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Create a Web App Admin User Interface in Photoshop

<p> Creating a web app admin user interface in Photoshop can seem like a daunting task&comma; but with the right tools and techniques&comma; it is possible to create a sleek and intuitive design&period; The first step in creating an admin user interface is to identify the key features that will be included in the design&period; This might include things like menus&comma; search bars&comma; buttons&comma; and forms&period;<&sol;p><p>Once you have identified the key features of your admin user interface&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s time to start designing&period; One of the most important aspects of any web app design is usability&period; Make sure that your design is intuitive and easy to navigate for users of all skill levels&period; This might mean using familiar icons and labels for common functions or grouping related functions together&period;<&sol;p><p>Another important aspect of creating an admin user interface in Photoshop is keeping your design consistent across different pages or sections of your web app&period;<&sol;p><h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Web App Admin User Interface in Photoshop<&sol;h2><p>Web applications are popular thanks to the ubiquity of web browsers&period; the power to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers may be a key reason for their popularity&period; <&sol;p><p> A modern and straightforward to use Admin interface is the key to the success of web applications&period; We are getting to show you ways to make an internet Application Admin user interface in Photoshop&period; in order that you&&num;8217&semi;ll easily create your own admin interface for your web applications&period; outcome This Web Application Admin interface is what we are close to making&period;<&sol;p><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Final Result<&sol;strong><&sol;span> This Web Application Admin User Interface is what we are about to make&period; You can click on the image to see a full-scale version&period; <&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;maxcdn&period;webappers&period;com&sol;img&sol;2009&sol;06&sol;admin-interface&sol;final&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;final480-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Web App Admin User Interface in Photoshop" class&equals;"wp-image-1672"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;figure><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Background<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong> Step 1<&sol;strong> Create a new document in <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;category&sol;tutorials&sol;adobe-photoshop&sol;">Photoshop<&sol;a> that is 1200×1112px&period; Fill the background with black &lpar;<strong>&num;000000<&sol;strong>&rpar;&period; Using a Linear Gradient and a dark gray &lpar;<strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong>&rpar;&comma; click and drag it from the top down&period; You want your gradient to end about halfway down the document&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;01-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2081"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Header<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong> <&sol;strong><strong>Step 2<&sol;strong> Using the marquee tool we are going to make a 1200×77px box&period; To do this click on the marquee tool and change the style settings to Fixed Size&period; Change the size to 1200×77px and click on the top left corner of the document for a starting point&period; Fill with <strong>&num;33CCCC<&sol;strong>&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;02-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2082"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 3<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now we are going to add a Gradient Overlay to our header&period; Click on the first icon from the left on the bottom of the layers palette&comma; and click on Gradient Overlay&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;03&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2083"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 4<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Using the line tool&comma; create a 5px line going across the entire document&period; This is going to go at the bottom of our header&period; Change the color to <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Now we are going to create a bevel look to it&period; Click on the Single Row Marquee Tool&comma; and create a line on the top of our 5px line we just created&period; Fill that selected area with <strong>&num;FFFFFF<&sol;strong>&period; Create another line at the bottom and fill with <strong>&num;999999<&sol;strong>&NewLine;&NewLine;Finally add another Single Row Marquee to the very top of the document using <strong>&num;009999<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;04&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2084"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 5<&sol;strong> We want to create a 950px box in the middle of the document&comma; which we are going to build our interface around&period; To do this first click on the background layer then go to <strong>View>Snap<&sol;strong> and make sure it is checked&period; Now click and drag a guide out from the ruler to the middle of the document&period; When you get to the middle the guide should snap into place&period; <&sol;p><p>Now using the Square Marquee tool create a new layer &lpar;<strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; N<&sol;strong>&rpar;&comma; and create a square that is 950px wide and 1112px tall&period; Fill with <strong>&num;FFFFFF<&sol;strong>&period; When you use the transform tool &lpar;<strong>Control &plus; T<&sol;strong>&rpar; there will be anchor that come up on the corners and in the middle&comma; line up the top and bottom middle anchor points with the guide&period; <&sol;p><p>Take that guide that you created and drag it over to the right side of the box we created &lpar;it should snap into place&rpar;&period; Also&comma; click and drag another guide to the left of the box&period; Now click and drag the box layer into the trash &lpar;last icon on the right at the bottom of the layers palette&rpar;&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;05&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2085"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 6<&sol;strong> While we are at it&comma; we are going to add some more guides to get the basic layout of our design&period; Using your square marquee tool create a box 250×1112px so that the left edge is on the left guide&period; Click and drag a guide out to the right side of the selected area&period; Holding down shift&comma; move the box over to the left once with the left arrow&period; <&sol;p><p>Put a guide on the right side of the selection&period; Hold shift again&comma; and move the box over to the right twice&period; Put a guide on the left side of the selection&period; Move the box over two more times&comma; holding shift&comma; and put another guide on the right side of the box&period; Now we are going to make another box that is 950×113px&period; Put it at the very top and put a guide at the bottom of the box&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;06&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2086"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 7<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Before we go any further we