Pixel2Life

Well the Corel tutorial section is looking a little quiet, so I figured I'd better start adding some meat to the bones :) As some of you know, I like to "translate" Photoshop tutorials for the Photopaint people, and I usually do tutorials based on effects that P2L visitors request from me directly. In the last month or so, I've received a few requests on how to draw those metallica interfaces with the plastic or glass buttons. So in this latest tutorial, I've combined two pupular effects to generate a glass button set into a brushed steel interface background.

Here is the final product we're going to create:



As you can tell, it's fairly basic, but this will give you the foundation to produce more complex peices. Feel free to experiment with the various settings as you go to produce different effects.