How Do You Create A Contoured Website Button In Photoshop?
Many professional websites feature buttons that are visually stimulating; they’re designed to get a user’s attention and make him click. Most of these buttons are contoured to add depth and make the site look three-dimensional–another visual trick that makes a website pop right off the page. You can make these in buttons yourself in Photoshop. Open Photoshop and choose an image size that is a little larger than the button you intend to make. Most buttons are about 85 by 30 pixels. Select the Rounded Rectangle tool. It is shaped like a rectangle with round corners and is located in the toolbar. Draw a shape that is the exact size you want your button to be. Select “Layer” on the top navigation bar, then go to “Layer Style” and click on any of the choices that appear in the pop-out menu. A new window will open that lists layer choices. Scroll down the list on the left-hand side and select “Bevel and Emboss,” then choose “Contour” just below these options. Your shape will now have a cont
