This tutorial walks you through the steps of creating a really cool looking video player using Adobe Photoshop CS3. It is illustrated along the way for clarity.
Start working by creating a new file (
File>New) with
478x600 px and
72 dpi.
Using the
Rectangle Tool (U), it’s possible to represent the background of the picture to be.
Set the next parameters on the made layer by clicking on this layer on the layers’ palette.
Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters: 
Next we must download out of Internet a kind of picture, like the one from below:
Insert the picture on the made background by a new layer:
Select the next shown parameters for the picture’s layer:
Fill 55% Blending mode-Soft Light 
Now we shall create the primary layer of the media player’s screen, choosing for this operation the
Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with a
radius of
5 px.
The layer’s parameters:
Fill 0% Blending Options>Gradient Overlay
Gradient’s parameters: 
