Author: Mark Monciardini
From the Website: www.designsbymark.com
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Mark Monciardini All Rights Reserved.
Rounded end buttons
Make new image, white background.
Go to the channels pallet: Windows>Show
Channels. Make a new channel and click on it to
make it active.
Select the Radial Marquee Tool and make a
small Circle on the left side of the image.
Press "X" on the keyboard. Now press the
delete key. This should fill it with white.
Select the circle with the Rectangular
Marquee. Hold down Alt-Ctrl-Shift (Mac: Option-
Command- Shift) and drag a copy just to the right
side of the image.
With the Rectangular Marquee, select the top
and bottoms of each circle. Press the Delete key to
fill with white.
Hold down the Ctrl key (Mac: Command) and
click on the channel to select the button. Go back
to Layers: Windows>Show Layers. Click on the
background Layer to activate it. Now make a new
layer.
Select a color from the Swatches Pallet and fill
the selection using the Paint Bucket Tool. Now
Deselect: Ctrl  D (Mac: Command  D)
To bevel the button, go to
Layer>Effects>Bevel and Emboss. If you re not
familiar with the Layer Effects I have tips on this
page here.