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 [...]

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? [...]

Step1:
Learning how to create the Glass Effect.
I found this effect on www.depiction.net , the reason I used this effect is because it is a nice effect and very simple to recreate.you can click here to download the style and import it into Photoshop
Ok, let us get started. Create a new image using the dimension [...]

Step 1:
Let’s start out by creating a new file. I used a 400×400 pixels canvas set at 72dpi, and I filled my background with #242424 color shade. In a new layer draw a small rectangle with #101010 color shade and 39 x 17 px dimensions. Then uder Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner [...]

Start this tutorial by making a new document.
Click on “Rounded Rectangle Tool” and make a rounded rectangle as shown

Right click on its layer and click on [ Rasterize Layer ].

Click on [ Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) ] and make a selection as shown.

Now press Del key.

Making style
Double click the layer or go to Layers->Blending options [...]