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Back to JL235's Blog ( Created 08 August 2010 | Last Edited 18 August 2010) Development Diary : Search Boxes I've been knocking up little 5 minute tid-bits of graphics over the last few days in Gimp. Just trying out quick ideas that spring to mind. Here are a selection of search boxes I went with in the end: and here are the original search boxes: Latest Comments Posted : Friday, 13 August 2010, 16:57 dna this was a good idea Posted : Saturday, 14 August 2010, 07:27 CodersRule I decided to mess around with the search bar a bit, and here's what I got: xoxcm.web44.net/searchbar/ Posted : Saturday, 14 August 2010, 09:19 JL235 I'm planning to use something like those bars soon. But first needs touching up; make it wider and make the button look less speckly. @Coders That's nice, I might steal your code! Posted : Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 16:15 JL235 This is the search box I've gone with to use on a site I'm currently building: I'm quite happy with that! Posted : Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 16:39 HoboBen That's really nice; the search icon looks much better too. Posted : Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 05:34 JL235 Thanks, I've also added a selection of different coloured ones above. If you like them, feel free to steal one! You can also use 'colorize' option in Gimp to get them in your own colour. Posted : Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 08:18 CodersRule You can also use 'colorize' option in Gimp to get them in your own colour. You can also use Colour Balance or Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. I'm pretty sure you can do that in GIMP too.

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