Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1: Create a ne layer. Draw a circular selection using the Elliptical Marquee tool.
Step 2: Press "d" then "x". Select the gradient tool.
Step 3: In the options bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail. Choose foreground to Background gradient.
Step 4: Close the picker and in the options bar click on the radial gradient icon ( it's the second icon from left).
Step 5: Drag the white to black gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge.
Step 6: Press "d". Create new layer.
Step 7: In the gradient picker, choose te foreground to transparent gradient( its the second one from the left, top row.)
Step 8: In the options bar choose linear gradient. Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.
Step 9: In the layers palette, lower the opacity to 75%.
step 10: Create a new layer,
Step 11: Go under the select menu, under modify and choose contract, Enter 6 pixels. Click OK.
Step 12: Press "x". Drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area. Press apple+d.
Step 13: Go under the filter menu, under blur and choose Gaussian blur. Enter 3 pixels . Click OK
Step 14z; Duplicate your top layer by dragging it ti your new layer icon
Step 15: Press apple+t. ctrl+click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180º from the pop-up menu. Press enter to let photoshop know your done.
Step 16: Select the move tool. Drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.
Step 17: Lower the opacity of this layer to 60%.
Step 18: Go back to layer 3( the layer below your current layer). Press apple+t.
Step 19: Hold shift key, grab the bottom right handle, shrink the white gradient by around 15%. Press enter.
Step 20: Hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layers palette's pop up menu.
Step 21: Choose drop shadow from the layer style pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click OK.
Step 22: Press apple+u. Click the colorize button and move the hue slider to choose color for your button.,