# How did they do that!? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [March 25, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248 "2006-03-25T00:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shadownetspy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/shadownetspy/32/1883_2.png) [@Shadownetspy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shadownetspy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/1 "2006-03-25T00:55:00Z")
Can someone PLEASE tell me how they got this reflection for the preloader!? It’s driving me crazy! [http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/](http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/) Thanks, Shadownet Spy ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/2 "2006-03-25T00:57:29Z")
Not too hard you have your dynamic text box, lets call it percent\_txt make another dynamic text box and name it exactly the same, make sure the fonts in both are embedded flip the second textbox vertically and place it underneath the first one on a new layer draw a white square, fill the white square with a gradient that is white-to-0%alpha white and place it so that the opaqe part of the gradient is on the bottom, the transparent at the top, and position it on top of the second text box to make it look like its faded ---
**Author:** ![Oli\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f05b48/32.png) [@Oli\_G](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Oli_G)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/3 "2006-03-25T02:02:00Z")
… and make sure you disable hilighting 😉 at least for the shadow. ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/4 "2006-03-25T03:15:46Z")
^^word ---
**Author:** ![Shadownetspy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/shadownetspy/32/1883_2.png) [@Shadownetspy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shadownetspy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/5 "2006-03-25T04:19:40Z")
Thanks for the help, everyone. I actually figured it out after I’d typed this post. I wanted to do something similar on my upcoming site. By the way, check out the site I’ve done already: [www.zionphiziks.com](http://www.zionphiziks.com) It’s a clothing co. website I designed for my brother. Keep checking back, I’m gonna update it so that there will be an online store soon. If you’re interested in anything, feel free to purchase some of the clothes soon, and by all means, PLEASE spread the word of the site. ---
**Author:** ![theflash](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/theflash/32/1221_2.png) [@theflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theflash)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/6 "2006-03-25T08:08:38Z")
Very nice site… esp I love his arts… great artist… thanks for posting ---
**Author:** ![T\_Bounce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@T\_Bounce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/T_Bounce)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/7 "2006-03-26T15:25:51Z")
nice fx on the loader indeed, gonna try it too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-did-they-do-that/183248/8 "2006-03-27T06:17:55Z")
that is one nifty little site :love: Love everything about it 🙂