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Inner Bevel Button
Creating an inner bevel button can add some spice to your interface. The 3D effect that it has helps to create a sophisticated look that will excite visitors as they browse your websites. This photoshop tutorial will show you a quick and easy way to make an inner bevel effect. What's especially nice about this tutorial is that it is easy to replicate in all the recent versions of photoshop (ie. before "Blending Options" was introduced in later versions).
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Open a new document in Photoshop. Create a new layer called "Orb" on top of the Background layer.
2. With the "Orb" layer active, select the Eliptical Marquee tool and make a circle selection.
3. Select the Gradient tool and be sure that it is set to "Radial".
4. Make sure your gradient goes from a dark to a light color.
5. Click and drag the Gradient tool at an angle in the circle selection.
6. You should now have a 3D looking orb (ball).
7. Goto Select > Modify > Expand. When the Expand Selection pop-up appears, type in 3 or 4 for the Expand By: box. Click OK and you should have the following image.
8. Create a new layer underneath the "Orb" layer. Call this layer "Highlight".
9. With the "Highlight" layer selected, use the Paint Bucket tool and fill in the circle with white.
10. Create a new layer on top of the "Highlight" layer. Call this layer "Shadow".
11. With the "Shadow" layer selected, use the Paint Bucket tool and fill in the circle with black.
12. Select the "Highlight" layer, then goto Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. For the Radius, enter "3" as number of pixels.
14. Select the "Shadow" layer, then goto Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. For the Radius, enter "3" as number of pixels.
15. Finally, make sure the "Highlight" layer is active, then select the Move tool. Use the move tool to move the white "highlight" layer down and to the right. You can use your arrow tools on your keyboard for fine tuning the position.
16. You're done!
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