Photoshop Tutorial – Create Clean and Fresh Button

Step 1 Create a new document size 750px * 400px (size doesn’t really matter here) and fill this background layer with White. Create a new layer on top of the background layer called “gradient”, grab the Gradient Tool from the toolbox and fill it as shown below: I decide to use this light gradient because it’s easier to demonstrate several important points in the next few steps. You can of course try out...

Photoshop Tutorial – Design a Delicious “Contact Me” Button

Step 1 Create a document sized 200px * 20opx with white background and 72 dpi (web graphic) – please note that this is the actual size of the button we will be making. Here I will show you a little trick: hit Ctrl + R to make the rule visible on the top and left edge, click on the ruler and drag a guide to the edges of our canvas, as shown below: Hit Ctrl + Alt + C and bring up the Resize Canvas window, then...

Photoshop Tututorial – Design a Delicious, Shining Circle Play Button

Step 1 Create a new document (size doesn’t really matter) with black background, add a new layer and paint a dark blue back light with a big soft brush: Create a new layer and draw a yellow circle in the centre of the canvas: Now let’s add some light and shadow for this circle – firstly select this circle layer, use a soft white brush to paint on the position shown below: Create another layer and use a soft...

Photoshop Tutorial – Apple Navigation menu

Learn how to create the newest Apple navigation bar that is being used at their site. 1. Start by opening a new 500px * 50px file. 2. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, set a Fixed Size of 480px width and 35px height, and make a selection inside the canvas 3. Now, go to Select -> Modify -> Smooth and apply 3px radius. Create a new layer and Fill the selection with any color 4. Apply this layer styles to...

Photoshop Tutorial – Clean Two-Level Navigation

Step 1 First off, we need to make a new document; I’ve made a relatively small one for the purpose of this tutorial (600x420px) but yours will probably be for a web design (1000px or so wide). To make the background less boring I’ve just added in some clouds (foreground and background colours: #33556e and #1e2a38) and applied a motion blur; both are accessible through the Filter menu. Step 2 Now we’ll make...

Photoshop Tutorial – Navigation Bar with Rollover Buttons

Learn how to create a sleek rollover Navigation Bar. In this tutorial you will learn how to create buttons in Photoshop, export the buttons and add rollover effects in Dreamweaver. Rollover the buttons below to see the final effect. Tutorial Details Program: Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5 Estimated Completion Time: 25 Minutes Now we have everything we need let’s begin. Step 1:- First we’ll design the main...

Photoshop Tutorial – How to Create Mini Web UI Buttons

Let’s Begin Open your Canvas and set to 450px width and 255px height. Select your Foreground to #d8dde3 and fill the canvas, now go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and set it to 2% hit OK. Normal State Grab your Rounded Rectangle Tool (M) and set the radius to 2px, draw the shape same as above. Name this layer as Normal Button (better if you’ll put this on group folder). In Normal Button layer, right...

Photoshop Tutorial – Clear professional navigation bar

Make a Professional navigation bar, using some layer styles. Really easy to do and a good looking outcome. 1. Fist of all make a rectangle using the Rounded Rectangle Tool with 15px for Radius. 2. Open the Layer Styles and add it these styles, starting by an Inner Shadow. 3. Inner Glow 4. Gradient Overlay: #212121 to #383838 5. Stroke: #050505 6. And you should have something like this: 7. Then while holding...

Photoshop Tutorial – How to Create Sleek Button Design in Photoshop

Today we are going to create a sleek button design in Photoshop; this is very useful on websites that has call to action. We will use bright colors and dark background to add the effect. Bright button colors attracts attention to the readers, that’s why it is best to use on call to action buttons. This is best for membership sites and E-commerce websites that the user need to sign up or buy a product. Here is the...

Photoshop Tutorial – Vista Styled Button

Step 1 Like usual we are going to start off with filling the background with a radial gradient from a light grey to a darker grey. Light grey: #3e3d3d. Dark grey: #151515. Step 2 Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer) and using the rounded rectangle tool make a fixed shape of 300 by 50 pixels in the middle of the document. Right click the shape and click make selection. Select the gradient tool and set...

Photoshop Tutorial – Basic Sleek Button

Step 1 First up create a new document – I’ve made sure that I have lots of room to work with so I chose 540 by 440 as my size. Fill the background with a dark gradient or just a solid colour (Edit > Fill and use a colour like #262626) if you don’t know how. Step 2 Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer). Select the rounded rectangle tool and use the settings below. Left click somewhere in the...

Photoshop Tutorial – High Detailed Plastic Navigation Bar

Final Result Preview Step 1 Let’s start with creating the background for the navigation bar. The background is going to be bluish; the color will be alike with the color of your oncoming menu. Create a new document sized 800×259px with background color (#8caab8). Select foreground color (#e1e8eb), create a New Layer and draw linear gradient (Foreground to Transparent) from top to the bottom of the canvas. Step...