Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1:
Create a new layer. Draw a circular selection using the elliptical Marque Tool.

Step 2:
Press ''d'' then ''x''. Select the gradient tool.

Step 3:
In the Options Bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail.
Choose the Foreground to Background gradient.

Step 4:
Close the Picker, and in the Options Bar, click on the Radial Gradient icon( It's the second icon from the left.)

Stp 5:
Drag the white to Black gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge.

Sep 6:
Press ''d''. Create a new layer.

Step 7:
In the Gradient Picker, choose the foreground to Transparent gradient ( It's the second one from the left, top row.)

Sep 8:
In the Options Bar, choose the linear Gradient (it's the first one).
Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.

Step 9:
In the layers palette, lower the Opacity to 75%.

Step 10:
Create a new layer.

Step 11:
Go under the select menu, under modify and choose Contact.
Enter 6 pixels. Click OK

Step 12:
Press ''x'' Drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area.
Press Apple+D

Step 13:
Go under the Filter menu, under Blur, choose Gausian Blur.
Enter 3 pixels. Click OK.

Step 14:
Duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your nw layer icon.

Step 15:
Press Apple+T.
Ctrl+Click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180 degrees from the pop-up menu.
Press Enter to let Photoshop know you're done.

Step 16:
Select the Move Tool.
Drag the layer straight down almost to the edge.

Step 17:
Lower the Opacity of this layer to 60%.

Step 18:
Go back to layer 3 (the layer below your current layer). Press Apple+T.

Step 19:
Hold the Shift key, grab the bottom right handle, shrink the white gradient by around 15%.
Press enter.

Step20:
Hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layers palette's pop-p menu.

Step 21:
Choose Drop Shadow from the Layer Style pop-up menu at the bottom of the layer palette. Click OK.

Step 22:
Press Apple+U ( Hue+ Saturation). Click the colorize button and move the Hue Slider to choose a color for your button.