You probably know that I have written a few dozen Photoshop tutorials here at MacMerc.com but I have to acknowledge that some people don't want to have to buy and learn a complex $650 program to make a few buttons for their website. For those people I would recommend BeLight's Art Text 2.

Art Text is an application that enables you to design and create high quality textual graphics, headings, logos, icons, web site elements and buttons. It features multi layer support to widen your creative options and make complex graphics a breeze.

BeLight just released version 2 which features a Template Gallery with over 200 ready made buttons, headings, icons. It also has 120 new vector icons and over 190 supplied textures.

At USD$39.95, it's a pretty inexpensive solution to a lot of your graphics problems. The upgrade to version 2 is free for those who purchased version 1 on or after July 1st, 2008 and costs only USD$19.95 for those who purchased before that.