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    Glossy RSS icon
    Published  07/24/2008 | Buttons
       
    Glossy RSS icon - part 1


    In this tutorial we are going to create a colorful RSS icon for your blog.

    It's necessary for the beginning to create a new file (File>New) of 512x512px and 72 dpi. Select the Ellipse Tool (U) and try to make an ellipse like the next one:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Fill 0% on the layer:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Select Blending Options>Gradient Overlay (making a mouse click on the processed layer on the layers' palette) setting the next demands as below:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    This element we should get. It'll represent the shadow of the icon:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    . Select the same tool to draw now a circle, colored with #F36523

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Select Blending Options>Inner Shadow and set the next parameters for the last layer:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3 

    Blending Options>Stroke

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Fill 0% for the layer. We should get the next result. It'll represent the basis of the icon

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Next we shall represent one more circle:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Choose the next selection for the layer: Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3 

    Gradient Editor:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Now we need to draw another circle, but a circle that needs to be corrected with Direct Selection Tool (A), as it is shown below:

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3

    Create Glossy RSS icon in Photoshop CS3 Glossy RSS icon
    In this tutorial we are going to create a colorful RSS icon for your blog.