Tutorial #2 - Web 2.0 Styled Button.

This is the second in a series of tutorials by Cozalli.co.uk, feel free to post your results

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1. Create a new document, I’m using 350×150.

2. Fill the background layer with white.

3. Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) and create a new shape (I suggest making the shape a light grey, i’m using #c3c3c3) on the new layer, roughly the same size as the picture below.

4. Right click the shape’s layer, and select ‘Blending Options’, apply the settings in the pictures below (Drop and Inner shadow).

Drop Shadow

Inner Shadow

5. Now we apply a gradient, go back to blending options and select Gradient Overlay, pick the colours you would like to use, i’m going from #22cf00 to #00f858 (dark green to light green).

6. Now because we used a gradient overlay we can’t apply a pattern like we would in a pattern overlay, this isn’t a big problem, just requires a new layer (ctrl+shift+N) which I’ve named ‘pattern’. Now that you’ve created this layer, you want ‘Rasterize’ your button layer, to do this go to Layer>>Rasterize>>Layer whilst you have the button layer selected.

7. Now that your button layer is rasterized your button layer, select the shape with the magic wand tool then go to your new layer (pattern) and fill it with white (Alt+Backspace).

8. You can now deselect the layer (Ctrl+D), on the layer named Pattern, right click and go to blending options, then go to Pattern Overlay, and select a pattern like I’m using, diagonal stripes. Hint - Get some patterns from HERE

9. Select the pattern layer and change the fill down to 0%, this will get rid of the white background that we don’t need, whilst you’re there you can change the opacity like in the picture.