Re: Special effects programs?

    Hi John,
    You  can use an animated gif (made to run once - not loop) as a rollover
in I.E. - it looks pretty cool. In Netscape it will show the last image (it
will have already run). You can also use a looping gif that (for example)
has a glowing area going across it. It's limited only by your
imagination..... The trick is to make the gif's as small a file size as
possible. An example of the first option can be seen on a page I just
started working on for my homepage at
http://angelonearth.net/mygarage.html - ignore the text (it will all be
changed anyway) & check out the '83 ZX door (I haven't pre-loaded the images
yet so it will have to load the first time.....).
    On an unrelated topic; does anyone know how to add TWO sound files for
mouse-over to the same page? I have the garage door sound but would also
like the walk-in door to have sound too....
    ~ Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "jgold" <custom(at)desktoppub.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: Special effects programs?


> I have a client who wants some "fancy" buttons on his web site, so I'm
> looking around for some software that will help me generate some cool
> buttons and type.
>
> I have Photoshop 5.5, but the learning curve is steep and my graphic
> skills limited. Any recommendations for relatively easy to use software
> that will speed this process along?
>
> I'd prefer Mac software, but I have a Win95 PC with lots of RAM that
> would probably run most graphic programs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> Custom Communications
> Web site design
> 145 Newbury St., 3rd Floor
> Portland, ME 04101
> (207) 771-5510
> www.desktoppub.com
>

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