Re: Photoshop 4.0.1 - nav graphics

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>My problem is that our web site requires more effective site navigation
>graphics. At the moment, all I have is plain text on a transparent
>background.  What I want is a 3D button effect.
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>I have found out how to add a border to a simple image - but that creates a
>solid colour which gradually becomes lighter as it 'flows' towards the
>graphic's center. A 'true' 3D would highlight two adjacent 'edges' while
>'darkening' the opposite two.
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>Henry John Boleszny

One way to add a border is to use the Stroke command. If you want the 
button to retain a transparent background, it will have to be output 
in gif format (actually, gif 89a, probably found in the File menu / 
Export submenu). Depending on the situation, you may have to select 
the background and make it transparent (delete it, and possibly check 
a transparency option -- I don't recall how PS 4 handles this).

Alternatively, you could make the button background the same color as 
the Web page background, and not have to deal with transparency.

For 3-D effect, you may want to use a drop shadow; or a bevel.

When you're looking for a certain effect, sometimes it's helpful to 
post a URL that has that effect, so we know exactly what you want.


FYI, all these operations are much easier to do in PS 5.5 than in PS 4.

Jeff

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