reflective 3D buttons & graphics

[Tom Ma]

I have a number of flat logo’s that I need to make look more 3 dimensional. Not true 3D but more reflective shading, like the type of buttons you see, on Apple’s website etc..

https://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore

also

https://abcnews.go.com/

essentially I guess these are just overlays, added, multiplied or screened over the graphic.

Is there a stock image source for this type of thing?
or perhaps a set of plugins that does this?

Thanks!

[Vincent Rosati]

If you’re referring to the shiny buttons, it’s often referred to as the ‘aqua technique’, or ‘apple aqua technique’, or ‘aqua buttons’. It can be accomplished in raster and vector!
Just do a search and you will find a ton of tut’s covering the subject. 🙂

Vince

[Tom Ma]

hate to sound lazy (more like busy) but..
are there any PS plugins (or maybe PS macro’s) that can accomplish this?

[Vincent Rosati]

Maybe this’ll do…
https://www.web–templates.org/buttons/aqua-button-generator.html

I just searched for ‘aqua button generator’.

Vince