Grasp the chance to enhance your site with the best fitting layout, including elements like buttons, headers and logos.  Home Tutorials Web Layout Aqua Button

First, create a new image, 250x100 pixels and fill the background with the color that you like.

Use Custom Shape Tool [U] to draw a shape that you want your button to look like.

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Now is the time to add Inner Glow to your shape. Right click on the text layer and select Blending Options...

Layer Style window will open, select the settings that you see on the screenshot.

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In the Layer Style window select Bevel and Emboss on the left and use settings that you see on the screenshot.

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In the Layer Style window select Satin on the left and use settings that you see on the screenshot.

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In the Layer Style window select Color Overlay on the left and use settings that you see on the screenshot.

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In the Layer Style window select Gradient Overlay on the left and use settings that you see on the screenshot.

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In the Layer Style window select Stroke on the left and use settings that you see on the screenshot.

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Press ok when you done and your image should look like mine.

Aqua Button Tutorial: Final Result

Congratulations, now you know how to create aqua-style buttons in Photoshop.



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comments gadgetguru April 04, 2005 says:
Aqua Style Button with Photoshop
This is an awesome tut - however I 'm having some probs with it.. Can somebody send me the .psd ?
It goes sour at step 8.
thanks !
comments Reiven January 11, 2005 says:
Aqua Button
Thanks, Venekirsa!

Now all images are on their places.
comments venekirsa January 10, 2005 says:
Aqua Button
some images are missing

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