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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaD-DoC" data-source="post: 2246517" data-attributes="member: 56284">Glassy Button                                      <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/glassy-buttons/glassy_button.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> You have probably already seen this tutorial somewhere before or know how to make glassy button with Photoshop. But I’m going to show you here is done with Illustrator in 3 simple steps. Version: Illustrator 9+ <a href="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/file/illustrator/glass_button.ai" target="_blank">Download Source File</a>  1. Create the circle paths First create a circle path and fill it with orange color. Then Copy (Ctrl+C) it and Paste  in Front (Ctrl+F). Scale down about 40% and drag it slight below the center point of the orange circle. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/glassy-buttons/1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 2. Blend Tool Select the Blend Tool <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/misc_cap/blend_tool.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />, click on the top edge of the yellow circle and then click again on the top edge of the orange circle. Or you can blend them by selecting both circles, go to Object > Blend > Make (Ctrl+Alt+B). <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/glassy-buttons/2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 3. Add final light reflection Make an oval path and fill it with black & white Gradient and place it on top of the circles. Note if your color setting is CMYK, make sure the black for the gradient is full black(C=100, M=100, Y=100, K=100). With the oval path selected, go to Transparency pallate, select Screen Blend Mode. If your Transparency is not showing, go to Window > Transparency or press Ctrl+Shift+F10. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/glassy-buttons/3.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Advantages There are serveral advantages to create this glassy button with Illustrator than Photoshop:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is vector, which mean it is scalable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is easier and faster to make this with Illustrator (less steps).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Easier to change colors, just need to fill the circles with different colors.</li> </ol><img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/glassy-buttons/glassy-button-final.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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