Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation

Navigation is obviously one of the most crucial aspects of web design in terms of usability, but often it is also a focal point of the design’s appearance. Navigational buttons, bars and menus provide the designer with an excellent opportunity to be creative and add some style to the design. What better tool to use for this purpose than Photoshop?
Here is a collection of 45 tutorials that will help you with creating the perfect navigation. Some of them produce an end result that is fairly similar to another tutorial on the list, but you can learn something from each one as they take a slightly different approach.
You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials:

Stunning Vista inspired menu from PSDTuts

Slick blue navigation menu from SigTutorials

Glossy navigation bar from Core GFX

Quick glass buttons from Bits O’ NewMedia

Basic sleek button from psFreak.com

Sleek buttons from OriginMaker

Vista styled button from psFreak

Shiny green button from psFreak

Sleek glossy blue button from AnotherTutorialSite

Stylish button from OriginMaker

Glowing buttons from OriginMaker

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