Brushed Steel Interface with Glass Button in Photopaint v12
April 27th, 2006
Step 8:
Next we’ll create the “shine” of the glass. Hit ctrl-v and once again you’ll have another black rectangle over your button. Repeat the brightness step in Step 6, except increase the brightness 100% so that your rectangle is now white. You’ll end up with this:
Step 9:
We’ll need to cut that white square a bit to give that nice classic glass shine effect, so from your main toolbar, select the Freehand Mask Tool or simply hit K:
Now starting on the left side of the white square, click the left mouse button to activate the mask. Move your mouse to the right and click again to activate a mask point. Keep moving to form a rough rectangle around the bottom half of the rectangle, and click once each time you change direction. Double-click to finish the mask and you’ll end up with this:
Hit the delete key and the section you masked off will be cut away and look like this:
Step 10:
Once again grab your Interactive Object Transparency Tool and repeat step 7 for the white half rectangle, except start from top to bottom rather than bottom to top. You’ll end up with this:
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