<<< Here are some of those cool buttons that people
are using on interfaces these days... all you do is use the marquees, and fill in with the "Gradient" tools. Use foreground-black; background-white.
Here are some buttons, banners, consoles and bars that I've made myself. I spend a lot of time noodling around in Adobe Photoshop, and I have to recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to make or manipulate images on a computer. Another program which is practically the same is Paint Shop Pro. Check to links below for some great sites with more free graphics, and tutorials to teach you how to use these programs.