(originally posted on the Band Of Gonzos Web Forum)
Okay the fade image is a simple fade – there are more advanced ways to do this, and I will try to get a tutorial to get the more advanced way to do it (invovles selecting with wand tool, creating feathers etc).
Step One:
Place background image in new layer by selecting File->Insert
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This short tutorial originally was written by myself over at the Band of Gonzos web design forum, but since it is so relevant to the purpose of this blog, I thought I would repost it here. Enjoy….
I recently was in need of generating a glass effect for a site I was doing work on, and found a rich tutorial over on Evan Roberts’ blog (http://www.evroccck.com/web-design/fireworks-8-tutorial-create-a-button-w-glass-effect/) and have expounded upon it a little bit to add some different feels to the end results. Sometimes, people say creating images such as this are old fashioned web design ideas (dating to just post dot.com bust) and are not slated generally for Web 2.0. Then others will say as long as it is aesthetically pleasing for your target audience and such that this type of web graphic is great.
I say what ever you want to use that is appealing to your target audience is what you should use. In this case I had a need to generate some Glass Goodness effects for a site layout (which I will be releasing a template based upon this just shortly). The following will be a step-by-step, illustrated guide to creating some Glassy Goodness, focused on buttons. There will be another tutorial that will focus on Glassy Goodness for use in other areas of a web site, such as a header or footer.
In the next few weeks I will be starting to post the first series of tutorials. I have been working on the following tutorials:
Fireworks: Creating Smooth Lines – An approach to creating curved lines in square/rectangle spaces.
PHP: Creating effective user login control.
Dreamweaver: Effective use of built-in tools for site maintenance.
CSS: Add some style to a boring page.
As I progress, the tutorials may or may not follow a pattern, such as tutorial 2 in Fireworks may or may not be an extension or addition to tutorial 1. If there are connecting tutorials, they will be linked accordingly for ease of use.
