Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1 :Create a new layer Draw a circular selection using the elliptical Marque tool.

Step2:Press d and x to select the gradient tool

Step 3: In the option bar , click on the down facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail

Step4 Close the filter and in the option bar click on the radial gradient icon.(its the second icon from the left)

Step 5 Drag the white to black gradient from the left to the center of your selection its about 1/4 past the egde

Step 6 press d create a new layer

Step 7 In the gradient flicker. Choose the foreground to transparent gradient (its the second one from the left top row)

Step 8 In the option bar choose the linear gradient (its the last one) Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black

Step 9 In the layers palette lower the opacity to 75

Step 10 Create a new layer

Step 11 Go under the select menu , under modify and choose contact enter g pixels Click Ok

Step 12 press x drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selection area Press apple +d

Step 13 Go under the filter menu , under Blur choose gausian blur

Step 14 Duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your new layer icon

Step 15 Press apple +T ctrl + click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180 from the pop up menu. Press enter to let photoshop your done.

Step16 select the move tool . Drag this layer straight down the almost to the edge

Step 17 Lower the opacity of this layer to 60

Step 18 Go back to layer 3 (the layer below your current layer). press apple +t

Step 19 Hold the shift key grab the bottom right handle shrink the white gradient by around 15 press enter

step 20 hide the background layer and choose merge visible fro, the layers palettes pop up menu

Step 21 Choose drop shadow from the layer style pop up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click OK

step 22 press apple + u ( hue +selection the colorize button and move the hue slitter choose a color for your button