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Vertical Gradient

Ok ok I'm definitely not a Photoshopb newbie but I just can't figure this out. Take a look at this site. See the background of the page (not the dropshadow). How would you do that in Photoshop ... so that there is a vertical gradient running down both the left and right sides?

I'm thinking an X width by Y height image vertically repeated for the length of the DIV. So, my problem isn't so much how to use it but rather how to create it. Any ideas? Tutorial link?

Thanks!

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sixminutes.ca

first i was thinking it was an inner glow. but it isnt.

if when you created the white rectangle on photoshop, give it a gradient overlay on the blending options, but just put 2 grey boxes near the edge, with white boxes close to them.

let me restart, and ill post an image.

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just give it a gradient like that... put put the style to linear, and the angle to 0*

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Thanks ... I'll try this out when I get home. I thought it was an inner glow too but everything I tried didn't work out.

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sixminutes.ca

Do you mean something like my attachment?

To do what I did, I made a rectangle. I got the line tool and drew a line down on the side of the rectangle. Then I applied a drop shadow to the line.
Drop shadow properties:
opacity: 55
angle: 135
distance: 0
spread: 9
size: 16

AFter that I applied a drop shadow to teh rectangle:
opacity:4
angle: 90
distance: 0
spread: 0
size: 7

Obviously you can change the opacity and other things in teh drop shadow properties. That's just what I used.

Believe it or not, but the image in question was created by adding a drop shadow to a scan from an old Nat'l Geographic; one with the innards removed and the aged edges intact.

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Originally posted by Mr. s
Believe it or not, but the image in question was created by adding a drop shadow to a scan from an old Nat'l Geographic; one with the innards removed and the aged edges intact.

.s? From the TextPattern forums?

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you could probably just airbrush it just as easy..
select the rectangle, and run ur airbrush down either side with a light grey tone, or a non-contrasting colour..

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Originally posted by gregor
.s? From the TextPattern forums?

Indeed. Do you frequent said locale?

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Originally posted by Mr. s
Indeed. Do you frequent said locale?

Yes, on occasion, as "gregor".

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