How
to create a web 2.0 style button:
1. Draw the rounded rectangle:
- In the tools panel in
the "Vector" section:
- Press and hold the left mouse
button on the "Rectangle
tool" icon and select
the "Rounded Rectangle" from
the menu.
- Position the
cursor where you want a corner of
the rectangle.
- Press and hold the left mouse
button then drag the cursor
to extend the rectangle to
the required size.
- Release the
mouse button to draw the rectangle.
- Use the yellow drag
handle near a corner of
the rectangle to set the roundness of
the corners to maximum.
- In the align panel click
on the "To Canvas" icon
then click on the "vertical
center"
and "horizontal center" icons.
2. Create a color gradient
fill:
- Then in the properties panel:
- Click on the color
box next to the pencil icon
and set the stroke color to "#FF3300".
- Click on the "Fill
category" menu next to
the "Paint bucket" and
go to Gradient
> Linear.
- On the gradient fill:
- Position the
cursor over the small black
point (gradient pivot).
- Drag the
cursor to move the pivot point.
- Hover over
the gradient line.
- When the "rotation" cursor appears drag to
rotate the gradient.
- Position the
cursor over the large black
point (gradient boundary).
- Drag the
cursor to reposition the boundary.
- Then in the properties panel:
- Click on the color
box next to the pencil icon
and set the stroke color to "#FF3300".
- Click on the "Fill
category" menu next to
the "Paint bucket" and
go to Gradient
> Linear.
- Click on the chevron next
to the "Paint bucket" icon.
- In the gradient fill editing
panel set the color
options e.g. "#FF9900" and "#FF3300".
3. Create the button shine
effect:
- In the main menu
go to Edit > Duplicate.
- Then in the "Align"
panel center the rectangle
to the stage.
- Then in the Image
Editing panel click on "Transform
Commands".
- In the "Numeric
Transform" window set the scale
to "95%"
and press the "OK" button.
- Select the blue
corner point to the rectangle and drag to
vertically resize.
- In the properties panel:
- Click on the color
box next to the pencil icon
and set the stroke to transparent.
- Click on the chevron next
to the "Paint bucket" icon.
- In the gradient fill editing
panel:
- Set the color options
e.g. "#FFFFFF" and "#FFFFFF"
- Set the pixel opacity
to
"80%" and "0%".
- In the properties panel click the "Add
live filters or choose preset" button
and select Blur > Blur.
4. Add a glow to the button:
- Select the
large rounded rectangle.
- In the properties panel:
- Click the "Add
live filters or choose preset" button
and select Shadow and Glow > Inner
Glow.
- Then in the filter
editing menu:
- Set the the "Width" to "2" pixels.
- Set the "Color" to "#FFFFFF".
5. Create the button text:
- In the tools panel click on
the "Text tool"
icon.
- Position the cursor where
you want to insert the text.
- Left click then type the
text you require using the keyboard e.g."Quantunet".
- Select the text and
align it to the center of
the stage.
- Then in the layers panel select the text
layer and drag it
between the two rectangle layers.
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