In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll talk about how to draw the same button as in Windows Media Player.
In the end it turns out such a wonderful thing:
It seems that the button wants to jump right off the screen! Follow us through the steps of the lesson, and you will have no problems creating a wonderful button for the website.
Step 1.
Create a new document size 300 x 300, and fill it with this gradient:
Colors: # 84AAD9 and # A4BFEA
Step 2.
Then create a new layer.
And with the tool – make a rectangular selection:
Fill the selection with white #FFFFFF
Reduce transparency (opacity) of this layer to 31%,
then contact “filter-> blur-> Gaussian Blur“and set the radius to 2 pixels
This is what should happen:
Step 3.
Create a new layer. ,
take the tool – selection by ellipse , hold the key SHIFT (to draw an even circle) and make a selection as shown in the picture:
Fill this selection with color # 5B87CE do not remove the selection yet.
Step 4.
Create a new layer.
Set the main color – white
Take the tool – Brush with the same settings:
Now paint the bottom of the circle with a small portion of white paint, as shown:
Here it is not necessary to strive for perfection.
Now consult “filter-> blur-> motion blur”, and apply the following settings:
Here’s what happened:
Reduce transparency (opacity) layer to 85%. Press a letter ‘V’ (to cause the tool to move ) and press the up button 4 times on the keyboard. This action will lift our blur up a bit.
Then consult “filter-> blur-> Gaussian blur” with setting five pixels:
Here’s what happened now:
Step 5.
Hold key CTRL and click on the layer window with the blue circle:
A selection will appear.
Refer to the menu select-> modify-> contract with a value of 7 pixels:
Create a new layer on top of all the others.
and fill it with a gradient (color from white to transparent):
Step 6.
Now take the tool – and make such a huge ellipse so that it covers the upper part of the ball.
Step 7.
Contact in select-> inverse to invert the selection and press the button DELETE.
Now on the menu “filter-> blur-> Gaussian Blur” with value 1.5
Reduce the layer opacity to 88%, look what happened this time:
Step 8.
Double-click on the layer to open the Add Styles window:
Add style – shadow (Drop shadow), Colour # 08397E:
Step 9.
The last thing left to do is add the arrow shape to the circle. Of course you can place a letter, symbol or something else there.
Here is a smaller version of the button – size 50×50 px – so it will look like:
See you at www.https://photobecket.com!