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2 Creating the side buttons.
McGarry began detailed items, like the icons and buttons,
outside of the perspective grid. He sampled a light and dark color from the original
buttons using the Eyedropper tool, then saved them as swatches. To make it appear
that the button was recessed, he created a linear gradient using the sampled swatch-
es, then adjusted the gradient stops so that the lighter color was pushed to a far edge.
After rotating the icons 90° clockwise (you can't rotate objects within the perspective
grid!), he activated the left plane, marquee-selected the buttons using the Perspective
Selection tool, and then positioned them. After resizing the buttons using the bound-
ing box, he completed the bottom ledge on the buttons by drawing a narrow rec-
tangle in perspective mode, then added a gradient; since gradients do not transform
when put into the grid, he adjusted the angle in the Gradient panel to match the
plane angle. He held Option/Alt as he dragged this ledge to create the other.
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(Left) Two buttons that needed to be relocated from the top of the
device to the side to make room for the new
LCD and LED; (right) after being rotated
and color matched to the originals on the im-
age
With the left plane activated, McGarry used the Perspective Selec-
tion tool to attach the buttons to the perspective grid