want to start organizing our layers&period; So create a new folder &lpar;third icon from the left at the bottom of the layers palette&rpar; and call it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Header”&NewLine;&NewLine;Using the rounded rectangle tool&comma; create a box with a radius of 10px that goes from the left guide to the fourth guide in&comma; and down to the guide that goes across&period; Fill with <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;07&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2087"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 8<&sol;strong> Using the layer styles &lpar;first icon at the bottom of the layers palette&rpar; click on Inner Shadow&period; This will give us a dark look on the edges&period; Next&comma; we are going to add a Bevel and Emboss&period; This will make our box pop&comma; kind of like we did with border on the header&period; Finally&comma; we are going to add a Gradient Overlay&period; This will give us a dark edge on the bottom of our box&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;08-471x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2088"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 9<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now you can add in your logo&comma; and give it the same Bevel and Emboss as the box&period; You can do this by dragging the style from the box layer to the logo layer&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;To give it an extra embossed look&comma; you can first duplicate your logo with <strong>Control &plus; J<&sol;strong>&period; Control and click on the logo and fill it with <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period; Move that layer down two spaces&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;09&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2089"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 10<&sol;strong> We are going to give the box a metal look to it&period; To do this we are going to create a new layer&comma; then create a box using the marquee tool and fill it with black&period; The size doesn’t really matter&comma; as long as it is bigger than our box&period; Make sure your foreground and background colors are black and white&comma; then go to <strong>Filter>Noise>Add Noise<&sol;strong>&period; Change your settings to something like what I have&period; Using <strong>Control &plus; U<&sol;strong> drop the saturation all the way down to -100&period; Do <strong>Control &plus; D<&sol;strong> to deselect the area&comma; then go to <strong>Filter>Blur>Motion Blur<&sol;strong>&period; <&sol;p><p>Move the metal we are creating over the original box&period; Then do <strong>Control &plus; click<&sol;strong> on the original box layer&comma; the do <strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; I<&sol;strong> to get the inverse and delete&period; Change the blend mode to Soft Light&period; Open up the levels menu with <strong>Control &plus; L<&sol;strong> and bring in the left and right arrows towards the edges of the graph&period; Then drop the Opacity way down until you get something you like&period; I put mine at 20&percnt;&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;10-300x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2091"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 11<&sol;strong> Let’s add some navigation&period; To do this we are first going to add another guide&period; Using the square marquee tool create a square that is 120px wide and put the left edge on the last guide on the left side of the document&period; Drag a guide over to the right of the box&period; <&sol;p><p>In that box we are going to take the Rounded Rectangle Tool and create a box in that area&comma; except make sure that to top of the box&comma; including the rounded corners goes above the header&period; Create a new folder and call it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nav”&period; Change the color of the box to <strong>&num;33CCCC<&sol;strong>&comma; and drag the layer into the folder&period; Move the folder below the header&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2092"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 12<&sol;strong>&NewLine;The first button is going to be our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dashboard” button&comma; so create a new folder inside the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nav” folder&comma; and call it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dashboard”&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Now we are going to add some layer styles to our button&period; So lets add an Inner Glow&comma; and Bevel and Emboss&period; This will really make our button pop&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;12&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2093"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 13<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Let’s add some text to our button&period; Use the Type Tool&comma; to type out the word &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dashboard”&period; I am using the font ITC Franklin Gothic Demi at 16pt&period; Make sure you make your text box the same width as the navigation button and center the text&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;13&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2094"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 14<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Duplicate the text layer with Control &plus; J and change the color to <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period; Move it down two spaces&period; This will give us a bevel for the navigation words&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Lastly we are going to add a shadow at the top of our button&period; To do this Control and click on the button layer to get the selection&comma; then create a new layer with <strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; N<&sol;strong>&period; Now click on the gradient tool and make sure you have the Linear Gradient selected&comma; as well as black as your foreground&period; Click and drag a gradient from top to bottom until you get something you like&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;14&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2095"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 15<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Right click on the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dashboard” folder and click on Duplicate Layer Set&period; Rename the folder &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Users”&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Holding down <strong>Shift<&sol;strong>&comma; move the button over 13 spaces&period; This should put it just off the original button&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Change both the text layers to say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Users” and change the background to <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Repeat this with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pages” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Settings”&period; So you should end up with four buttons total&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;15&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2096"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 16<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now we are going to add the login information at the right of our