Have you wondered how people create images that have a transparent background? It's really not that difficult to do. But what makes them 'work' is all about the way you SAVE your image!

Note: While you get a much nicer image with a smoother edge if you save in the .png format, many browsers still don't support the .png transparency -- so I don't ( Read more... )

Icon Enhancing -- Creating Rounded Corners on an Icon

Want to know how to have an icon with rounded corners, or a rounded corner frame, something like this?


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Want to make some actual TRANSPARENT text?

Here's how it looks applied to an icon:


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Let's try the 'jagged edge' icon effect!

This is done by creating a TEMPLATE, by the way...

Here's a few 'jagged' templates I quickly created for this tutorial:


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(note: if you saved the one posted 10.31.03, please delete)

Part 2, Applying a template to an icon

In the previous tutorial, we learned how to make a template. Now let's learn how to apply our transparent template to an icon!

( Directions here! )

note: if you saved the one posted 10.31.03, please delete)

Part 1, Making a transparent icon template

Let's learn to make those nifty icons with the fancy cutout sections!

( Directions here! )

[Edited. I hope it makes more sense now, friends! Let me know if it's confusing to you.]

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