For those of you making new buttons and are looking for a nice FREE program, here is one that I have found:

Button Maker 1.0. 

This is a freeware program.  Note that the first time it is run, it asks for a license key - but that license key can be found in BW_Installation.txt which is located in the zip file.   Button Maker is a product of INet Software and can also be found at http://www.inet2inet.com/  This software will also allow you to create a script that builds a "Batch" of buttons.

The only drawback to this software is that it creates BMP files (not JPG or PNG) - HOWEVER, using another package, FSViewer (also FREEWARE) allows you to open the BMP files and save them into any format you want.    FSViewer is a product of FastStone Soft.  I prefer the attached version of the software, however, the latest version can be found at http://www.faststone.org/

Another program that FastStone has is FSCapture.  This is a SHAREWARE program that will Capture any screen image.  The image can be saved to a file - or printed out.  Great for documenting Mach Screens - ie Hard copies of setting screens.

Enjoy.