Tab Button

Author: Aaron Author's URL: www.netcubo.com More by this author

Added:Mar 14, 2005 Rating:

Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

Step 1
Make a new document 350x350 pixels. Make a new layer and call it Tab button. Select your Rectangle Marquee Tool and make a fixed selection of 157x32. You can see an example here:

You should now have a selection that roughly looks like mine (left image). Hold "ALT" button on the keyboard and while holding it click and drag the bottom half selection until you get it like the one show below (right image).

Step 2
Fill the background in any colour you'd like, I chose red.

Step 3
While still selected on the Tab button layer click the

and select the stroke option, then enter in these settings:

don't press "OK" because this is a demonstration of how it looks so far.

Step 4
Now while still on the Blending options properties move up to the Gradient Overlay settings. You should then enter in these settings:

This is a preview of how it looks so far.

Step 5
As you can see it is starting to look a lot nicer! Now while still on the Blending Options move up to the Bevel and Emboss settings. You should enter in these settings:

This is a preview of how it looks so far.

You can now be able to add text to it in anyway you'd like. Its very simple. This can be very helful when making a site, its a nice way of making buttons to integrate with your site. Hope you enjoy!