Reworks make Apple button

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In this tutorial, we're going to make a button like the Apple site. Each of the following steps, some can be merged and ignored, of course, depends on your understanding of the ability. Tutorial PNG file First create a new file, the size is 420*220, the background is set to transparent and then draw the outline of the button, we can use the brush to create a rounded rectangle. Open the ruler, select Menu View>rulers, and then drag out two horizontal wires to set the top and bottom of the button. Create a circle, place the mouse pointer over the wire above, hold down SHIFT and drag out the circle, terminate on the conductor below, and select the white Fill. To create another circle, copy the first circle, then paste it in the workspace, use the mouse to move the second circle to the right, and hold down the SHIFT key while moving, so that you can move in parallel, and then draw a rectangle in the middle of the two circle, as shown. Select circles and rectangles, modify>combine>union merge, we do the outline of the button Now use the Copy Layer option to create a new layer named reflex. Select the first layer to use the same color fill as the Apple button, set the RGB color to #283c78, and then fill the outline with the paint bucket tool, and then we want to create the light above the button, select the Reflex layer, select the Warp tool ctrl+t, as shown in the figure, Alternatively, you can use the Info panel to set the width to 289 and the height to 43. Still on the reflex layer, create a white rectangle that covers the original deformation area, and we're going to give it a cover. Click D to remove the border, then select fill for linear linear fill, select the Paint bucket tool to move the fill handle, change the direction of the gradient fill, as shown, and then select both the gradient rectangle and the reflection area, use the Select Behind tool, or press the V button, The final rotation menu Modify>mask group>mask to Image, as shown in the figure. 　 Create a new layer, name the INF, create a circle between the wires, select the Fill panel, and select the radial option. Select Edit gradient to modify the gradient options, in the pop-up panel, set the RGB color to #b4e6fa and #283c78 respectively. Keep the circle selected, use the knife tool to divide it into two halves, then use the Move tool to move the two halves to the ends of the button, select half of the circle, use the menu Modify>merge Images, and then use the Marquee tool to select a 2pixels wide rectangle. Click the V key and hold down the ALT key to move the rectangle horizontally with the right arrow until you reach another half of the garden. All the INF layer, select the menu Modify>group, and then move it down, press ctrl+t deformation, moved to the original contour height of One-third position, use the Info panel to set its width to 310, high 87. Use the filter Xtras>blur>gaussian Blur Gaussian blur, set to 18, now what, looks a bit like the Apple button, we add text. 　 Now we have to make it feel transparent. The effect of creating a border to shine first. Create new layer on top, name Amschera, select Marqree Tool, select Options panel, set boundary feather feather, set feather to 66. Drag out the rectangle overlay on the button, select the Paint Bucket tool, set the color to white, then select the options panel to set the border anti-aliasing, tolerance 90, fill the selection area. Press Ctrl+shift+i to deselect, press Del to remove excess white, then edit>deselect cancel the selection. Using the Magic Tool, set the options panel to be a border anti-aliasing, tolerance tolerance of 110, select the center section you just established, press Del to deselect. Finally, Gaussian blur is applied to the layer and set to 7. And then we add the wallpaper, because it can make the transparency stronger. Create a new layer, named background, create a rectangular area, filled with: solid, color: #999999, amount:100%. Next, create the shadow, copy the INF layer, name shade, and place it below the first level. Select the object panel setting blending mode is multiply, transparency is 75%, in order to effect more realistic, the INF layer brightness increased by 15%, select Menu Xtras>adjust color>brightness/ Contrast. Hide background, shade, and text layers, and then select Modify>merge Layers. 　 Finally, select Xtras>adjust color>brightness/contrast to increase the contrast by 15%, and then set the transparency to 80%. Ok,apple button Complete!