Futuristic Footer

For Use With Web Creation or Graphic Design

Creating a cool metallic footer for a web site

In world of attractive and cool headers many a times website footer loose it's importance. In this tutorial we'll create a nice metallic footer for a website.

Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Duplicate layer. Enable "intersect shape areas" at the top bar. Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Change gradient in gradient overlay layer style.

Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select Flip Vertical and place on the bottom.

Create two rectangles using rectangular shape tool. Apply same layer style.

Create two circles using elliptical shape tool. Apply same layer style. Move these layers below all the layers in layer order in layer palette.

Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool. Enable add to shape area from the top bar. Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Create a number of circles of different sizes by keeping "add to shape area" enabled at the options bar at top.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Select and merge all the layers. Duplicate and scale down the layer. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colors.

Select eraser tool with soft brush settings and remove the lower half.

Change the layer mode to "Overlay".

Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select Flip Vertical and place on the other side. Change the layer mode to "Soft Light".

Create a few overlapping circles. Apply same layer style and place as shown below.

Populate the footer with navigation links and copyright information.