Glass/Gradient effect

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Hi, i'm just trying some general imaging in Fireworks and am trying to recreate the glassy effect i'm seeing around a lot nowadays. An example of what im talking about is all over the Stardock page (https://www.stardock.com/) It can be seen on their logo, on their buttons, pictures everywhere. Its also on some of the things on Wincustomize too like the words "Wincustomize" on their logo, giving a kind of glass reflection to it.

Ive tried messing around with gradients but is that the only way? Is there an easier way?

Thanks
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Maybe this will help. Great work Paul.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use Fireworks too. One of my favorite tutorials of all time is The Ultimate Aqua Button. Now, the Aqua look is not exactly the same as the glassy look now in vouge, but that tutorial was of great help to me in understanding what components work together to create an overall effect. Here is a basic orb tutorial: WWW Link and another WWW Link Here is a tutorial video that explains how to get nearly the exact look of the text on stardock.com: WWW Link which was found at the awesome Ultraweaver
Good luck, have fun, and I look forward to you sharing your work! rr I can't get the editor to cooperate. I hope you can extract those links from my mess.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks to both Zubaz and rabidrobot. That flash video was -exactly- what i wanted thankyou! and that icon tutorial has made me interested in maybe making some icons one day...it looks a lot easier than i thought!

Thanks!