Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1: Create a new layer. Draw a circular selection using the Elliptical Marquee Tool. 

Step 2: Press "d" then ". 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 options bar, click on radial gradient icon(its the second icon from the left.) 

Step 5: Drag the White to black gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge. 

Step 6: Press "d". Create a new layer.

Step 7: In the gradient picker, choose the foreground to Transparent gradient (its the second one from the left, top row.

Step 8: In the options bar , choose the Linear Gradient (its 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 palette, lower the opacity to 75%. 

Step 10: Create a new layer.

Step 11: GO under the seelct menu , under modify and choose  Contract. Enter 6 pixels. 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 and chose Gaussian Blur. Enter 3 pixels. CLick OK.

Step 14: Duplicate your layer by dragging it to the new layers 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 Photoshop know your through.

Step 16: Select the move tool. Drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.

Step 17: Layer the opacity of this layer to 60º .

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 pop-up menu.

Step 21: Choose the drop shadow 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.