Graphic Help

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Hi,

I'm quite new to graphics and therefore I need help for two things:

1. Favicons - How exactly do you make a Favicon for your site and put it? With which software do I do so?

2. How do I make graphics which look somewhat like these:

And some other images on http://www.stardock.com which have 3d glass sort of effects. Check the images out. Is there any special technique to make images look like that? I mean, in Photoshop or Gimp ... how do you do it?

Please help me out here ... Question

badai

if your webserver can send proper mime type for favicon:

ICO files image/vnd.microsoft.icon (Alternatively, image/x-icon can be used instead, for compatibility reasons. However, it is preferable to use the IANA-registered MIME type, as most major browsers now support it.)
GIF files image/gif
PNG files image/png

and the browser support it, just create either one of these 3:

ICO: include multiple resolutions (the most commonly used being 16×16 and 32×32, with 64×64 and 128×128 sometimes used by Mac OS X) and bit-depths (most common being 4, 8, 24 bpp—i.e. 16, 256 and 16 million colors) in the file.
GIF: use 16×16 in 256 colors.
PNG: use 16×16 in either 256 colors or 24-bit.

name the file as favicon.ico (if you created GIF or PNG, just rename the extension manually)

then just put the file in root directory.

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And by the root directory you mean 'public_html' or something else?

And guys, about the stain glass effect, please help me .... Crying or Very sad

brilliantbeauty

It's just a gradient. Smile

and you can do a glass-contoured bevel under the blending features of a layer too. They also look like they have some custom lines going down. It's basically picking darker or lighter colors than your primary one.

Do you get what I'm saying or would you like me to put it in a more formal and cohesive manner?

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Actually I don't exactly get what you're saying so could you put it in a sort of Tutorial way? Please ....

I'm so sorry but I'm a newbie at graphic design ...

LostOverThere

A good program to start with is the freeware program, The GIMP, you'll be able to make favicons and make graphics like those easily.

melissareich

To make favicons there is a program you can download, I'm not sure what it's called but I used it before and didn't like it personally. I know the correct way to use a favicon is to name the file .ico, but I named mine .gif and it still works. The code you use is:

InsanePL

for Glossy effects i cna give you some tutorials.

http://www.13dots.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15554
http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/photoshop/glossy_star/
http://www.tutorialstream.com/tutorials/photoshop/glossy-button/
http://www.tutorialwiz.com/navigation_menu/
http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/clean-buttons
http://www.final-design.net/03-06-2006-/glossy-icons/
http://imgry.com/glossy_arrow/step-1.html

but if you`re lazy and you don`t want to read this or you don`t have photoshop, i can make you some glossy buttons and others things for frih$. I using photoshop since 2002/3 so it`s 5 minutes for me or less Smile

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Thanks a lot guys! I really gained from this. And yes, if I have problems in Photoshop ... please do help me ... I'll give you frih$ as well.

dredmanj3000

What program do you use to create these graphics from? Because I'm interested of getting a program that I can use to create different designs for art purposes. Laughing

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I prefer the GIMP but I am still getting the hang of Photoshop.