Transparent Bars And Buttons Tutorial, Give your themes that professional look

[FreeThemer]

How do I make transparent bars and buttons for my themes????

This is a question asked by alot of new themers.... so I hope this will be some help to you as this will show you how to make basic bars/buttons to help you on your way

I use Paintshop Pro X, but I`m sure you will get the idea and be able to figure out any software you use



First thing is to open a new image for your bar/button.... 176x26 (stardard softkey bar for SE W800) and leave the background as white
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Next select a gradient colour and use the `fill` tool to colour the image
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to make to bar slightly transparent move the tranpancey slider to want ever you want...but for this I`m going to put it to 55
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You will see your bar has gone slightly transparent but the most important thing is when you save the image....The image MUST be saved as a .png file.so save using the Save As button
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And thats it your first but very simple transparent bar...And the same princapals goes for buttons too

You could also try multi-layer Transparent bars when you get the hang of things!!!

[Jackdaw]

Thanx for this. I've been wondering how to make my themes look that little bit more professional.

[sargodhian82]

thakns buddy its really help me out.so now i can make also my themes more beautifull and professional..

[petrilacatus]

goood thx a lot nice tutorial i will now start making a nice menu for my k750i

[pavan4ufriend]

thanks buddyyyyyyyyyyy

[Shigenws]

thank you so much