Post by Ivo on Nov 30, 2003 14:15:51 GMT
Here's how I make my buttons in PS. 
Open a new RGB mode file about 100x20.
Make an outline the whole way around using a 1 px thickness.
Delete the corner pixels.
Then use the the marquee tool to select inside the outline.
Fill the outline with a gradient (on a new layer if you wish).
Now make a new layer and make a white line just above the bottom black line and just to the right of the left black line.
Then do the opposite with black so that you have a half black and half white box inside the original one.
Finally change that layer's blending options to overlay.
That's it.
Here's the one I did for the tutorial with text added:
Open a new RGB mode file about 100x20.
Make an outline the whole way around using a 1 px thickness.
Delete the corner pixels.
Then use the the marquee tool to select inside the outline.
Fill the outline with a gradient (on a new layer if you wish).
Now make a new layer and make a white line just above the bottom black line and just to the right of the left black line.
Then do the opposite with black so that you have a half black and half white box inside the original one.
Finally change that layer's blending options to overlay.
That's it.
Here's the one I did for the tutorial with text added:
