Saturday, December 15, 2012

Button Design 3 - Glass Button



1. Create a new background with 640*480 as px dimesions.
2. Create a new layer and change foreground color as blood red and background color as dark red.
3. Select rounded rectangle tool and select fill pixel and 20 px radius and draw it on the canvas.
4. Select the layer while holding the ctrl key  and select gradient tool (foreground to background) and drag it on the canvas.
5. Create a new layer. Go to select->modify->contract and contract it by 2 px.
6. Switch the foreground background colors to default and invert them . Select foreground to transparent gradient tool and grag it from top to middle of the button. Drag the selection down using arrow keys and shift key. Deselect the selection.
7. Write some text on the button. Open blending options:
   a. Drop shadow (angle-90, distance-5, size-3)
8. Drag the text layer below the above created layer. Open the blending option for the main layer(layer 1)
   a. Bevel and Emboss ( Style- outer bevel, depth-100, size-10, direction - down)
9. Rasterize the layer.

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