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| How-To use the Glassy Buttons Action |
1. Download the 2Dvalley_buttons.atn file and place it in a folder on your hard disk (i.e. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Presets\Photoshop Actions) 2. In Photoshop, select Actions from the
Windows menu, or instead just click the Actions
tab shown below, and click the small arrow button and select Load
Actions. 3. Select 2Dvalley_buttons.atn from the folder to which you saved it in step 1, and click the Load button. 4. Click the Glassy Button action in the
2Dvalley_buttons set, and click the Play button as shown
below. 5. When you click the Play button to start the
action, the following popup will appear: As it instructs, create a 150x150 image with a transparent background and use the Elliptical marquee tool to draw an circle (hold Shift and Alt button while selecting), or draw an ellipse. Similar to as shown in the following image:
As it instructs, select a light foreground color
and a darker background of the same color. In this How-To we will
use the following colors: 7. Click the Play button again, to continue with
the ‘Gradient’ step in the action. Several steps will
be executed automatically and than another popup will appear: Click the CONTINUE button and select a color for the shadow, preferably the same color again but a bit darker (in our example dark green).
After you click OK, the action will continue processing. 8. The following popup will appear: Add some text to the button and click play again to continue the action. 9. The final pop up will appear next: As it instructs, flatten the image, and resize it to your convenience. Use a Sharpen filter for optimal results. Before you flatten the image, you can change most of the characteristics of the button by changing the layer properties and effects. 10. Eventually you should end up with a button like this: |
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