Metal button Tutorial

Step 1: create a new layer. draw a circular selection using the elliptical marquee tool.

Step 2: Press "d" then "x". select the gradient tool.

Step 3: In the options bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the gradient thumbnail choose the foreground to background gradient.

Step 4: close the picker and in the option bar, click on the radial gradient icon.( it's the second icon from the left.)

Step 5: drag the white to background gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge.

Step 6: press "d" start a new layer.

Step 7: in the gradient picker, choose the foreground to transparent gradient (it's the second on the left, top row).

Step 8: in the options bar, choose the linear gradient( it's the first one). drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.

Step 9: in the layer pallette lower the opacity to 75%. 

Step 10: create a new layer.

Step 11: go under the select menu, under modify and choose contract. enter 6 pixel. click ok.

Step 12: press "x". drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area. press apple +d.

Step  13: go under the filter menu, under blur, choose Gaussian blur. enter 3 pixels. click OK.

Step 14: duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your new layer icon.

Step 15: press apple + T. ctrl + click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180º from the pop up menu. press enter to let photo shop know you're done.

Step  16: select the move tool. drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.

Step  17: lower the opacity of this layer to 60 %.

Step 18: go back to layer 3( the layer below your current layer). press apple + T.

Step  19: hold the shift key, grab the bottom right handle shrink the white gradient by around 15% press enter.

Step 20: hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layers palette's pop up menu.

Step 21: choose drop from the layer style pop up menu at the bottom of the layers palette, click Ok.

Step 22: press apple +U( hue+ Saturation). click the colorize button and move the hue slider to choose a color for your button.