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Button Tutorial : In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a nice looking button for your web site.


Text Reflection

Part one:
Open photoshop, I sat up my workspace at 800 by 600. I used the same background color as my web page; you can use any color you want.

Part two:
Create a new layer, click on the rounded rectangle tool and create the rectangle below.

Free transform

Create the rectangle using the setting shown below, this will give you the rounded corners.

Free transform Menu

Hold Ctrl and click on the layer to select it, we need to apply a gradient to the rectangle. Click on the Gradient Tool and apply the Gradient shown below.

Apply the gradient going from the top to the bottom. With that you will get the effect below.

Gradient Overly

Right click on the Layer with the Rounded Rectangle and click Blending Options, apply the settings shown below.

Gradient Bar
Outer Glow

With the Blending Option applied you will have the effect below.

Text Reflection

Now create a new layer, click on the rounded rectangle tool and create a rectangle using the settings below.

Free transform Menu

Create the rectangle and position it about the previous rectangle to get the effect below.

Free transform Menu

Right click on the Layer with the smaller Rounded Rectangle and click Blending Options, apply the settings shown below.

Gradient Bar
Drop Shadow
 
Gradient Bar
Inner Shadow
 
Gradient Bar
Outer Glow
 
Gradient Bar
Inner Glow
 
Gradient Bar
Bevel and Emboss
 
Gradient Bar
Contour
 
Gradient Bar
Satin
 
Gradient Bar
Color Overlay
 
Gradient Bar
Stroke

With that you should be finished with the effect button below.

Free transform Menu

 

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