Ok, many of you want to know how to make animated icons. So this post will give you a basic understanding of animations. You must know how to use the PhotoShop animation window or Animation Shop, Layers, and the basic icon concept to follow this tutorial. Let’s start with my favorite, the simple 2 frame… read more »
CSS for clean navigation links
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January 16, 2010 By 25 Comments
Another question many people ask me is how to make clean navigation links like this one on Glitter Frosting’s MySpace page: This is done editing the CSS for fieldsets. The HTML <fieldset> tag groups items that belong together into a box (you can see the dark pink line). The legend part formats the text ontop… read more »
CSS for Textareas
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Changing the look of your textareas is easy as one to three. Just add this code snippet to your CSS stylesheet: textarea { font-size: pick your size; background-image: url(“background image link”); border: border color pixel width line style; } Here is an example textarea { font-size: x-small; background-image:url(“http://camolove.com/images/WP/TextAreaBG.png”); border:#ff3366 2px solid; } Play around with… read more »
Scroll Box HTML Code
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A lot of people want to know how to make scroll box to display an html or css code on your page. For example, a lot of people use this for their support code. NOTE: my scroll boxes here have a background and a border, which you can add within your CSS stylesheet. Your boxes… read more »
Easy Watermark
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January 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
EASY WATERMARK TUTORIAL Written by Dani (Glitter Frosting on May 18, 2007) for PSP 8 and higher. 1. Open a new canvas 200×200 px at 72 dpig! 2. Select the text tool and have it set to “floating”! 3. Pick a readable font and write your text! 4. Promote the selection of the writing to… read more »
Text on a Curve
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WRITING TEXT ON A CURVED LINE Written by Wy (Designs by LK on March 28, 2009) in PSP X2 Ultimate. I know this can be done in Photoshop but for those of us who don’t have it or aren’t that familiar with it, this tutorial is pretty easy and straight forward in Paintshop Pro. You… read more »
Glowing Text Effect
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GLOWING TEXT EFFECT WITHOUT PLUGINS Written by Dani (Glitter Frosting on August 20, 2008) in PSP XI. Do you want to spice up your text with the latest “glow-effect” trend, but don’t have money to buy plugins like eyecandy, this one is for you! 1. This will work best with bold fonts. Select your text… read more »
Buttons without Plugins
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MAKING BUTTONS WITHOUT PLUGINS Written by Dani (Glitter Frosting on August 20, 2008) in PSP XI. 1. Get your button image or background ready, have it open and make sure it is a square (crop if you need to). I used a photo. Copy it into your clipboard (Control-C) 2. Open a new canvas (72… read more »
Working with Layers
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WORKING WITH LAYERS & FRAMES Written by Dani (Glitter Frosting on April 17, 2007) in PSP 8. TDo not copy this tut and/or redistribute, feel free to link to it though! My supplies come in layers, usually: watermark, tube, and background. You really just want to use the tube! So let’s get it! 1. Make… read more »
