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This is a little tutorial on how to make folder icons
1. In a new document, make a rectangle and add Anchor Points to create a tab like in the image below:
2. Next, add a Layer Style to the folder shape:
3. Your folder should look like this:
4. Next, create a new layer and select the top half of the folder using the Rectangle Marquee tool. Then, fill the selection with a white gradient so that the folder looks like this:
5. Create another new layer. Hold down ctrl and click on the folder shape, which will create a selection around the object. Go to Edit>Stroke, and use these settings:
6. Set the layer opacity of the stroke to 37%. Your icon should look something like this:
7. Create a slightly smaller rectangle and place it behind the folder. Put the same Layer Style used in step 2:
8. Hold down the ctrl button, and shift the rectangle to the right:
9. No you have completed the basic folder icon.
10. I personally like to rotate the icon a bit:
11. Now you can add additional little graphics to your folder icon. I added the old Shadowness logo:
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December 15th, 2007 at 9:42 am
hey, you dont cover what type of file the icon needs to be saved as in order to be used as an icon on windows???
November 12th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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