| Glossy Button | |
Description: In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make a simple button to use on your navigation and homepages. You dont have to follow my instructions exactly, experiment with other settings and you may come up with something more spectacular. |
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Start with a white background, then use the elliptical marquee tool to create an oval shape. |
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Set the foreground colour to Blue (I used #1A85D7) and Background ( I Used #1954AB) to Dark Blue then use the gradient tool to fill the selection from top to bottom using the foreground and background.. |
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Create a new layer then go to "SELECT > MODIFY>CONTRACT" then enter 2. Click ok. Go to SELECT>Feather and enter 1 then Click OK. |
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Select the Brush
tool and choose a 15 Pixel Hard Brush. Now
open the Brush Dynamics pallete (by
click the Set the Foreground color to #89C9FB then while holding down the shift key, use the brush tool paint from left of selection to right. It should fade out like the screenshot on the left.
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Hit CTRL+D to deselect. now add a dropshadow to the first layer by double clicking on it or go to LAYER>LAYER STYLE>DROP SHADOW Your image should now look like this (left).` |
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You can add any text with any effects to the button. I just add a simple text with a drop shadow. |
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You can turn this button into some cool shape buttons by applying the distort filter to it. But first, link all layers (except the background) together then hit CTRL+E to merge the layers, or go to LAYER>MERGED LINKED. |
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Now go to Filter>Distort and play with some of the filters, works best with Wave, Twirl, Ripple and ZigZag. |
icon on the top bar. Select "Other Dynamics"
Set as follows: