Making Aqua objects, buttons, text

gwynarion

gwynarion

I stole the Sun
Good evening,

I was wondering if any of you fine people might be able to give me some help. With my newly acquired Photoshop 7.0 I have been venturing into the world of making Aqua looking things. So far I've turned out a couple decent looking circles and ellipses, but I would like to go further.

Getting to where I am now has been facilitated by several online tutorials, but all of those dealt with very simple shapes. I would like to move on to trying more complex items like text. I think that what I need is a tutorial of some sort on how to do this, but I have not been able to find one. If any of you know of such a resource I would appreciate hearing about it. Thank you very much and I look forward to your responses.
 
Thank you for your suggestion, but I would like to learn to do this myself using the tools I already possess. I will keep it in mind for the future, though.
 
Hello there! Here's the way that I do, but please note that it's not perfect and doesn't look 100% aqua. Maybe in an hour or two I'll post how you can make things really look aqua! :)

It's very simple, it's called "Double Bevel", can you guess why? Ok: get the image you want to make 'aqua' and load 'em up into a new canvas. Bevel it so white is on the top of the image and black on the bottom, make the black's opacity setting be at 34%. Copy the entire image, make a new canvas and paste it in. Again: bevel the image. only this time white will be on the bottom and black on top, change black's opacity setting to be around 10% this time. And there ya go!

You'll have to mess around with some settings, but that's the easiest (non-pro) way to make a aqua look/feel for interfaces.

Expect a better tutorial with my next post.
 
I would seriously suggest using Interface Builder (on the Dev Tools CD) to make Aqua buttons, etc. It makes the process extremely easy, and they're REAL aqua, as well, not Photoshopped Aqua :)
 
*cough* BlueFusion: read the whole thread. :D *cough*

Originally posted by gwynarion
I would like to learn to do this myself using the tools I already possess.
Click to expand...

Photoshop'n is the way to go, yo. :)
 
Yes, Trip, I knew that. We all own a copy of Dev Tools. :) :) (Not trying to be annoying, but in truth it's the easiest way and it produces the best results))

Peace. Out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top