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Aqua Button - Photoshop Tutorial
By: Tanmay
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create aqua buttons, which are frequently used in WebPages.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Create a new file of any size you want.
2. Select ‘Elliptical Marquee Tool’ to draw a circle.
3. Now, select ‘Rectangular Marquee Tool’ to draw a rectangle from middle of the circle like shown in the figure. Press shift while drawing the rectangle.
4. Select the ‘Elliptical Marquee Tool’ once again to draw a circle like shown in the figure (hold shift while drawing this circle also).
5. Now create a new layer by pressing ‘Shift+Ctrl+N’. Select the light blue color (#9BF2FF) as foreground color. Leave the white color as the background. Now select Gradiant Tool by pressing ‘G’. Fill the selection from, top to bottom.
6. In the layer pallet, right click on the layer1 and select blending option. Under blending option, click on stroke and select (#7BA6AC) color and stroke width 1. Your image should look something like this.
7. Now we want to give white color shade to the button, so that it looks like aqua shade. For that, select the layer1 by pressing ‘ctrl+click’ on the layer1. Create a new layer by pressing ‘shift+ctrl+n’ together and select the box ‘group with previous layer’. Keep the selection active
8. Move the layer2 like shown in the figure.
9. Use ‘Gradiant tool' and select foreground to transparent fill style and fill the selection to the lower portion of the selection. Use white as a foreground color. Adjust the white shade by pressing down arrow key few times.
10. You have an aqua button.
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