PHOTOSHOP® ELEMENTS 3: DOWN & Dirty TRICKS

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169CHAPTER 7 • Special Effects

Gettin’ “Gelly” with Buttons

We’re in a “gel design age” thanks to the look of Apple’s Aqua interface for Mac OS X and the resulting marketing pieces that

sprang forth from it. When we first showed this technique in Photoshop User magazine, it took literally twice as many steps,

but we’ve since found a way that makes it so easy, you can create your own aqua-like button in about 60 seconds.

STEP ONE: Create a new document

that’s in RGB mode set at 72 ppi (the

one shown here is 7x5"). Click the

Foreground color swatch at the bottom

of the Toolbox and choose a light blue

in the Color Picker, then press U