# Sweet Menu Effect - Anyone Know how it is done?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650>\
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**Created:** [May 29, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650 "2004-05-29T08:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjmancini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@jjmancini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jjmancini)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/1 "2004-05-29T08:29:13Z")

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go to:  
[www.kigot.com](http://www.kigot.com)

and check out the little background effects of the logo when you click on a button in the menu.

Anyone know how it is done?  
Video? Flash?

After Effects? 3d Studio Max?

ANy tutorials anywhere?  
Any samples that one can buy or find free?

Many questions…

Any help would be awesome! 🥚

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/2 "2004-05-29T08:56:30Z")

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don’t know man but that is one sweet website… I would like to know aswell… Really nice…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/3 "2004-05-29T09:17:27Z")

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I think it’s done with After Effects.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/4 "2004-05-29T17:20:08Z")

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Are there places that sell or have demos of that stuff?

And even if it is video, i doubt it would look that nice in flash…

hmmmm…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/5 "2004-05-29T17:30:36Z")

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You doubt video would look good in flash? Are you serious?

It’s either done with afterFX or it kinda looks like photoshop clouds filter, heavily erased to give it that effect.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/6 "2004-05-29T19:23:33Z")

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Flash video compressor is horid. To have a nice video segment it will be 5 times larger than it should be for the web.

Say if they did do it in Photoshop, using clouds, how do they get it to move? Just ten could filters?

It is cool though.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/7 "2004-05-29T20:21:14Z")

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Or just do seperate cloud filters on 4 layers, kinda of like a lightning bolt effect.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/8 "2004-05-29T21:36:45Z")

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Do you know of an example of how I can learn to do it in photoshop?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/9 "2004-05-29T22:02:07Z")

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Nice site I wish there could be a tutorials for that site, maybe I call the sit hot site. Any one with help???

:hr:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sweet-menu-effect-anyone-know-how-it-is-done/111650/10 "2004-05-30T03:17:29Z")

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Yeah… so if anyone has any suggestions or can lead us in the right dorection, feel free to post that help here!

Thanks!
