TinyPortal

hi

can someone guide me to a tutorial which teaches you how to make those shiny type buttons like this:

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xp-web-buttons.com%2Fvista-web-buttons.html.images%2Fbtuplbo_0.gif&hash=c8b5316d635e6f1e12f821f03fae78ddd3f381ca)

and this:

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xp-web-buttons.com%2Fvista-web-buttons.html.images%2Fbtuplbo_1.gif&hash=709d6c5c720df50627d9debe5256ed15c46da9ee)

thanks

To get a gradient background PhotoShop has a gradient tool

http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/photoshop/gorgeous_gradients/

http://www.arraich.com/ref/aatool_gradient6.htm

well i managed to make some buttons but the "wrong way"

i took one of those buttons above....

'rubber stamped' them over

changed the size - put my own gif and text

played around with the hue & saturation and VIOLA:

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_1.gif&hash=13b49eb2f18bfdaebfa0bd4fc4d8ccbd8d320812)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_2.gif&hash=b06fc128fe2500f82d13c1dc934007eaa15f41e9)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_3.gif&hash=b9b40da680462626a8438a16bd695398fa5c5067)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_4.gif&hash=81fbbe3f856df43eeb5ef5cca01694c6938d0c41)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_5.gif&hash=e2c79ac8b6f25da9820157c23b818608e42fee77)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_6.gif&hash=65a0dcadb4066d18db7260bccb6a31957cc1ca71)

(https://www.tinyportal.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpath-to-peace.net%2Fmisc%2Fnu%2Fp2p_team_7.gif&hash=8707f03f97830da2628da9a7e85f75ea959d890d)

Thanks for the tutorial  - i HAVE to learn this...these buttons are cool