Subdued Gold Button Tutorial

Thanks to Leah for the BladePro preset.

You can see this button with text on my Wine Jewel page.  For the first button, you'll need Paint Shop Pro, BladePro, and Web Elegance Subdued Gold preset.  For the second one, you'll only need PSP.

File>New

Size: Width - 150, Height - 50

Color or Texture of your choice

16.7 million colors

Select All, Modify, Contract>7, Ok

Image>Plug-in Filters>BladePro>WE Subdued Gold>OK

Select>Invert

Repeat BladePro step above.

Image>Add Borders>Symmetric Checked>10

Use Magic Wand to select border. Fill with color or texture.

Select>Invert again

Image>Effects>Drop Shadow:

   Color: Black

   Opacity: 50

   Blur: 5

   Offset: Vertical and Horizontal: 3, Ok

Add text and save!  (I always save a blank button before adding text.)

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