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[danbair]

The first step is to make our selection for our button. Take the marquee tool and select the area you would like to be the button. For this example, I used 160x30px.



Next, select your choice of darker color. I went with: #006699. Go about the same height as your selection above and start a gradient touching all the way to the bottom of your selection.



Next, select the blending options and we'll add some shadows and a stroke to give it a softer feel. Use the following settings:





After applying those settings, you should come up with a soft, yet attractive looking button:

[Donna]

danbair all your images are dead.

[danbair]

I forgot I disabled hotlinking. Lemme fix that. If that doesn't work, images are here:

http://dan-bair.com/...oftbutton_1.gif
http://dan-bair.com/...oftbutton_2.gif
http://dan-bair.com/...oftbutton_3.gif
http://dan-bair.com/...oftbutton_4.gif
http://dan-bair.com/...oftbutton_5.gif

[Donna]

Works fine now, thankyou for submitting.

[ludwigw]

Nice, I would suggest having rounded edges.....it's softer

[K.Schmidt]

pretty nice, i really like the outcome

[ThorX]

pretty nice