{"id":2344,"date":"2009-10-14T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T10:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:13:15","slug":"how-to-create-a-nice-sleek-dark-button-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/how-to-create-a-nice-sleek-dark-button-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Nice Sleek Dark Button in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey guys one more Photoshop Tutorial. In this Tutorial i\u2019ll learn you How to Create a Nice Sleek Dark Button in Photoshop. This is very simple and quite effective tutorial. I hope you will enjoy this tutorial.
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Final Preview<\/h4>\n

This is what we gone do today<\/p>\n

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Step #1<\/h4>\n

\nOpen photoshop and create a new document, mine is 550px\u00d7398px <\/strong>with a white background.<\/p>\n

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Step #2<\/h4>\n

Fill the color in background layer, mine color is #131313<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Step #3<\/h4>\n

Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool<\/strong> and create button, mine radius <\/strong>is 5px<\/strong>, width: 219px<\/strong> and height: 40px<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now apply some effect<\/p>\n

Gradient Overlay<\/h4>\n

Styling the Button<\/strong> double-click on the Button Layer\u2019s<\/strong> thumbnail in the Layers Panel to open up the Layer Styles dialog box, we will apply a vertical gradiant effect<\/strong> for your Button<\/strong>. Then click on the color gradient<\/strong> on the right of the Gradient option to open up the Color Gradient Editor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"iphone-like-buttons-step3-b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Double-click on left-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #0E0E0E<\/strong>, double-click on left-center-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #1C1C1C<\/strong>, double-click on right-center-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #262626<\/strong>, then double-click on right-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #292929<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step3a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Should look like this.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step3b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Outer Glow<\/h4>\n

Next apply the Outer Glow<\/strong> layer style. Changing the blend mode<\/strong> to Overlay<\/strong> , than changing the values of Size. I choose to set the Size<\/strong> at 3px<\/strong><\/p>\n

I choose to set the Opacity<\/strong> at 30%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Changing the Technique<\/strong> at Precise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Should look like this.<\/p>\n

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Step #4<\/h4>\n

Select Horizontal Type Tool<\/strong> and type text on front.<\/p>\n

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Step #5<\/h4>\n

the button layer\u2019s area (Ctrl + Click on the Button Layer\u2019s thumbnail in the Layers Panel). <\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Than create a new layer<\/strong> name the layer Blue gradient<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Styling the Blue gradient<\/strong> double-click on the Blue gradient Layer\u2019s<\/strong> thumbnail in the Layers Panel to open up the Layer Styles dialog box, we will apply a horizontal gradiant effect<\/strong> for your Button<\/strong>. Then click on the color gradient<\/strong> on the right of the Gradient option to open up the Color Gradient Editor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Keep the Angle<\/strong> at 180o<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Double-click on left-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #047CA3<\/strong>, double-click on center-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #25C4F4<\/strong>, then double-click on right-color-stop<\/strong> and enter the color value #047CA3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step5b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Should look like this.<\/p>\n

\"final-sleek-dark-button-step5a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now deselect your selection (Ctrl + D). Now move the highlight below the button so nudge the layer down two pixels by tapping the down key(by your keyboard). <\/p>\n

Result<\/h4>\n

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Download the source file<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019d like to check your work, you may download the PSD file for this tutorial.<\/p>\n

sleek-button (226 KB)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey guys one more Photoshop Tutorial. In this Tutorial i\u2019ll learn you How to Create a Nice Sleek Dark Button in Photoshop. This is very simple and quite effective tutorial. I hope you will enjoy this tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,56],"tags":[59,23],"class_list":["post-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photoshop","category-tutorials","tag-photoshop","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions\/2380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aceinfowayindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}