Photoshop Icons - How to Create a Blue Glass Mail Icon
For Beginners and the Advance Photoshop Users
By Jasmine Starr, published Dec 12, 2006
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How to Create a Blue Glass Mail Icon in Photoshop for Beginners
Open your Photoshop program and let it load.
Next, create a new canvas by clicking File > New at the top of your Photoshop window. Create your canvas 200 pixels by 200 pixels. Set your background to white and click OK.
The next step is to create a new layer by clicking Layer > New > Layer. Name the new layer Icon Background and click OK.
Then select the Rounded Rectangle Tool from your toolbar. Set the Radius at the top of your Photoshop window to 10px.
Draw the rounded rectangle on your canvas about the size of the one I have in my image. You can size the icon down if needed at the end.
Now you will need to Rasterize your Icon Background Layer. Right click on your Icon Background Layer in your Layers Panel and click Rasterize Layer.
Right click on your Icon Background Layer again and click Blending Options from the pop up menu. Apply the following effects in the Blending Options window to create your glass square.
Inner Shadow
Blend Mode - Multiply
Color - 319099
Opacity - 85%
Angle - 90
Distance - 11
Choke - 26
Size - 21
Contour - Linear
Anti-aliased - Unchecked
Noise - 0
Inner Glow
Blend Mode - Multiply
Opacity - 50%
Noise - 0
Color - # 00585e
Technique - Softer
Source - Edge
Choke - 0
Size - 8
Contour - Linear
Anti-aliased - Unchecked
Range -50
Jitter -0
Bevel and Emboss
Photoshop Icons - How to Create a Blue Glass Mail Icon
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Takeaways
- You see these icons often on the web.
- This is a blue glass rounded square with a white envelope on it.
- You can make this icon any size that you want.
Did You Know?
There are two parts to this Photoshop icon. First, we will make the blue glass square. Then we will make the envelope.
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