Design a Micro Button

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

Added:Mar 14, 2005 Rating: Less than 3 votes yet Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

Step 1
Make a new document 500x500 pixels. Make the background layer a dark grey so we can see what we are doing. Once you've done that make a new layer and call it micro button. Select your rectangle marquee tool and make a fixed slection of 150x19. Then go to select > modify > smooth and then enter in 4.

Step 2
While selected on the layer "micro button" simply go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Inner Shadow once you've done that enter in the details as shown below.

Step 3
Now select the Bevel and Emboss and enter in the setting as shown below:

Step 4
Now select the Gradient Overlay and enter in the setting below:

Step 5
Select Gradient option and do as followed.

Final Result
You should now have something that looks a bit like the image shown below. I used the font Verdana and size 10px for the font. Play around and see what you can come up with.