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Create a new transparent image (I used 300x300).
Select the Rounded Rectangle tool.
Create a rectangle (size to your liking) color white and rename the rectangle layer white (in the case of the tutorial) or buckfutter; whatever floats your boat. Just double click the text in the layers window.
CTRL + click your rectangle layer layer (in the layers window to your left of the image name) or the same thing can be accomplished by right clicking that portion and clicking "select layer transparency".
Create a new layer, select it (with selected layer transparency still outlined), then Right click the image(the actual image not in the layer channel), select stroke.
Stroke the image(hehheh) with around #eeeeee or some other light gray by 1px inside with 80% on softlight, name the new layer "outline" and put it above the rectangle layer by dragging it.
Create 2 lew layers: background- fill with a very light color, put it at the bottom in layer order, and highlighting- give about 60% opacity and put at the top of the layer order.
Select air brush with a black or a dark gray set opacity and and flow lower for lighter difference and blur the lower part of the rectangle don't be afraid to go outside the lines! If needed try blur-->glaussian blur (!!! only highlighting layer selected !!!).
Select the rectagle layer and "select layer transparency" like before. Use shift + ctrl + i or select--> inverse to select the inverse of the selected :D. Now select the highlighting layer and click the delete button, or click ctrl + X if that didn't work. Another way to say this: with the highlighting layer selected Ctrl +click rectangle layer , shift + ctrl +i, click the delete button.
Add the text, your choice of font but have a dark gray color. It may look cooler to put it under the highlighting layer. If your outline turned out a little jagged blur the layer a bit.
Optional:
Use the air brush with color white to mess with lighting on the hightlighting layer.
Images:
General Layer Order, Final Image :
-- You can stop now or go on to get a circular shade. --
12. Create a new layer under the outline and give it a smooth Stroking it earlier in step 7 (I heard you giggle!) with the following changes: 5px, 60%
13. Glaussian blur it.
As for the Cool lookin' text at the top I'll save that for another tutorial :p.
Done! Hope I didn't lose you somewhere and you found some use of this tutorial!
 (C) Jimmy Ruska 2003
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