Web 2.0 Badge Tutorial
Step 5
Right click the active layer and duplicate.
Right click the duplicated layer and select Rasterize Layer.
Ctrl-click the newly rasterized layer to select it.
Select > Modify > Contract…
Contract your selection by 2 pixels.
Hold down Shift+Ctrl+I to Invert your selection. Press delete.
Ctrl-click to select this layer and paint it over with a light gray if it is not already.
Step 6
Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Drag this over the top half of your layer, where you want your shine to be.
Hold down Shift+Ctrl+I to invert the selection.
Grab the Burn Tool.
Drag this around the edge of your curved selection.
De-select the layer.
Step 7
Change the layer mode to Overlay. you may also want to adjust the Opacity depending on how bright you want your highlight.
Congratulations! You’ve made a shiny Web 2.0 badge. You can add some text to it as well.
You can download the PSD file used in this tutorial here:
There is also a package of Web 2.0 Badges available at my other post.
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I got Photoshop version 8 (Central europe) and it says the PSD file I just downloaded is not a valid file.