Creating a glass button
Make a glass looking button. This is a similar style to the Windows Vista Task bar.
Level: Intermediate
Photoshop Version: CS2 (Can be done in Earlier versions up to Photoshop CS)
How to:
First create a blank photoshop document using these settings: Width: 4 inches, Height: 1 inch, DPI: 300.
Select the rounded rectangle tool as shown here:
Draw a rounded rectangle in a similar fashion to this. I used a Corner Radius of .125 in. You can change the radius as you like. More radius makes the corner more rounded, less radius makes the corner sharper.
Change the foreground color to white and draw another rounded rectangle as you see here. You can change the radius for this as well. To make a more glossy look, decrease the radius, to make a duller shine, increase the radius. You can make many different variations of glass buttons using this technique. There are many other techniques as well for creating glass buttons. This is one of them.
Next, change the opacity of the...
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