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Comment #2 Saturday, April 7, 2007 2:23 PM
Comment #2 Saturday, April 7, 2007 2:23 PM
sorry about the size, I use png's instead of gif's or jpg's and they really don't compress that well.
Plus since there are 2 styles included in this one, the body bkgrnd images were doubled which ended up doubling the normal size of this rainlendar - I'll try to reduce the file size bloat on future submissions, sorry about that.
The glass effect is acheived by taking a solid color square for this example, adding a beveled highlighted edge to the top & bottom of the square, adding a darker color square outline (1 pixel width) to the square image and then adjusting the transparency on the image to 80 or 90% opaque, to add just enough transparency/translucency to make it barely see through. The result is something close to a glass effect. Adding a carefully positioned white shade effect to any colored square image starts off the "glass" effect, polishing it off with varied filter's & effects gets you the finished look. The process is a little different for everyone, mine isn't that great - it could be better.
Plus since there are 2 styles included in this one, the body bkgrnd images were doubled which ended up doubling the normal size of this rainlendar - I'll try to reduce the file size bloat on future submissions, sorry about that.
The glass effect is acheived by taking a solid color square for this example, adding a beveled highlighted edge to the top & bottom of the square, adding a darker color square outline (1 pixel width) to the square image and then adjusting the transparency on the image to 80 or 90% opaque, to add just enough transparency/translucency to make it barely see through. The result is something close to a glass effect. Adding a carefully positioned white shade effect to any colored square image starts off the "glass" effect, polishing it off with varied filter's & effects gets you the finished look. The process is a little different for everyone, mine isn't that great - it could be better.
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Comment #1 Saturday, April 7, 2007 4:09 AM