Comments on: Adobe Photoshop: Add the gloss effect to any image

By: Rated

Rated — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:48:20 +0000

It's the best turorial of gloss i've found in internet yet

By: mike

mike — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:48:36 +0000

good tut. really helped

By: Nice Glass

Nice Glass — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:03:23 +0000

Used the tutorial to make these glass buttons

www.inflatablewavers.com

By: Roger Lowe

Roger Lowe — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:30:48 +0000

This is our attempt at making glossy buttons and images in Fireworks. Using gradients.

By: brym

brym — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:27:49 +0000

Hi Rob. I'm not great in PS, but I managed to apply this to a 3-quarter circle with a flat base. What you need to do is use the Marquee tools on a new layer above your existing graphics. As best you can, try to match the basic outline of your graphics with the Marquee tool, then apply the above effects to the new layer.

When you're done, you will most likely be left with gradient effects outside the edges of your graphics. To solve this, I selected the Eraser, large enough brush, Opacity at 100% and the Flow at around 70. Then start erasing any left over gradient effects.

Finally, I took the Blur tool to any gradient edges which were still visible.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:42:51 +0000

This is all well, good and easy when you are dealing with paths, however, the real trick is doing it with bitmaps, on a transparent background, when the logo is not a square. Got any tips on that?

By: BAS

BAS — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:54:16 +0000

Thnx, It was useful

By: amit

amit — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:00:56 +0000

this is a good site

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:37:17 +0000

Well tutorial. This should have been put on youtube in video format.

(Sorry my English is bad.)

By: risherz

risherz — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:58:34 +0000

davak wrote:

Thanks! Yeah many find this useful, and are actually impresed how easy the gloss effect can be, of course you need a little bit of photoshop experience to know what I am talking about, but other than that it's pretty simple. Many professionals seem to use this a lot, however in different styles though, to make many web pages look great. So I hope now people can make their website look great as well.