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Create a new file by going to File
> New > Blank File ...
Use the
following settings:

Create a new layer Layer > New > Layer ...
Choose blue as your foreground colour by selecting
the Foreground Colour box

Choose the Rounded Rectangle Tool. You will
need to hold down the mouse
button over the shape tool to see the following
menu:

Draw a rectangle for a button:

Create a new layer and take a moment to rename the
layers that we now have:
Double
click over the names of the layers and name the
first one "button"
and the newest one "shadow":

Change the foreground colour to white. Then
choose the brush tool


Now shade in the
bottom of the button until it is nearly white at the
bottom. It does not have to be perfect.
Use CTRL+Z to undo and try again.

Once you are happy
with it go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur

Drop the opacity of
this layer down to 85%. Press V on your
keyboard
(to get the move tool)
and press the up arrow on your keyboard 4 times.
This will move the
blur up slightly.
Now apply another
filter. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with a
setting of 5

You will need to
shrink the height of the layer and move it up until
it looks like this:

Move over this layer -
right click the mouse and and duplicate it.
Rename one of the
layers "shadow" and the other "glow"

Select the glow layer
and use the circle selection to rotate it 180
degrees ie

You will need to move
them around so the glow is at the top and the shadow
layer is at the bottom. You may have to shrink
the height of these layers to get it to look this
the following:

Now select the shadow
layer and invert it: Filter > Adjustments >
Invert

You will notice that
there are grey parts that need removing. Do to
this select the eraser tool and very carefully
delete them. Use CTRL+Z if you delete too
much. You may wish to zoom in to make the job
easier (CTRL and +).

Once you delete the
grey parts you should get something like this:

Now select the text
tool
and click on your button and type "Contact Us"

Highlight the text and
change the colour to white. You may wish to
increase the size of the font to a size that is more
suitable to the size of you button.
You should then save a
copy of this and use it as a template for many
buttons.
Optional: How
about adding a graphic?
Choose the Custom
Shape tool. You may have to hold the mouse
button down over the shape tool that you currently
have selected.

Select one of the
graphics. I have chosen the envelope
(you may have to get
the computer to view all graphics first)

Choose a pale blue as
the foreground colour and draw the shape on the
button. You may have to move the graphic and
text into a better position.

And finally select the
Rectangular Marquee Tool
and
draw a box around the
button.
Then crop it:
Image > Crop
Save your psd file and
as a jpeg:
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