Site Flashing xmas lights

[iWasAdam]

Guess what I just did?

They are slightly different size with a background color - the site color, so feel free to use them - or not...



One light doesn't work - isn't that the usual way??

[Steve Elliott]

lol, the flashing needs to be slowed down or it will drive us all nuts 

[iWasAdam]

Consider it done...

[Steve Elliott]

Cool 

[Qube]

Nice nice

Now all it needs is the background to match the stippled background of the theme and we're good to go ( see attached ).

Chop chop, get to it

[Derron]

And where is this background used? I assume Adam just used the images you are already using on the page and added some glow.




bye
Ron

[Qube]

And where is this background used? I assume Adam just used the images you are already using on the page and added some glow.

The background is used all around the forum as a border. The current lights are transparent png's and so if changing the lights to an animated GIF with the glowing light effect then it'll need the background as a base and not a solid colour ( to keep things neat )

[Derron]

Hmm somehow this background wasn't visible before (was a straight gray) - maybe light/environment in my computer room changed ;-)


@ gif
Just set that gray background as transparent. So only the antialiased parts will not 100% perfect melt with the background.


@ Adam
If you redo it: take Cube's background and use that as a "lighten"-layer on the glow effect (so bright pixels brighten up the glow area and darker pixels darken it a bit). Keep the background gray as before - and set that grey as transparent. That way the "glow" will somehow mimic the grain/structure of the background without needing to take care of its exact position on the background.


Another option is of course to have the animation in multiple PNGs and animate them via java-script - that way you could use PNG's alphachannel without the need of MNG or APNG (animated PNG, MNG not supported by any browser, APNG not by Internet Exporer)  or tricks as described above.




bye
Ron

[iWasAdam]

my bad - i'll get it sorted

Here we go - Now with correct background (still a few pixels deeper though)

[Qube]

Yay \o/ - Thanks - Will get them plugged in a a moment.

[Steve Elliott]

Oooh 

[Naughty Alien]

..nice but no..as a hardcore bomber, i demand snow on syntaxbomb logo reflection..

[Steve Elliott]

And a bomb reflection too...Runs... 

Actually I think it would look better without the reflection.

[Derron]

Actually I think it would look better without the reflection.

Maybe because the "y" is not properly reflected - or it breaks the Matrix ;-)


bye
Ron

[Goodlookinguy]

As much as I like these Christmas lights, I gotta say, I could go for some snow or Christmas lights that shatter upon a mouse-over event. http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/