F1022 COMPUTER GRAPHICS

LAB 9 : BUTTON

Objectives

By the end of this lab, students should be able to:

 Create button for web

Theory/Topics
 Elliptical Marquee tool
 Select > Modify > Contract
 Select > Feather
 Layer > Group with Previous (ctrl+G)
 Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss + Drop Shadow
 Image > Trim

ACTIVITY9A : SIMPLE BUTTON

1. Create new file with white background.

2. Select Elliptical Marquee tool. Place the cursor in the center of the image
approximately.

3. Press Shift+Alt and draw perfect circle.

4. Select foreground and background color.

5. Select Gradient tool.

6. Drag from top left to bottom right.

7. With the image selected,

Select > Modify > Contract

8. Input the value 7.

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9. Click the Gradient tool again and drag over the image from bottom right to top
left.

10. Press Ctrl +D to deselect.

ACTIVITY9B : SMOOTH BUTTON

1. Create new file with white background.

2. Select Elliptical Marquee tool. Place the cursor in the center of the image
approximately.

3. Press Shift+Alt and draw perfect circle.

4. Select foreground and background color.

5. Select Gradient tool.

6. Drag from top left to bottom right.

7. With the image selected,

Select > Modify > Contract

8. Input the value 7.

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9. Select > Feather

10. Input 3 as a feather value

11. Click the Gradient tool again and drag over the image from bottom right to top
left.

12. Press Ctrl +D to deselect.

ACTIVITY9C : TEXTURE BUTTON

1. Create new file with white background. Create a new Layer. Name it as
"Base".

2. Select Ellipse Marquee tool. Drag it on the file. Fill the selection on the new
layer with black.

3. Open the desired texture file. Select Move tool. Drag the image on the button
file and adjust so that black ellipse will get properly covered with texture. In the
layer palette you will get texture layer. Keep this layer selected.

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4. Layer > Group with Previous (ctrl+G)

5. Merge the texture layer with the base layer. For this, select texture layer. Go to
fly out menu of layer palette and click "Merge Down".

6. Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss + Drop Shadow

7. You can try out different types of textures as well as base shapes to create
different effects.

8. Trim the button to remove unwanted space with Image > Trim

ACTIVITY9D : THEME BUTTON

1. Create a new file with white background. Create a new layer.

2. Select Elliptical Marquee tool. Place the cursor in the center of the file using
grids.

3. Draw a circle. Fill it with any color. Create a second layer. Select it. Place the
cursor in the center and draw second circle of smaller diameter. Fill it with the
color. Deselect all.

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4. Select the bottom layer with big circle.

Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss
Try to experiment with the values.

5. Select the top layer with small circle.

Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss
(style - Pillow Emboss)
Try to experiment with the values.
Trim the button to remove unwanted space with Image > Trim

6. Open the desired image file which is suitable to your theme. Select Move tool.
Drag the image on the button file and adjust so that the whole button will get
properly covered. In the layer palette you will get image layer. Keep this layer
selected.

7. Duplicate the image layer and drag it down to bring it on the top of the big
circle layer. Select the image layer.

8. Layer > Group with Previous (ctrl+G). Repeat the procedure for the top
image layer also. The layer position will be as follows.

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9. Save the file.

ACTIVITY9E : FILTER BUTTON

1. Create New file. Draw the rectangle. Create new layer and keep the new layer
selected. Fill the rectangle with dark color.

2. Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss.

Keep the selection intact.

3. Select > Modify > Contract (by 7 pixels)

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4. Click Gradient tool. Select lighter color as background. Linear gradient should
be on. Drag the tool over the rectangle from left to right.

5. Select > Modify > Contract (by 1 pixels)

6. Drag the tool over the rectangle from right to left.

7. Select > Modify > Contract (by 1 pixels)

8. Fill the dark color in the image by pressing Alt+Delete

9. Filter > Noise > Add Noise (Monochromatic, Uniform)

10. Image > Trim

11. Filter > Artistic > Colored Pencil

12. Filter > Blur > Motion Blur (Angle 0, distance 9)

13. Filter > Brush Strokes> Angled Strokes

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