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Aqua Blue Button

We'll begin this tutorial, by creating a new canvas at a size of 281 x 127 then fill with Black as the color. Double click the background layer in the layers palette and click OK to unlock.

Next, select the "Rounded Rectangle Tool". Draw a rectangle as illustrated below with a radius of 3 pixels and color White. Name this layer "Button Frame".

  Now right click on the "Button Frame" layer and select, "Blending Options...". Now click on "Inner Glow".
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Do not click "OK" yet. Still more to do.
  Now click on "Gradient Overlay".
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You may now click OK.
You should now have the below image.
Next, select the "Rounded Rectangle Tool" again and draw a rectangle as illustrated below with a radius of 3 pixels and color 010a93. Name this layer "Button".
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  Now right click on the "Button" layer and select, "Blending Options...". Now click on "Inner Glow".
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Do not click "OK" yet. Still more to do.
  Now click on "Satin".
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Do not click "OK" yet. Still more to do.
  Now click on "Gradiant Overlay".
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Do not click "OK" yet. Still more to do.
  Now click on "Stroke".
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You may now click OK.
You should now have the below image.
Now "Ctrl" click the "Button" layer to create a selection around it and select the "Brush Tool" with a soft edged 7 pixel brush. Next create a new layer and brush along the bottom inside edge of the selection with 4fa4a7 as the color.
Select the "Text Tool" and use the below settings:
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Now type your prefered text.
  Now right click on the text layer and select, "Blending Options...". Now click on "Drop Shadow".
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You may now click OK.
You should now have the below image.
Now select the "Pen Tool" and draw a curve effect as illustrated below using White as the color. Name this layer "Gloss".
The Results!!!
Turn the Fill of the "Gloss" layer down to about 30% and your finished.
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