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Gel 'Style' Browser Buttons


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This tutorial will show you how to create Gel 'Style' web browser buttons.

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You will require the following plugins; click the links to download and install:

Polygon/Stars

EdHarvey Effects

Drop Shadow

 

Start with a canvas size of 500 x 500 pixels

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EFFECTS > Render > Polygon/Stars: Rot=90, Size=100, Star Depth=0, Vertices=100, Brush Width=2, Anti-Aliased=Yes.

This will render a circle the exact size of your canvas; perfectly centred.

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Use the Magic Wand tool (tolerance at about 50%) to select the area inside the circle. (This area will remain selected throughout the remaining steps, except for the very last one).

 

Press CTRL+SHIFT+N to create a new Layer.

 

With your primary and secondary colours set to Black and White (default) respectively, select the Gradient tool and set it to Linear Reflected.

Right-Click just above/left of centre of the circle and drag a gradient to the bottom right corner of the canvas.

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ADJUSTMENTS > Curves: and set the Luminosity like below:

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EFFECTS > Distort > Lens: Amount=200, Quality=5

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EFFECTS > Portrait: Soften=10, Lighting=-20, Warmth=20

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Create a new layer [CTRL+SHIFT+N]. Change your Primary & Secondary colours to a Dark and Light shade of your chosen button colour; I am using Green.

On the new layer, Layer 3, select the Gradient tool again, this time changing it to Radial.

Right-Click just inside the bottom of the selected circle and drag your gradient up to the top.

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Still on Layer 3, press CTRL+SHIFT+Z to go to LAYERS > Rotate/Zoom.

Adjust the Zoom level on the layer to 0.90x

9

 

Press F4 to access the layer properties for Layer 3 and change the Opacity to 200 (you can adjust this yourself for the best outcome with your chosen colour).

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For the finishing touches, delete the background layer (you no longer need this).

Select Layer 2 and EFFECTS > Blurs > Radial Blur: Amount=5pts

Select Layer 3 and repeat the Radial Blur (press CTRL+F, to repeat last Effect).

Finally, still on Layer 3, press CRTL+D to deselect the circle area: EFFECTS > Drop Shadow: x=0, y=0, Blur=3, Colour=Black.

Press CTRL+F and repeat the shadow, twice.

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You are now free to deposit whatever controls or text you like on the button; also try some different colours.

 

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very nice tut to help begginners familiarize themselves with this program, it creates a nice desired effect, its simple, and it uses a lot of the different features avaliable in PDN, good tut

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good tutorial!

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Whoa! Somebody must have gotten really injured if they had to send in three ambulances! But at least the paramedics liked the tutorial... :wink: lol

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I find it hilarious that your picking on Natrium for his triple post ended up being triple-posted... :wink:

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Very nice tut! =)

You also get very neat results by using Alpha Masks!

Have a look:

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Next time try saving as a PNG. Since GIF files can have a maximum pallete size of 256 colors, when there are more colors the program automatically dithers, making it look less professional-looking.

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Excellent tutorial and very easy to follow.

Here's my try....

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