Create a cool download icon for a media related website

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Today we're going to create a download icon which can be used on sites that offer media downloads such as videos, music, audio and video players or vice versa.



To begin open a new document. I used to size 400px width and 200px height with a white background.

Create a new shape using the rounded rectangle tool:



Fill the shape with the color code #33cccc :



Add the following layer styles:







You should get this effect:



Go to the Edit menu, go to transform path menu and select prespective. Transform the shape as shown below:





Nudge the original layer NOT the duplicate layer by selecting the 'Move tool' and hitting the arrow, till it looks like this:



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