webpage&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;16&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2097"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Sidebar<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong>Step 17<&sol;strong> Now it is time to start on the sidebar&period; First lets start off by taking the Rounded Rectangular Tool&comma; click and drag a square the same width as the logo box and a height something like what I have &lpar;it doesn’t have to be a certain height because we are going to mask it off&rpar;&period; Make sure the top is resting on the horizontal guide&period; Fill it with <strong>&num;FFFFFF<&sol;strong> for now&period; Click on the layer mask &lpar;Second icon from the left on the layers palette&rpar;&period; <&sol;p><p>Click on the square marquee tool and create a square 250×35px and put it on the far left and horizontal guides&period; Get the inverse selection with <strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; I<&sol;strong> and fill the area with black&period; This should get rid of the area we don’t need&period; We are going to add the headline&comma; so using the Type Tool&comma; type out &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;System Messages”&period; Move the text to the far left guide then holding down shift&comma; move it over to the right one space&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;17&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2098"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 18<&sol;strong>&NewLine;We are going to add some layer styles to our sidebar head&comma; but before we do that we want to create a new folder and call it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;System Messages”&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Now go into the layer styles and add a Bevel and Emboss&comma; also we are going to give it a Gradient overlay&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Go ahead and change the color of the box to <strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong>&period; Holding down <strong>Shift<&sol;strong>&comma; move the box down three times&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;18&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2099"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 19<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Using the Square Marquee tool&comma; create a square&comma; 250×435px&period; Line it up at the far left and horizontal guides&period; Create a new layer with <strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; N<&sol;strong> and fill it with <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Add a Bevel and Emboss and holding shift&comma; move the box down seven spaces&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;19&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2100"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 20<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat step 17&comma; change the headline to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do List” and put the layers into a new folder called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do List”&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;20&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2101"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 21<&sol;strong>&NewLine;We are going to repeat step 19&comma; except the box is going to line up with the left guide and the bottom of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do List” head&period; Change the height to 340px and move the box down five spaces from that spot&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;21&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2102"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 22<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now we can start creating the information inside the first sidebar&period; Let’s start off by grabbing the talk bubble icon&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;maxcdn&period;webappers&period;com&sol;img&sol;2009&sol;06&sol;admin-interface&sol;icons&period;png" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">I’ve created a transparent PNG of all the icons so you can use them<&sol;a>&period; Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;System Messages” headline and change the color to <strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong>&period; and change it to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Recent Messages”&period; Put your talk bubble next to the text and line up the icon with the left guide&period; Hold down shift and move it over one spot&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;22&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2103"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 23<&sol;strong> Let’s go in and add a break under the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Recent Messages”&period; To do this&comma; click on the Line Tool and create a 1px line in between the inner two sidebar guides&period; Now grab the red &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;x” icon and set it one <strong>Shift &plus; space<&sol;strong> over from the left side of the sidebar&period; Add some dummy text&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet&comma; consetetur sadipscing elitr&comma; sed diam nonumy&period;” <&sol;p><p>Change the font to Verdana&comma; font size to 10pt and the color to <strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong>&period; To underline it &lpar;because these will be links&rpar; highlight the text and open up the text options with <strong>Control &plus; T<&sol;strong>&comma; then select the underline option&period; Put the icon and dummy copy into a folder called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message 1”&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;23&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2104"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 24<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat step 23&comma; and put the layers in a folder called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message 2”&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;24&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2105"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 25<&sol;strong>&NewLine;To add the message form we are first going to create a headline&period; Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Recent Messages” folder and replace the talk bubble icon with the talk bubble and the green &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&plus;” icon&period; Hold down shift and move it down fifteen spaces&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Also&comma; duplicate the line break and move it one <strong>shift &plus; space<&sol;strong> down from the bottom of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Created New Message” head&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;25&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2106"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 26<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now to add the form&comma; create a new folder called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message Form”&period; Using the type tool Write out &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Subject&colon;”&period; I’m using ITC Franklin Gothic Demi at 13pt&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Create a 229×30px box using the square marquee tool and fill with <strong>&num;FFFFFF<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;26&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2107"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 