Creating a glassy button in photoshop CS3  
     
  Step:1  
  Draw a circle using the Elliptical marquee tool  
     
   
     
  Step:2  
  Create a Radial gradient, from bark to light blue. Use the settings here, then drag from the middle
of the circle.
 
     
   
     
   
     
  Step: 3  
  Create a new layer and change the gradient setting to Linear, Foreground to transparent and change your forecround color to white.


 
     
  Step:4  
  Drag the gradient tool from the top to the bottom, with the top white.  
     
   
     
  Step:5  
 

apply the the Edit > free transform tool
Bring the bottom to almost 1/2 way. Bring the top and sides in a little bit until it looks similar to the picture


 
   
     
  Step:6  
  To make more realism add a slight gaussian blur to the highlight and rduce the opacity a little  
 






 
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