Creating Oval Buttons with Images and Text Added

• Create a new image 125 x 50, 16.7 million colors, background color= white
  • Please note: create your new image with a black background if you would like to create transparent images for dark backgrounds

• Add a new layer by clicking layers/new raster layer from the top menu bar, or click on the new layer image on the layer palette
  • The layer palette and tool options palettes can both be viewed by clicking on view/toolbars/and checking the box for the tool and layer palette.
  • The toolbars can be clicked on and off easily while working by using the tab key

• Select the selection tool

• From the tool options palette select eclipse, feather=1 and make sure antialias is checked

• Starting from the center of your image, click, hold and draw and eclipse

• Select the fill tool which looks like a paint bucket

• Click on the small arrow located on the foreground color and change it to gradient (see image below)
  

• Select the foreground and background color of choice and then click inside the eclipse with the fill tool to fill with a gradient

• Select Effect/3d effects/inner bevel and change your settings to match the graphic below
  
• Now you have created your button. Save the blank button for future use as a paint shop pro file

To add images to buttons

• Open up the image you wish to add to the button and make sure it is at least 16 million colors by clicking on colors/increase color depth/16 million colors

• Select the magic wand tool/match mode=RGB/tolerance=20/feather=0

• Click on the background area of your image with the magic wand tool

• Select selections/invert

• Select edit/copy

• Select edit/paste as new image

• Select image/resize and change the height box to 35 (depending on the size of your buttons you can resize the image as large or small as needed)

• Select edit/copy

• Click on your button image

• Select edit paste as new layer

• Save this file also to use when adding new text to the same button

Adding text to buttons

• Add a new layer to your button graphic

• Click on the text tool which looks like a capitol A

• Click on your image to bring up the text box

• Select your font (I used monotype corsiva) size=14/bold

• Click on the standard text button and change your fill color to the color you would like the font to be

• Make sure floating is the only box checked on the lower area

• Type your text in the text area box and then click OK (see image below)
  

• Select edit/3d effects/drop shadow change the vertical=1/horizontal-0/opacity=100/blur=4.9/color=black

• Save your image as a gif and you are finished