Re: Buttons on a sidebar w/shadow

Judging by the quality of the images on your site, I take it you are 
pretty good at whatever graphics program you're using.  I'll be brief on 
the explanation.  Assuming you are using Photoshop 4.  Start the image 
in RGB mode.  Instead of using brown texture as your image background, 
use sa olid brown color.  Create the button the usual way.  Apply drop 
shadow.  Now convert the image to Indexed mode.  Export the image using 
GIF89a.  At that point, select the solid brown color as the transparent 
color.  There you have it!

If you're using other graphics program, the process should be similar as 
long as it supports layer.

-Collin


----Original Message Follows----
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 17:19:54 -0800
From: Nathan <nathan(at)wcug.wwu.edu>
To: graph <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Subject: Buttons on a sidebar w/shadow

Hello, the page I am referring to is at: www.pedersonbros.com/work
but the main question is if any of you have any tips on putting
navigational buttons with a drop shadow on a textured background. Right
now I have been pasting the buttons onto the background in photoshop and
then applying the drop shadow, and then cutting around them including
part of the background. But, since html is so wonderful and all the
different browsers are so wonderfully different the buttons do not turn
out as nice on some setups.  Also, this process takes a good amount of
time. Any tips would be appreciated on this, and also on how to optimize
these graphics further so they will load faster.  I do not claim to be a
graphics designer, but I am somewhat forced into it since I do not want
to hire one at the moment.  Anyway, thanks in advance...

 Nathan M.
 PIPE Website Design



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