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Monday, December 22, 2003 by Phoon | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

I'm seeing a fair amount of this "glassey" effect in many skins.
example : https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=3747
Just wondering if someone can point me towards a tutorial. I use PSP 8.
Thanks!!
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kongit
Reply #1 Monday, December 22, 2003 9:32 PM
think of it as another image placed ontop of the original image. Shading that top image a transparent white to transparent gradient at one side gives the appearence of light reflecting. Changing the shape of the shading changes the shape of the glass. I don't know where any psp tutorials are, but I hope that helps.

Bones2112
Reply #2 Monday, December 22, 2003 10:12 PM
http://www.solardreamstudios.com/tutorials/psp/

Try that link has some tuts for psp, try the aqua button, and apply to a different graphic



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digital_trucker
Reply #3 Monday, December 22, 2003 10:55 PM
http://indus3l.home.comcast.net/index.html

Another link you might find helpful.

Phoon
Reply #4 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:49 PM
Thanks.. those helped somewhat.

crissy14
Reply #5 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 2:26 PM
Or... there's always the faster way. A glass filter for psp or ps. Eye candy for instance.

IPlural
Reply #6 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 3:50 PM
Photoshop style effects are the best way to do it in my personal opinion.

They reason is, once you have the style the way you like it, you can edit it to other types of styles "reflected chrome and such" and then save it as a new one, building your own library of Styles, or make use of ones others have put together.

I am not sure if Paint Shop Pro has the equviliant of Photoshop Styles, but worth looking into for those who use PSP if it does...

Phoon
Reply #7 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:26 PM
Or... there's always the faster way. A glass filter for psp or ps. Eye candy for instance


Tried that.. the eye candy glass filter doesn't quite do it.. at least not like in the example. Unless I am missing something..

Phoon
Reply #8 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:29 PM
Photoshop style effects are the best way to do it in my personal opinion.


Thanks IP.. I just don't want to have to learn PS. Gad, it's taken me quite a while to work up to "bad" with PSP.. I can't imagine trying to learn PS while I am trying to learn Skinstudio. Got this crazy idea to put together a WB and DX suite...
So, time for me to go smash my head against the wall some more

ama02
Reply #9 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:37 PM
This site has some fairly cool effects done in PSP...they're for the older versions, but you should be able to achieve them in version 8. http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/default.htm

Phoon
Reply #10 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:33 PM
#9 by ama02 - 12/23/2003 7:37:31 PM This site has some fairly cool effects done in PSP...they're for the older versions, but you should be able to achieve them in version 8.


Ahhh yes..pinoy7, the most excellent psp tuts I have ever seen. One of the first stepping stones I ever took with PSP7.
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