Professional Home Icon or Button

May 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

12. Now CTRL+click the same layer, select the elliptical marquee tool with the ‘subtract from selection’ option selected.
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13. Now for the ‘glossy’ effect. Draw any circular shape over the selection. This will subtract from your previous selection. I did something like this:
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14. This is what I got:
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15. Now create a new layer with the selection still active and fill it with white.
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16. Next, you can turn down the opacity as low as you like. I made mine at 20%.
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17. Now lets go back to our original object layer and go into blending options. Apply these settings:
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18. You will get something like this:
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