shiny orbs

March 22, 2006

I’ve always wanted to learn to make nice shiny things in Flash. I had a need for an indicator light this afternoon, and did a google search for “Flash radial gradient shiny light” and found Shiny Orbs — step by step instructions that helped me befriend the Flash gradient tools.

You can see the results of my learning experience:

Isn’t the Web grand? just makes a person want to give back… if you have a need for a shiny indicator light in your app, feel free to borrow red, yellow or green.

It’s the simple pleasures in life that make all the difference.

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