Basic Rounded Navigation Bar

n this tutorial i will create a Navigation bar with round corners.

1. Create a new Document 648 x 115 px.
2. Go to Layer > New Layer, and Click OK

3. Now with the Marquee Square tool (R) make a rectangle like this:

4. Go to Select > Rounded Rectangle .. Radius 30%. Click OK

5. With the Fill tool (Shift + B) . Paint the selection White.
6. Now go to Layer > New Layer .. OK
7. Go to Select > Shrink > 3 .. OK
8. Change the Foreground color to: #F0B259 and the Background to: #F87811.

9. With the Gradient Tool (L) Drag it from the top to the bottom of the selection. Go to Select > None. It should look like:

10. Now to Select the 1st layer. the one with the white rectangle. Go to Script - Fu > Shadow > Drop-Shadow. Select:

Click OK. You should have:

11. With the Text Tool (T). Create a new Layer, and type: Home. Click OK

Change your settings to.
Font > Verdana, Size > 25, Color > White:

Looks like:

12. Create a New Layer (Layer > New Layer > OK)
13. Create a 2 Pixel Line like this:

14. Change your color to White, and with the Fill tool (shift +b) Paint on the line:

15. Adjust the opacity of the line to 17.

16. Duplicate the lines and space them out between each button then finaly add your text.

thats it your done :)

by:http://gimp-tutorials.net/node/110