Aqua Button Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 7 Tutorial

Create a new image , 400x100 with a white background. Now create a new raster layer , and name it "button". Now, using the selections tool set to rounded rectangle, make your selection. Save the selection to alpha channel by going to Selections | Save to Alpha Channel, and press ok twice. Now click on the fill tool , and set the foreground color to a dark color, and the background color to a lighter hue of the same color. I used #2F60D0, and #5DBBEE. Now set it to a linear gradient , so it looks something like this .

Now create a new raster layer , and name it "highlight". With the selection still active, click on the selection tool , set to rectangle, and hold down Ctrl. Now deselect the bottom half of the pill, and contract the selection by going to Selections | Modify | Contract, and enter 3. Your selection should look like mine.

Click on the flood fill tool. Now change the background color to white, and set the foreground to a gradient. Set the gradient to fading foreground, so it looks like this . Now fill the selecting with the gradient, so the pill looks like this.

Next, load the selection by going to Selections | Load From Alpha Channel. Now create a new raster layer , and name it "drop shadow". Now go to Effects | 3D Effects | Drop shadow , and enter these settings . This should create a light backlight, so it looks like it is transparent. This step is optional.

Done! You can make the image transparent by merging all of the layers, and adjusting the opacity. You can change the color, by going to Colors | Colorize. If you have any questions, please contact me.