Or, try the CSS3 box-shadow http://www.css3.info/preview/box-shadow/
Tim On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Stuart Foulstone <stu...@bigeasyweb.co.uk> wrote: > > Might get some ideas from CSS Drop Shadows @ > > http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssdropshadows/ > > > On Wed, December 8, 2010 9:01 pm, cat soul wrote: >> I hope I'm not bending/breaking the purpose of the list but wanted >> opinions on best practices for preparing images for use on web pages >> where there are color backgrounds, and the image must have some of >> that background color in them. >> >> Example: you want to place an image with a drop shadow, so in >> photoshop, you prepare your image with drop shadow, both of them in >> layers above the same background color as on the page. When you place >> such an image, flattened and jpg'd, it looks seamless. >> >> Trouble comes when you want to change the background color on the page >> (s) where you've already prepped the images with a given color..then >> you have to change that, too, and re-jpg, re-place, etc.. >> >> Some images don't look right unless their lifted off the page with a >> drop shadow, IMHO... >> >> cs >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> >> > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
