deke.com posts about shimmering

Deke's Techniques 179: Creating a Shiny Button with Inset Text in Photoshop

This week, I take the shimmering, glowing jewel that I created last week and turn it into a shimmering, glowing Panic button. Just in time for the crazy, kooky holidays.

Deke's Techniques 177: Creating a Shimmering Round Jewel in Photoshop

This week, I show you how to create something lovely and precious---specifically, a shimmering round jewel---entirely from scratch, inside Photoshop.