Step 1.
First of all create a new Photoshop document with a black background. Create a new layer , choose the elliptical marquee tool and and make a circular selection (a). Choose the gradient tool and set it to reflected gradient (b). Set the foreground color to white and the background color to black, and then [...]

The first step is to create your canvas. It can be any size you want you button to be. I’ve picked 200pixels by 100 pixels. Mine, of course, will be rectangular.

In hindsight it would be better to fill the entire canvas with your gradient we are about to create. I don’t no why but I [...]

A step by step guide to design a Security Icon.
Open a new file (File>New) that would have 450х450px 72dpi.
Select after that the Rectangle Tool (U) to represent the primary layer reserved for the icon that would be situated on the central part of the picture. The layer’s color is #2BA7ED

The layer’s parameters:
Blending Options>Inner Glow

Blending Options>Stroke

The [...]

Step-By-Step Instructions:
1. Open a New Document in Photoshop. Set width to 300 px and height to 120 px.
2. Create a new layer. Name it “Capsule Button”.
3. Select the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangular grey colored square.

4. Right click the “Capsule Button” layer in the layers palette. Choose “Blending Options” from the pop-up list.
5. Set [...]

Let’s start with creating a new document, with 400px by 200px with a # 7d7d7d background color.

Now, using a Rounded Rectangle Tool, draw a shape with any color you want.

Apply to it the following settings:

That is what we must get:

Now, select our shape by Ctrl+Click on the layer icon in the layer palette (F7):

Draw this [...]

Create a new image with the following attributes:
* Width: 11 inches
* Height: 11 inches
* Resolution: 300 ppi, 8 or 16 bit
* Background Color: White

Since the desired effect is to appear liquefied, a font that appears to have been made [...]

Not sure about you, but when I create buttons for a web site, I always use shapes, especially if the button has rounded corners. These vector shapes have the advantage that they are easy to scale or resize. Combine them with effects and you have the most flexible button ever. Not sure what I mean? [...]

Open a new document 500 x 100 pixels with a white background
Select Rounded Rectangle Tool ( set the radius to 5 pixels ) and start creating one shape, then duplicate this shape ( press CTRL+J to duplicate the layer )
Then with your arrow keys , place the buttons like in the next image

Then add the [...]