User Guide

Academic Courseware: Chapter 10

Joyce Ryan

Cliff Height — specifies the vertical distance between the base level

and rim level.

Cliff Slope — describes the angle of the cliff (middle portion) of the

bevel.

Base Slope — describes the angle of the base (outermost portion) of the

bevel.

Smoothing — controls the roundness of the transitions between base,

cliff, and rim, as well as the sharpness of the resulting ridges.

Create buttons for a Web page

1 Open a new file, 50 x 50 pixels at 72 ppi. Name it Buttonup.rif.

2 Choose Select > All to select the entire canvas.

3 Click the Dynamic Plug-ins button at the bottom of the Layers

palette, and select Bevel World.

4 Match the following settings:

5 Click OK and save the file. You have created the “up” position for a

button.

6 Repeat steps 1-3, call your new file Downbutton.rif, and match these

settings: