6.2. Creating popular effects
With the basics out of the way, it's now time to move on to the fun stuff! Let's start by creating a popular effect that doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon—the glass effect.
6.2.1. Creating glass buttons
Glass buttons were made popular years ago with their introduction on Apple's web site and in Mac OS X. If you search the Web, you'll still find countless tutorials for creating Mac OS X-style buttons. However, since that introduction years ago, the glass effect has become so pervasive that its relationship to Mac OS X has almost been forgotten. Where you once may have been accused of copying the "Apple look" by adding glass buttons, you're now just adding a key element in modern graphic design. Glass ...
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