Add a border to a photo or image
Sometimes a plain photo or image is rather boring and makes no impact at all. Just by adding a border to a photo or image gives it a complete lift and adds a new dimension.
Add a border using Gimp
Here are some examples of borders using a free photo/image editor [...]

Copyright © 2009 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/bianca-gubalke/transparent-fonts/.Transparent Fonts
Following my experiments with transparent backgrounds, I continued to research more lightness by playing with Transparent Fonts.
Transparent Fonts
In this example I created Transparent Fonts for my Header Graphic.
I was interested to see how the transparency of the font would impact on the Grunge Font [...]

Create your own Web Effects
With a simple image/photo editor you can create your own web effects. These editors often come as software with your digital camera, or you can choose from the many that are freely available online. 
Simple Web Effects
For the  purpose of this exercise in creating a simple web effect I am using  Paint.Net.
Step [...]

Copyright © 2009 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/bianca-gubalke/transparent-backgrounds/.Transparent Backgrounds
Transparent backgrounds are no common feature in Blogs or Websites and there is a reason for it: they can become too dominant and therefore distract the attention from what we wish to focus our readers on: our Content.
And of course not everybody has the [...]

Copyright © 2009 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/bianca-gubalke/transparent-backgrounds/.Transparent Backgrounds
Transparent backgrounds are no common feature in Blogs or Websites and there is a reason for it: they can become too dominant and therefore distract the attention from what we wish to focus our readers on: our Content.
And of course not everybody has the [...]