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In this tutorial we will earn how to make a round shiny glossy button.

Step 1:
Create a new document (File >> New) , size 300 X 300 px, white/ transparent background. In this tutorial I have selected transparent background.

Step 2:
Select “Ellipse tool” from tool palette and set. Press and hold “shift” key and draw a circle. You can select any color, prefer a dark color. I have taken #980505 color.

Step 3:
Press and hold “ctrl” key and click on button layer. Thus only button area will be selected. New create a new layer (Layer >> New). Select gradient tool and set foreground color same as color selected in step 2. Mine color is #980505. And set background color little lighter than foreground color. Drag mouse from bottom to top.

Step 4:
Again, Press and hold “ctrl” key and click on button layer. Thus only button area will be selected. New create a new layer (Layer >> New). Select gradient tool. This time select foreground color as white. and with following settings.

New drag mouse like below.

deselect (ctrl + D)

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make a shiny silver web 2.0 type button.

Step 1:
1) Create a New document (New >> Document)
sixe : 300 X 200 px
Background: Transparent

Step 2:
Select “Rounded Rectangle tool” from tool palette and set,
Radius: 3px
Color: white
style: Default (none)

And draw a shape of size you wish.

Step 3:
Press and hold “ctrl” button, and click on the button shape layer. This will select only button shape. Now create a new layer (Layer >> New).

Step 4:
Select “Gradient” tool from tool palette. And set white color as foreground color and #D8DADB color as background color. Hold and drag mouse from lower selection to upper selection. Now our button looks like this:

Step 5:
Right click on the layer and select “Blending options”. In blending options do following settings.
Stroke:
Size: 1 px
Position: Outside
Opacity: 100%
Color: #C0C1C2

Step: 6
Select Rectangle Marquee Tool, Press and hold “alt” key and draw a shape like this.

Step 7:
Create a new layer (layer >> New). Fill the layer with white color using paint bucket tool. Set opacity 80% and Fill to 80%

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make web button in photoshop. So, lets start.

STEP 1:
Create a new document (File >> New), select size 250 X 250 px, Transparent background.

STEP 2:
Select “Rounded Rectangle tool” from tool palette and set
Radius: 7px
Color: As you wish, I have taken #03578D
style: Default (none)

STEP 3:
Draw a shape of size you wish. My button looks like this.

STEP 4:
Right click the layer in the layer’s pallette, and select “Blending Options” .

and set the following settings.
Drop Shadow:

• Blend mode: Multiply
• Opacity: 50%
• Angle: 120
• Distance: 0 px
• Spread: 0 px
• Size: 2 px

Inner Glow:

• Blend Mode: Overlay
• Opacity: 50
• Noise: 0
• Color: white
• Technique: softer

Gradient

• Blend Mode: Overlay
• Opacity: 50%

Now my button looks like this.

Step 6:
Press and hold ctrl button, and click on the button shape layer. This will select only button shape. Now create a new layer (Layer >> New)

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make shiny square web 2.0 type buttons.

Step 1
Create a new document (File -> New), select size 250 X 250 px, Transparent background.

Step 2
Select “Rounded Rectangle tool” from tool palette and set:

• Radius: 5 px.
• Color: white
• style: Default (none)

rounded rectangle tool

Press and hold “Shift” key and draw a rounded rectangle shape.

Step 3:
Press and hold “ctrl” key and click on the layer to select all region of this layer. Now create a new layer (New >> Layer)

Step 4:
Select “Gradient” tool from tool palette.

gradient tool

And set any dark color as forecolor and little light color as background color. Below is my selection.

Step 5:
Hold and drag mouse from lower selection to upper selection. Now our button looks like this:

Step 6:
Now Contract the selection by 2 pixel. Select -> Modify -> Contract

And create a new layer (layer >> New Layer)

Step 7:
And set little light color as forecolor and little light color as background color than the color we selected in step 4. Below is my selection.

Step 8:
Hold and drag mouse from lower selection to upper selection. Now our button looks like this:

Deselect selection (ctrl + D)

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make a simple web 2.0 button. So, lets start.

1) Create a new document (File -> New), select size 250 X 250 px, Transparent background.

2) Select “Rounded Rectangle tool” from tool palette and set

• radius to 5 px.
• Color: white
• style: Default (none)

3) Draw a rounded rectangle shape.

4) Hold ctrl key and click on layer to select all region of this layer. Now create a new layer (New -> Layer)

5) Select “Gradient” tool from tool palette.

set any dark color as forecolor and little light color as background color.

6) Hold and drag mouse from lower selection to upper selection. Now our button looks like this:

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make a shiny web 2.0 type chat icon in photoshop.

1) Create a new decument (File -> New), size 400 X 400 px and transparent background.

2) To create chat icon, select following:

• Select text tool from tool palette.
• Font type Webdings
• Size 250 px
• color on your choise, I have taken red color.

And type  ^
We will get a chat icon like this:

3) Right Click on layer and select “Blending Options” and do following settings.

5) Hold Ctrl key and click on the layer in the layer pallet to select all contents of this layer.

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make a web 2.0 type rounded rectangular button in photoshop.

1) Create a new file (File -> New) , and select a size (300 X 300 px) and transparent background.

2) Select “Rectangular Marquee Tool”

3) Now go to Select -> Modify -> Smooth ->  Set to 5 px
Now your selection will have rounded corner.

4) Now fill up the selection with any color you want using the “Paint Bucket Tool”.

 I’ve used dark blur color, and it looks liks this.

5) Right click on layer and select “Blending Options”, and do following settings.

6) Create New Layer (layer ->New Layer)..

Now Contract the selection by 2 pixel.

Select -> Modify -> Contract

7) Select “rentangular marquee tool” and  Click and hold “Alt” button and draw a shape like this.

8 ) Select “Gradient” tool from tool palette.

and select a color little lighter than previous color. I had select dark blue color, so now I will select little light blue color.

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In this tutorial we will learn how to make a web 2.0 type badge / sticker type button

1) Create a new file (File -> New), lets take 300 X 300 px size and transparent background.

2) From tool palette select “Custom shape tool”

3) Now select seal shape.

4) Select a color, lets select white color and draw a shape on the new document.

5) Right click on the layer and select “blending options”

6) Now do following settings.

7) Now our button looks like this:

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1) Create a new document, File -> New

2) Select “Rounded Rectangle tool” from tool palette.

and draw a rectangle button share using mouse.

3) click and hold “ctrl” key on keyboard and click on layer. Thus button shape will be selected. Now create a new layer, Layer -> New

4) Now choose any dark color of your choice as foreground color, and similar light color in tool palette.

color selection is completely your choice.

5) Select “Gradient” tool from tool palette.

6) Select first option in “gradient picker”

7) Hold and drag mouse from top to bottom of button shape. We will have a image like this.

9) As we can see,  button shape is already selected. Create a new layer (Layer -> New)

Now Contract the selection of this shape by 3 pixel.

Select -> Modify -> Contract

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1) Create a new document in photoshop.

File -> New

2) Type some text. Here I am typing “ReflectioN” . You can also change font and color of the text.

3) Now we have to create dublicate layer of step 2. Right click on layer -> select “Dublicate Layer”

4) Select dublicate layer. And flip it vertically.

Edit -> Transform -> Flip Vertical

Drag the image downward. It should look like this.

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