Beveled button made easy

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Mike Tayler

By Mike Tayler

Published on 03/20/2007

Beveled button made easy with Photoshop 6

Beveled button made easy

This tutorial was done using Adobe Photoshop 7.0
	Open a new window with: Width:150pixels Height:100pixels Resolution: 72 pixels/inch Mode: RGB color Contents:White Make a new layer.(). Then chose Rounded Rectangular Tool and make a button shape like at the left.
	Next right click on the layer you made and choose blending options. Do as shown below. And click OK.
	By now your button should look like this.

Contract

	Now Ctrl+Click on the layer to select it. Then go to Select > Modify > Contract, Contract by 3 pixels. Now make a new layer () and fill it with the same color as shown to the left.
	Right click on the layer 3 and chose blending options. And do as shown below, don't forget to tick Reverse. Otherwise you won't get the effect. Click OK, you are done!
	Here is your Beveled Button