Aqua Button Tutorial

http://graf-users.edu.ats.dk/maryus1/Aqua%20Button%20Pro%20(Photoshop%206%20or%20higher).htm

Select pill layer (not layer 2)
Add mask
Load selection from pill channel
Fill with white
Gaussian blur value: 20
Select the area you want to have a reflect. For pill buttons, this is like the tutorial. For boxy or circular buttons, you will want about half of the button, then use ALT and the circular selection tool to cut out some of the middle/bottom, so the button looks rounded. Skew the pill like in the tutorial.

Gaussian blur should be 5, not 10.

levels..

Load selection

Screen

Opacity

Drop shadow: make it the same color as the button, should drop down a good deal, then have decent spread