27<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now we are going to give the box a bevel&period; To do this we are going to duplicate the white box with <strong>Control &plus; J<&sol;strong>&period; Control and click on the layer&comma; then fill with <strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong>&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Now make sure you have the marquee tool clicked&comma; and move down and right one space each&period; Then delete the selected area&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;27&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2108"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 28<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat steps 26 &amp&semi; 27 except the white box is going to be 229×100px and instead of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Subject&colon;” it is going to say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message&colon;”&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;28&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2109"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p> Step 29 Now we are going to create the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Send” button&period; Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Users” folder from the navigation buttons&comma; and bring it down five spaces below our form&period; Click and drag the shadow layer and the light gray text layers from the navigation into the trash can&period; Change the color of the button to <strong>&num;333333<&sol;strong> and the text to <strong>&num;33CCCC<&sol;strong>&period; Change the text to say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Send”&period; <&sol;p><p>Add a layer mask to the button&period; Now take your marquee tool and create a box so the bottom of the box is at the bottom of the message form&period; Move the marquee box down five spaces and fill with black&period; Move the text down four spaces&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;29&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2110"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 30<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat steps 17-19&comma; except change the box size to 250×336px&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Now for the bottom sidebar&comma; we want to duplicate the two message folders and bring them into our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do List” folder&period; Shift and move the text down four times&period; Unclick the underline options on the text and replace the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;x” icons with the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;check” icons&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;30&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2111"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 31<&sol;strong>&NewLine;We are going to add the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Done” tabs at the top of this part of the sidebar&period; Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Send” button folder and change the name to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do”&period; Go into that folder and find the actual button&period; We are going to go to rotate it 180 degrees&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Bring the tab down to our sidebar and move it down five spaces and rest it on the second guide from the left&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;maxcdn&period;webappers&period;com&sol;img&sol;2009&sol;06&sol;admin-interface&sol;31&period;jpg" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure><p><strong>Step 32<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do” folder and rename it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Done”&period; Change the color to &num;33CCCC and the text to &num;333333&period; Hold Shift and move the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Done” button nine times&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Duplicate one of your line breaks and move it so it is resting on the bottom of the tabs&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;32&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2112"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 33<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Create New Message” folder and rename it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Add New Item”&period; Change the text to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Add New Item” also&period; Make sure you duplicate the line break also&period; Hold down shift and hold this headline down fourteen times&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;33&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2113"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 34<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Duplicate the message part of the form and the send button&period; Bring them into our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To Do List” folder &lpar;minus the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message&colon;”&rpar;&period; Hold down shift and move down two spaces from the line break&period; Change the button from &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Send” to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Add”&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;That will do it for our sidebar&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;34&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2114"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Main<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong>Step 35<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat steps17-19&comma; except instead of a width of 250px make it 670px&period; Change the headline to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;New Form”&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;35&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2078"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 36<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now add the form to our main section&period; To do this we are going to repeat steps 26 &amp&semi; 27&period; The size of the Subject part of the form is going to be 630×30px&period; Hold down shift and move the box down five times&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Above the box we are going to create a headline called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Subject” by duplicating the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Subject” from the sidebar&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;36&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2077"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 37<&sol;strong>&NewLine;We are going to add another box for the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message”&period; Again&comma; repeat steps 26 &amp&semi; 27&period; This box will be 630×260px&period; Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Message&colon;” from the sidebar&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Send” button from the side bar and line it up with the right side of the box&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;37&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2076"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 38<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Repeat steps 17-19 to get the header and table&period; The table will be 