Learn how to create an awesome musty xbox style button. Category: Buttons

Learn how to create an awesome musty xbox style button.

Step 1: First start off by creating a document 500 by 500 pixels and make a circle on a new layer with the ellipse tool any size in the middle of the document. Than add a Gradient Overlay , Color 1: 3E6B17 Color 2: DEFFC4


Step 2: Inner Shadow, Color 1: 000000


Step 3: Inner Glow, Color 1: 0C4802


Step 4: Make a new layer below the orb and hide the Background layer, than go to Layer -> Merge Visible.


Step 5: Unhide the Background Layer and this is what the orb should look like.


Step 6: Duplicate layer 2.


Step 7: Hold down control and than click on "Layer 2 Copy" to select the border of the circle.


Step 8: Set your foreground color to 6A6A6A and your background color to FFFFFF. Now go up to Filter -> Render -> Clouds, then go to your Blending Mode Drop Down Menu and select "Overlay". Now deselect (Ctrl+D).


Step 9: Now merge these two layers Layer -> Merge Down (Ctrl+E). And this you should have now


Step 10: Now duplicate "Layer 2", and with the top layer selected "Layer 2 Copy", go up to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.


Step 11: Now go to your Blending Mode Drop Down Menu and select Hard Light.


Step 12: Now merge these two layers Layer -> Merge Down (Ctrl+E). And this you should have now.


Step 13: Now duplicate "Layer 2" again, and with "Layer 2 Copy" selected, go up to Filter -> Sketch -> Chrome. Use the default settings and hit "Ok".


Step 14: Now go to your Blending Mode Drop Down Menu and select Soft Light.


Step 15: Put "Layer 2 Copy"'s Opacity down to 30%.


Step 16: Now merge these two layers Layer -> Merge Down (Ctrl+E). And this you should have now.


Step 17: Now duplicate "Layer 2" again, and go up to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+U) and make sure you check the box that says "Colorize". Use the settings below.


Step 18: Now go to your Blending Mode Drop Down Menu and select Pin Light.


Step 19: Now merge these two layers Layer -> Merge Down (Ctrl+E). And this you should have now.


Step 20: Now duplicate "Layer 2" again, and go up to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+U) and make sure you check the box that says "Colorize". Use the settings below.


Step 21: Now go to your Blending Mode Drop Down Menu and select Color Burn.


Step 22 (Final Step) : Now merge these two layers Layer -> Merge Down (Ctrl+E). And this you should have now.

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