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MAKING THE HEADER
Open a new canvas 500x500 Transparent. (I
always make my canvas big so I have room to
play, we're going to crop it later)
Flood fill the canvas with your light tile by
loading it into the textures box.
Now click on the image you're using, in my
case, it's the knuddelkid. Click on Copy then
click on your new canvas to make it active. Go
to Edit > Paste As New Layer.
Add a new layer for the text.
Choose your text colour and click on the text
tool. Choose your text size and font and
create as Floating. Click on your canvas to
make your text box open, type in your text and
click OK.
Move the text to where want it and if you like
you can add an inner bevel
and a drop shadow

 
When you've added everything you want to your
header you can crop away the excess canvas.
To crop, go to your layer palette and turn off
the visibility of the bottom layer

Merge visible the top 2 layers

Now click on the crop tool and on the tool
options, click on Snap Crop Rectangle to Layer
Opaque

You will now have a box around your image

Double click on the canvas, outside of the box
and it will be cropped. Cropping this way
makes sure you don't cut off any drop shadow
etc.
Now you've done your welcome header :o)

Page 3 - Making The
Buttons And Divider
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