Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1: Create a new layer. Draw a circular selection using the Elliptical Marquee tool.
Step 2: Press "d" then "x". Select the gradient tool.
Step 3: In the Options bar, click on the down-facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail. Choose the foreground to background gradient.
Step 4: Close the picker and in the options bar, click on the Radial Gradient icon. ( It's the second icon from the left.)
Step 5: Drag the white to black gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge.
Step 6: Press "d". Create a new layer.
Step 7: In the gradient picker, choose the foreground to transparent gradient (it's the second one from the left, top row.)
Step 8: In the options bar, choose the linear gradient (it's the first one.) Drag the gradient form the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.
Step 9: In the layer palette lower the opacity to 75%.
Step 10: Create a new layer.
Step 11: Go under the select menu, under modify and choose Contract. Enter 6 pixels. Click OK.
Step 12: Press "x". Drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area. Press apple+d
Step 13: Go under the filter menu, under blur, choose Gaussian blur. Enter 3 Pixels. Click OK.
Step 14: Duplicate your top layer by dragging it to your new layer icon.
Step 15: Press apple+t. Ctrl+ click inside the bounding box, then choose rotate 180º from the pop-up menu. Press enter to let Photoshop know you're done.
Step 16: Select the move tool. Drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.
Step 17: Lower the opacity of this layer to 60%
Step 18: Go back to layer 3 ( the layer below your current layer). Press apple+t.
Step 19: Hold the shift key, grab the bottom right handle. shrink the white gradient by around 15%. Press enter.
Step 20: Hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layers palette's pop-up menu.
Step 21: Choose drop shadow from the layer style pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click OK
Step 22: Press apple+u ( Hue and Saturation). Click the colorize button and move the hue slider to choose a color for your button.