Clean White Business Template Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to create a clean and contemporary business layout with this thorough Photoshop tutorial.

Step 1

To begin, create a new document by pressing Ctrl+N or going to File> New. Set the Width to 955 and the height to 1000 pixels. This template will fit perfectly on 1024x768 resolution. Whenever you want to create a template for 1024x768 resolution, the industry-standard width to use is 955. The height doesn't really matter because almost every website on the internet requires vertical scrolling and everyone's used to it now. What you want to avoid is horizontal scrolling caused by using a width too large for the user's monitor to display. These days, most people use at least 1024x768 resolution so it is a good idea to have your templates made for that resolution.

Step 2

Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool. It may be hidden under the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Simply click and hold on the button and a flyout menu should appear letting you select any marquee tool you wish.

Step 3

Once you have the rectangular marquee tool selected, on the top where the option bar is, you can specify the settings for this tool. We're going to use fixed size where we can specify our own size. Choose Fix Size and set the width to 100% and the height to 100px.

Step 4

Now click on the document and you should see a rectangular marquee created from the exact dimensions we specified in the previous step. Click and drag that selection so that it is positioned on the top of the document like the image shown below.

Step 5

In the Layers pallet, click on the "New Adjustment Layer" button. This should open a menu where you can select Solid Color. Select Solid Color.

Step 6

A window will appear asking you to pick a color. Simply enter in #e5e5e5 on the HTML Code field and it'll select a 90% gray for you.