The following is a technique every designer should have in their bag of tricks. This is a handy technique to know when making any sort of interface. These steps will enable you to make buttons look like they are inset into the surface of an object such as an interface, winamp skin, etc, and can add a great degree of depth to an otherwise flat and boring image. Read more

Create some cool smooth chrome with soft blue highlights, great as a text effect or on all kinds of other... eh, chrome stuff. Read more

This tutorial will show you how to create a glowing LCD Orb, great for interfaces and hi-tech designs. You'll learn a cool airbrushing technique to create a glowing effect, as well as a way to design a great-looking highlight effect. Read more

In this tutorial you'll learn to create a great aqua plastic text effect using Photoshop layer styles. Read more

In this tutorial you'll learn to create the smooth clear plastic tab buttons first seen on Apple.com. Over the years plastic tabs like these have become incredibly popular--try using them in a horizontal top menu for your site, along with the sliding doors technique for a great usable menu system. Read more

Whether you're designing an application interface, a skin for your favorite audio/video player software, or a slick website layout, you'll find that the techniques outlined in this tutorial will be useful in these and many other instances. The example in this tutorial is a single part of what would make up a complete interface--several similar parts combined together would add up to a great looking interface. The point of this tutorial is to introduce you to many of the elements of interface design that you have at your disposal, to give you tools and ideas which you can call upon while designing your own interface. Read more