Buttons

First, how can you make a button look 3D like?
Second, you know in programs, you have tabs? How can i make some of those, except ones that overlap and have diagonal edges on the right side… (I know, really bad description, ignore this one if you want).
Third/Last, in Photoshop, if you select an area and paint bucket it, how can you get it so it’s the same as a paint bucket in paint, with it fully coloring the inside of the selection (and only the inside). Or if you delete a selection, it fades the area around the selection too.

Anyway, any of these questions being answered would be very happy. thanks

First, how can you make a button look 3D like?

  • in photoshop you want to go into blending options. There you can use shadows and a couple other tools. to get into the blending options right click on the layer u want to manipulate and select blending options.

Second, you know in programs, you have tabs? How can i make some of those, except ones that overlap and have diagonal edges on the right side… (I know, really bad description, ignore this one if you want).
-u do this the same way u do our first question.

Third/Last, in Photoshop, if you select an area and paint bucket it, how can you get it so it’s the same as a paint bucket in paint, with it fully coloring the inside of the selection (and only the inside). Or if you delete a selection, it fades the area around the selection too.
-Use the selection tool and make a new layer then use the paint bucket.

I’m not sure what version of P-shop you are using but you can go to layer>layer properties (or maybe it’s layer options or layer stlye) > bevel and emboss to make it look 3D. That is how I did the text on the header image here www.team696.org/forum/

http://www.thewebmachine.com/ ?

http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/ps.php ?

does that help?

for the selection (and how it fades around it when you delete the interior), check and make sure you have Feather set to 0px for the selection tool - this is the radius around it which is fades, with 0 meaning strictly the actual selection.