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Free Tutorials » Adobe Photoshop » Futuristic Buttons

Create a stylish futuristic button, they match the colour scheme of the content box tutorial too!

Step 1

Start a new document any size. Fill the bg in with a dark grey background. Then make a new layer and select the polygonal lasso tool and make a selection similar to below:

Step 1 diagram

Step 2

Fill the selection in with white and press [Ctrl + D] to deselect. Open up the layers blending options and select [Gradient Overlay] and use the settings below:

Step 2 diagram

Step 3

Now select stroke:

Step 3 diagram

Step 4

It should now look like below:

Step 4 diagram

Step 5

Make a new layer underneath layer 1 and grab the polygonal lasso tool again, make a selection like below and fill with white. Then press [Ctrl+D] to deselect.

Step 5 diagram

Step 6

Bring up the blending options for the current layer and select [Color Overlay]:

Step 6 diagram

Step 7

Inner Shadow:

Step 7 diagram

Step 8

Stroke:

Step 8 diagram

Step 9

Select the [Move] tool and tap [Arrow Up] on your keyboard, untill it looks in the same place as below:

Step 9 diagram

Step 10

Now grab the [Eraser] tool, select [block] in the mode option at the top of the screen and zoom in as far as you can. Erase the outer corners pixel as show below:

Step 10 diagram

Step 11

Once you have done all the outer corners your button should be looking like below:

Step 11 diagram

Step 12

Now we need to add some text, I chose a small pixel font and completed my button as shown below:

Step 12 diagram

Step 13

Simply duplicate the layers like I have below and you should be finished!

Step 13 diagram

Tutorial comments

22.08.2008 -

MageOfTyr says …

I says: wow

18.05.2008 -

breez says …

Very awesome :)

08.04.2008 -

atsukentx says …

very good

08.04.2008 -

atsukentx says …

very good

24.03.2008 -

kristianvalk says …

realy nice good job

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27.10.2004
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Zymic
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