Smooth surface reflective effect long round button making technique

button in Photoshop5.5 (or later) to create a new file, 120x80 size RGB mode, contents set to transparent (transparent), layer1 filled with white, add a layer, build a 40x40 of the circle, placed in the center of the page, filled into black

Figure 01

Using the 20x40 Rectangle selection tool to select half of the circle to the left, move 30 pixels to the left, the same step, the right half of the circle to the right to move 30 pixels, as shown in Figure 02

Figure 02

Fills the white space in the two semicircle with black, the size of the rectangle is 60x40, as shown in Figure 03

Figure 03

The foreground color is set to #ff0033, the background color is black, the gradient from the upper part of the oblong to the lower, and then select Select/load Selection Select the oblong, now the style of the rectangular selection tool is normal, and the ALT key is pressed. With the rectangular selection tool, select the oblong, most of the middle and lower parts, and then as shown in Figure 04

Figure 04

Add a layer, fill the selected section with white, remove the selected state, move the white bar down by 3 pixels, and then use the rectangular selection tool to select the left side of the white strip, move it several pixels to the right, and also indent a few pixels to the right of the strip, as shown in Figure 05

Figure 05

Select Select/load Selection, select the white bar, select the Select/modity/smooth, the dialog panel input 2 to add a layer, the lower level hidden (point Layer Panel Eye icon), on the current working layer, the selected part of the fill on the white, Then the transparency of this layer is designed to be opacity:40%, as shown in Figure 06

Figure 06

In the center of the button to write the appropriate size of text, the left side of the picture has concave the three-dimensional, you can enlarge the picture, carefully study how it is done, and finally add a shadow that is not too deep to complete

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