Hey guys,

Since I got a request to post my results - here they are!

Sparkles

Here is the dynamic sparkle trail I made: <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/sparkleandglow_layered.jpg>

Grunge

This is the template I created: <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/basicgrunge.jpg>

Gloss

I created 2 versions of "glossy" buttons (1 for each of the variations of instructions I found): <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/basicglossybutton2.jpg> and <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/basicglossybutton1.jpg>.

Glow

This was the effect that I was trying to reproduce. I'm pretty satisfied with my results: <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/lightbeams.jpg>

Along the way, I learned how to do this: <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/lightstreak.jpg>

THEN, I applied all of these effects to a potential web site piece: <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/johnnyboye00/Miscellaneous/CashKernelProductionsLogo_new2.jpg>

WOW!!!! :)