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Step 3.

Go into the Blending Options for your shape layer (right-click layer in layer’s and go into Blending Options) and apply the following layer styles:

• Inner Shadow
  Color used: #ffffff.
• Outer Glow
  Color used: #000000.
• Inner Glow
  Color used: #000000.
• Bevel and Emboss
• Gradient Overlay
  Black to white.
• Pattern Overlay
  To use this pattern, first download this texture, open it in Photoshop, then define it as a pattern (Edit > Define Pattern) then you will be able to use it in Pattern Overlay.

You should now have a result like this:

Now bad from just applying layer styles, hey?

Step 4.

Make a selection around the button by holding ctrl and clicking the layer’s thumbnail.
After making a selection around it, create a new layer then draw a black gradient from beneath the selection to the middle.

Flip the gradient vertically (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical, now move the gradient 2 pixels from the top off the button.

Change the layer mode for this gradient layer to Overlay and lower the opacity to about 50-60%.

Pretty nice detail hey? It’s all about the little details.

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Posted on Saturday, February 10th, 2007 at 9:09 pm in Graphic Effects, Text Effects, Textures.