreground color to red and the background color to orange.
5. Select the Gradient tool and apply a linear gradient (foreground to background) to your selection. You should get something like this.
6. Select the Rectangular Marquee tool again but this time apply these settings.
7. Make a selection just below the guide and the gradient.
Very nice tutorial! Thank you for publishing it on DaTutorials.com!