horizontal bars- how do i do that?

hey all,

well its the first time i am posting in this section so please dont be violent on me
can anybody tell me how do i get the horizontal bar efect with a very small image?

should i post this in the scripting forum instead?

like... a horizontal fade out with is obtained with scrething the image... i think i sould use php in some way, but still i think this might be the right plce to post... right?

thanks in advance

It almost sounds to me as if your asking for what's calld a "blinds" effect. Try this Google search and see if you find anything there that helps. (I may have interpreted what you want wrong, not sure)

ok... that search didnt really got me anywhere...
it only takes me to payed applet anouncments...

Actually what i am looking for is the search words to insert on google...

"blinds effect" doesnt make it... i tryed "php stretching images" and i am getting somewhere... there should be some more specific words to get there...

anybody....

try squeeze

I'm not sure what you're trying to do. Any examples?

I just did a brief tutorial on flash transitions for the flash competition. Try taking a look at these. http://www.atnoproductions.com/ozzu/com ... /atno.html

After reading your post a couple of times, I'm pretty sure the squeeze transition is what you're trying to accomplish.

mmmm no.... i mean something very basic... like...

on ozzu skin the grey horizntal bar on a message view that say author.... the background has a bit of 3d efect...

or when u press "post reply" u get to the message editor.... the bar where it says "post a reply"... it has some 3d.

my querstion is: how do i get a variabe width horizontal bar like that using a small image that should either loops or strech?

here is what i mean

Assign the image as the background of your div or table cell and make it repeat horizontally.

Yep. That's it. All that is is a simple very small image set as repeating background.

http://www.ozzu.com/templates/smartDark ... llpic3.gif

Essentially all that is is a gradient 8 pixels wide by 38 pixels high.

mmm i see... or i can set the bg width to 100%... i see...

thanks