Creating a glossy icon in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will going to learn how to create a grossy effect in icon with photoshop.

Create a new photoshop document with the size 250px by 250px, with a transparent background.

Now create a circle with Elipse Tool ( U ) and holding shift key.


Apply same blending option to the layer:

Gradient Overlay



Using Elipse Tool again, draw a smaller circle and center it on the first circle you have created:

Now apply blending option to this second circle layer:

Inner Glow




It’s time to add our final circle just we did with the previous ones, but we’ll create the last one inside the light blue so it looks something like this:

For this layer, we will going apply same blending option that we applied to first circle:

Now we’ll going to add some text inside the circle, draw it in the center of the circle just as i did:

Now apply the blending options to your text layer:

Gradient Overlay



Finally adding glossy effect, Elliptical Marquee tool do selection just as i did:


Now set that layer opacity down to 25%:

w you have a great glossy icon is ready.