carlg Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'll take a chance that someone here may know this. I want to create a background that fades. Starts out dark at the top and fades to white at the bottom. msn.com is a good example of what I'm talking about. I assume I need a graphics program. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 It's called a gradient. I'll make one for you for $10 Heck I'll even write the CSS for you for another $10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 The Gimp has a nice little gradient tool built right into it - give that a shot, see if it does what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlg Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hey, thanks for the offer, but I'm trying to educate myself. If I pay someone to do it, I didn't learn anything. I believe I may need to do it again sometime, therefore best to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hey, thanks for the offer, but I'm trying to educate myself. If I pay someone to do it, I didn't learn anything. I believe I may need to do it again sometime, therefore best to learn. I'm quite sure she meant it as a joke . You can use software like the one neylitalo suggested - it's free. It isn't particularly difficult. Just point, click and drag (and release). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 yes, you need a graphics program to do this. My favorite would Photoshop and/or Illustrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Yeah it's like one click and drag in photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I saw a site once that generated a gradient using only HTML and CSS with no back-ground images. If you want to do this for education only and not to make it look professional, you could find such a site, generate a page, and just snap a screenshot of it. Crop it in MS Paint, save as a jpeg, and then start edumacating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 For website designing and only webdesigning, corel paint shop pro XI is the best. I don't care for adobe paintshop. - its way to complicated and costs a great deal of money. Corel is actually very cheap like $70 and is extremely easy. it has good gradient tools and easy fixing tools. Its Gif / Png exports are really good too. The only downside is that jpeg compression sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tippy_102 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 You can roll your own gradient right here: http://www.guestbook.4u2ges.com/gradient-image-maker.asp You don't have to install anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadion Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 For website designing and only webdesigning, corel paint shop pro XI is the best. I don't care for adobe paintshop. - its way to complicated and costs a great deal of money. Corel is actually very cheap like $70 and is extremely easy. it has good gradient tools and easy fixing tools. Its Gif / Png exports are really good too. The only downside is that jpeg compression sucks. U could better get Adobe Fireworks (or Macromedia Fireworks for older versions) then corel paint shop pro. They're both crap, but at least Fireworks is meant to be for web. U could also get the cheaper version of photoshop (not paintshop) called elements. Anyway photoshop is the best tool u can get and im pro for the cost, but for the complicated thing, it just looks such, its a lot easier then it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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