Tutorial time. We'll be making this icon:
![](http://uploader.neoextreme.com/files/1495/tutorials/peterxx.png)
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1) Crop your base (sharpen if you need to; I didn't). Then duplicate your base and set it on screen at 100% opacity.
![](http://uploader.neoextreme.com/files/1495/tutorials/peter01.png)
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2) Create two new layers. Flood fill the first with #041e41 and set it on exclusion at 100% opacity. Flood fill the second with #bdd9ff and set it to color burn at about 30% opacity. Then duplicate your base and drag it above all your layers, set it to soft light at 100% opacity.
![](http://uploader.neoextreme.com/files/1495/tutorials/peter02.png)
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3) Now, take
![](http://uploader.neoextreme.com/files/1495/tutorials/thisbutton.png)
texture, which is just a blurred version of
![](http://uploader.neoextreme.com/files/1495/tutorials/thisbutton.png)
texture by
![](/stc/fck/editor/plugins/livejournal/userinfo.gif)
unmasked_icons. Set that on soft light at 100% opacity. Then you can add text, ect. And you're done. I love comments. x)