I think I might have found another tutorial that supplements what you have been saying so far. Have a look:
I believe I am going to be able to do what I am seeking to do. I need to work up the buttons now to be compatible and able to display the way they need to be. Right now I am having trouble with transparency and effects that I have applied to the buttons in Photoshop.
The menu buttons are somewhat detailed, but not crazy or anything like that. It is a white fill with a thick gold outline (the gold outline is very thick and kind of looks more like a background than an outline but it is technically an outline), and the white fill of the lettering has its own thin black outline:
In this example, you can see the basic idea of what I am saying as far as the styling of the button and that it has transparency. This button is currently in a square container. When I use this setup, the button's text comes through as it is designed, but the background comes through as black even though it is transparent. Is there a setting I am missing here? I am using the actual Photoshop file for the button, and the text is still text; i.e. not converted to shape. Should I be using PNGs or something like that to bring that transparency? What is the best practice here?
