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Dec 24, 2007
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On the sides of the blog http://www.bcmblog.com/, there is a rather dramatic gradient that blends into a charcoal background.

I’m using a blog template that only has 5 pixels on either side of the blog in which to create this gradient. I’ve tried many different color black/grey colors, but can’t seem to get the same effect.

Is 5 pixels just to small in which to create this type of effect?
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Matti Vuori
Dec 24, 2007
"drake" wrote in news:cCGbj.7163$:
On the sides of the blog http://www.bcmblog.com/, there is a rather dramatic gradient that blends into a charcoal background.

Dramatic? Most people wouldn’t think so.

Is 5 pixels just to small in which to create this type of effect?

Apparently. But not if you don’t think too much into it and see it just as a shadow.

—
Matti Vuori, <http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm>
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no
Dec 24, 2007
You’re right….it is just a drop shadow…Still learning photoshop so dramatic was probably a poor choice of words for the forum, but I was impressed by the design.

I was able to reproduce it, but definately need more then the 5 pixels of room that is available on the blog template that I am using.

"Matti Vuori" wrote in message
"drake" wrote in news:cCGbj.7163$:
On the sides of the blog http://www.bcmblog.com/, there is a rather dramatic gradient that blends into a charcoal background.

Dramatic? Most people wouldn’t think so.

Is 5 pixels just to small in which to create this type of effect?

Apparently. But not if you don’t think too much into it and see it just as a shadow.

—
Matti Vuori, <http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm>
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no
Dec 25, 2007
As close as I have come to recreating this effect, it’s not perfect and really doesn’t work well with just 5 pixels of room. As much as I like the effect, I’ve elected not to use it.

I’m not sure if anyone has a few minutes, but if someone could upload a psd of this effect or provide a tutorial of the settings to use, I’d sure be interested in learning the exact steps to reproduce it.

thx

"drake" wrote in message
You’re right….it is just a drop shadow…Still learning photoshop so dramatic was probably a poor choice of words for the forum, but I was impressed by the design.

I was able to reproduce it, but definately need more then the 5 pixels of room that is available on the blog template that I am using.

"Matti Vuori" wrote in message
"drake" wrote in news:cCGbj.7163$:
On the sides of the blog http://www.bcmblog.com/, there is a rather dramatic gradient that blends into a charcoal background.

Dramatic? Most people wouldn’t think so.

Is 5 pixels just to small in which to create this type of effect?

Apparently. But not if you don’t think too much into it and see it just as
a shadow.

—
Matti Vuori, <http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm>

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