670×336px&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;38&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2075"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 39<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Now we are going to duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Add” button from the bottom side bar and bring it over to our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tables” box&period; Change the text so it says &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Apply”&period; Line up the button at the bottom right&comma; then hold shift and move the button up one and to the left twice&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;39&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2074"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 40<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Create a new folder called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Names” and we are going to add the first line of the table&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;First we are going to add a check box&period; To do this we are going to repeat steps 26 &amp&semi; 27&comma; except the box is going to be 12×12px&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Hold down shift and move the check box from the top left corner&comma; over three spaces and down two&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;40&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2073"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 41<&sol;strong> Now put any name you want&period; I’m going to set mine at 15pt with Verdana as the font&period; Hold down shift and move it over three spaces from the check box&period; Take the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&plus;” icon and the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;x” icon and bring the into our &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tables” folder&period; Add &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Edit” to the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&plus;” icon and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Delete” to the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;x” icon&period; Change the color of the text to <strong>&num;666666<&sol;strong>&period; Move that whole group over three spaces from the right&comma; holding shift&period; <&sol;p><p>Add the e-mail address in the middle of the name and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Add” with a bold <strong>&num;CC3333<&sol;strong> Verdana&period; Add a break below the name line&period; This is going to be the same size as the form in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;New Form” box&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;41&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2072"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 42<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Name” folder five more times&comma; spreading them out so the last one ends one space above the tabs&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;42&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2071"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 43<&sol;strong>&NewLine;Click on the very top layer&comma; then click on the fourth icon from the left at the bottom of the layers palette&period; Open up the Photo Filter and change the filter to Sepia&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;43&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2070"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 44<&sol;strong>&NewLine;To create the footer&comma; we are simply going to duplicate the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Header” folder and drag everything to the trash except for the <strong>&num;CC3333<&sol;strong> and white bars&period; Rotate that folder 180 degrees and bring it all the way down to the bottom of our document&period;&NewLine;&NewLine;Add your footer information in the bottom left corner&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;44&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2069"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><strong>Step 45<&sol;strong> To give the website a grungy look we are going to go and download a texture from Zen Textures &lpar;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;unsigneddesign&period;com&sol;film&sol;4&period;jpg&rpar;&period; Bring the texture into our document ad size it so it fits the entire area&period; Change the blend mode to Soft Light&comma; and drop the opacity down to 50&percnt;&period; Hold down control and click on the background and header for each sidebar and main section&comma; navigation and the green header&period; <&sol;p><p>Get the inverse selection with <strong>Control &plus; Shift &plus; I<&sol;strong> and delete&period; Control and Click on the box around the logo and fill the mask on the texture with black&period; This will get rid of the texture on that box&period; Finally we want to get rid of the texture in the gaps between the headers and the <strong>&num;CCCCCC<&sol;strong> background&period; <&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;visibledev&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;45-470x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2068"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;"><strong>Final Result<&sol;strong><&sol;span>&NewLine;If you followed throgh the tutorial&comma; you should end up with something like this&period;&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;webappers&period;com&sol;img&sol;2009&sol;06&sol;admin-interface&sol;final&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;webappers&period;com&sol;img&sol;2009&sol;06&sol;admin-interface&sol;final480&period;jpg" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;figure><&sol;div><p> Hope you enjoy this tutorial&period; Please feel free to leave a comment and tell us your opinion&period; Would you like more Photoshop tutorials like this&quest; Don&&num;8217&semi;t forget to check <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;webappers&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener nofollow">webappers&&num;8217&semi;s website<&sol;a> for more tutorials like this&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-button is-style-fill" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;"><a class&equals;"wp-block-button&lowbar;&lowbar;link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;webappers&period;com&sol;download&sol;CMSInterface&period;psd" style&equals;"background-color&colon;&num;2da3ac" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener"> Download<&sol;a><&sol;div><hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"&sol;><p>In conclusion&comma; creating a web app admin user interface in Photoshop is an achievable task&period; Through the use of layers&comma; shapes&comma; and colors&comma; you can create a visually appealing design with relative ease&period; Don’t be intimidated by the size of the project&semi; break it down into smaller tasks and work your way through them one step at a time&period; Additionally&comma; refer to tutorials and other resources to ensure you are using the correct tools and techniques&period;<&sol;p><p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;webappers&period;com&sol;2009&sol;07&sol;05&sol;create-a-web-app-admin-user-interface-in-photoshop&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"webappers &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener nofollow" class&equals;"rank-math-link">webappers<&sol;a><&sol;p>

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