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December 22, 2003 9:19 PM from

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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Reply #1 December 22, 2003 9:32 PM from

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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.

Reply #2 December 22, 2003 10:12 PM from

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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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Reply #3 December 22, 2003 10:55 PM from

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http://indus3l.home.comcast.net/index.html

Another link you might find helpful.

Reply #4 December 23, 2003 12:49 PM from

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Thanks.. those helped somewhat.

Reply #5 December 23, 2003 2:26 PM from

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Or... there's always the faster way. A glass filter for psp or ps. Eye candy for instance.

Reply #6 December 23, 2003 3:50 PM from

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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...

Reply #7 December 23, 2003 7:26 PM from

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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..

Reply #8 December 23, 2003 7:29 PM from

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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

Reply #9 December 23, 2003 7:37 PM from

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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

Reply #10 December 23, 2003 10:33 PM from

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#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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