Change the size to 1 px so it will give it a subtler effect and change the position to Inside to put the stroke inside the shape (so it'll outline the corners more precisely). Next, click on Stroke near the bottom of the dialogue box. Click on the black arrow next to the gradient preview and select the first gradient on the list (which uses the foreground and background colors). The default gradient is black and white, but we want to use our foreground and background colors. When the dialogue box pops up, click on Gradient Overlay. Click on the fx and then Blending Options. Now to add a gradient, navigate to the bottom right hand of the workspace in the Layers panel. Once you're done picking a foreground color, choose a background color of the same hue by clicking on the background color swatch and using the eyedropper tool to select from the foreground color swatch, then move the color picker up to a lighter shade (in this case, hexadecimal value #27D9CA).

I've chosen to use a blue-green (hexadecimal value #11645D). Now click on the foreground color swatch and use the color picker to choose a color. Drag the rounded rectangle shape tool to fill most of the canvas. However, in this tutorial, I've decided to give my shape a gradient so I'm leaving the default colors. If you want your button to be a solid color, then choose your color from the color swatch now. For this tutorial, we want to choose the rounded rectangle shape tool. Click the little black arrow at the corner to reveal more options. When the new document opens, find the shape tool on the left hand side of the workspace on the Tools panel. Make sure that the background is set to transparent. When the dialogue box pops up, enter the values 220 px for width and 110 px for height. So in this tutorial, we're going to look at how to create a download button using Adobe Photoshop CS4.įirst, start Photoshop and click File then New. You might also want more practice creating buttons in Photoshop. However, you might want to go past the basics and learn how to incorporate icons into your button designs. In past tutorials, we've already looked at how to create buttons using Photoshop.

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