How to create this effect

[violet]

I would love to create a page that was laid out similair to this one.. I'm just not sure of the best way to achieve the effect that is on the main background of the page....

What looks like theres a ball of light thats shining from the middle down the bottom....

I'd be greatful for any ideas aboput how to do this... I'm mainly using PSP8 - but have access to photoshop if necessary

Thanx!
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile...089.css&page=0

[Bodhi]

Do you use Photoshop?

It has a wonderful tool called the "Single Row Marquee Tool"

You make the fade you want in any art program and then in Photoshop you select the "Single Row Marquee Tool" and click on the fade. The tool will select a one pixel row either horizontally or vertically which you can then save as a tiny file and use in a cell or a table on your webpage.

When you use this tiny file as a background in a cell or table, it will propagate to fill the area of the cell or table. You get a totally seamless fade!

The fades in this page http://www.artofendeavor.com/ are single row propagations

Hope this helps

Cheers

Bodhi