Clean Button

This tutorial will show you how to create buttons which like like this:

Lets start with a blank document - 80 x17 px

Lets use the following colors [you can use whatever you want, I suggest you only change foreground color]

Foreground: 909092
Background: FFFFFF

Now lets use a Foreground to Background gradient. Hold shift and use it from down to top.

You should get something like this:

Give that layer a stroke using the following settings:

Now you should have this:

Now you can add some text, I used CubicFive 10 - 10pt Smooth, but you can play around with that. Give it also some shadow with the following settings:

Now we'll add a filter: Render >> Lighting Effects with the following settings:

Thats about it, you should get something like this: