The next addition will be a black plastic tab that's inset into the surface, which will later contain the interface's screen (for extra details, see the Inset Buttons tutorial). Select the Rounded Rectangle tool again with the same options as before:
This time though, use white as your foreground color. Create a new layer and draw another smaller pill shape over the top of your interface shape so it looks like the example below. Go to Layer » Layer Style » Gradient Overlay and use these settings: Gradient Overlay. Click OK.
The previous step created the inset, and in this step it's time to make the plastic tab itself. The plastic tab will consist of another (black) pill shape slightly smaller than the one created in the previous step. Drag the layer with the gradient pill shape on it to the "Create a new layer" icon 
to duplicate it. Right click on the newly duplicated layer and choose "Clear Layer Style". Click on the new layer to make sure that it's the active layer and press D then X (to reset your color palette), then hit CTRL+Backspace to fill the new shape with black. Now we need to make this shape slightly smaller, so press CTRL+T to enter Transform mode.
Hold ALT and drag the bottom side up slightly (holding ALT mirrors anything done to the bottom side onto the top side so it remains equal). Now do the same with the right hand side. Once you're happy with it, Hit ENTER to commit it or ESC to cancel and try again.
If all went well, it should look something like this:
Now it's time to add a bit of shine to the black plastic area.
Go to Layer » Layer Style » Bevel and Emboss
and use these settings:
Bevel and Emboss
Now add a contour layer style with these settings:
Contour
And lastly, you might want to add an inner glow:
Inner Glow
Again, you might want to save this style before you click OK.
It should look similar to the example below at this point:
5.
Now for the fun part — time to add the LCD screen. Create a new layer, and select #86B7E7 as your foreground color. Using the Rounded Rectangle tool with the following options, draw your LCD screen onto the black plastic tab, as shown below.
And it will look like this:
Time for... yeah I know you're not expecting this... another layer style!
Go to Layer » Layer Style » Drop Shadow and use these settings:
Drop Shadow
Now add an Inner Glow with the following settings:
Inner Glow
Next a Bevel and Emboss layer style:
Bevel and Emboss
And lastly a Stroke layer style:
Stroke
As usual, you should consider saving your new layer style for later use. When you've completed the settings, click OK and compare your results with the example below.
Now, the next part is optional, but to make the LCD look more realistic (er ok, maybe just more cool haha), you can simulate light reflecting off the surface by adding a highlight. Here's how:
This can get a little tricky, and while there are a few easier ways of getting a similar effect, this way is more realistic. Duplicate the layer that contains your blue LCD screen by dragging it onto the "Create a new layer" icon . Right click on this new layer and choose "Clear Layer Style", then press X then D on the keyboard to reset your colors. Now hit CTRL + Backspace to fill the shape with white.
With the Direct Selection tool, click the now-white shape, and press CTRL + T to transform the shape.
In the options bar at the top, enter these settings (see highlighted):
Hit Enter on your keyboard to commit the changes.
It should now look like this:
Lower the fill opacity (in the layers palette) to 0% so the white shape is invisible:
Now, press D then X to reset your colors.
Go to Layer » Layer Style » Gradient Overlay and use these settings: Gradient Overlay, then click OK. You should have a good looking highlight now, but it's actually a little too perfect.
In the Layers palette, add a layer mask to your screen highlight layer by pressing the "Add layer mask" icon 
. Now select the Pen tool (make sure you have the correct one).
In the options bar, set the options to these:
Now, on your canvas, draw a path that will contain all parts of the highlight you want to keep (see image below)
Now right click INSIDE the path and choose "Make Selection" (you should still have the pen tool as your active tool). Leave all settings as default and click OK in the dialogue that pops up.
Press X then D to reset your colors (if needed) and hit CTRL + Backspace on the keyboard to fill the selection with ... Press CTRL + D to deselect, and your results should look similar to the example.
The LCD screen is now complete; all that remains is to add your text to it. You can download an LCD-like font here.
6.
Now you will want to add your buttons to the interface. As usual, you should try to use layer styles as much as possible to create your buttons.
The process of creating and adding buttons will not be covered in this tutorial, but look out for interface button tutorials coming soon. By this point you now have quite an array of useful interface-design techniques under your belt - see what you can come up with.
Don't forget to post any interesting creations in the forum for feedback: Forum.
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