Wet floor effect
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Computer graphics
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effect
Special effect
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s technique popular in conjunction Web 2.0
Web 2.0
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style pages, particularly in logo
Logo
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s. The effect can be done manually or an auxiliary tool can be installed to create the effect automatically. Unlike a standard "reflection
Reflection (computer graphics)
Reflection in computer graphics is used to emulate reflective objects like mirrors and shiny surfaces.Reflection is accomplished in a ray trace renderer by following a ray from the eye to the mirror and then calculating where it bounces from, and continuing the process until no surface is found, or...
" (and the Java
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"water" effect popular in first-generation web graphics
Digital image
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), the wet floor effect involves a gradient
Gradient
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and often a slant in the reflection, so that the mirrored image appears to be hover
Hover
Hover may refer to:*Hovering , the process by which an object is suspended by a physical force against gravity, in a stable position without solid physical contactIn transport* Hover , nearly stationary flight in a helicopter...
ing over or resting on a "wet floor
Floor
A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology...
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The term was apparently coined by Nathan Steiner for Twinsparc in October 2005.
External links
- Wet Floor Maker Online tool that generates 3-D wet floor effects
- Twinsparc Article in which the term is coined. Also provides a Photoshop tool to create a wet floor effect automatically.
- Reflection.js: Javascript class for creating wet floor effect on-the-fly
- How to create a wet floor effect Instructions and plugin for Paint.NETPaint.NETPaint.NET is a proprietary freeware raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Originally created by Rick Brewster as a Washington State University student project, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, which is...
. - 8 Web Design Clichés of 2006 Mentions wet floor effect rather notably.
- Glossy BRDF based wet floor effect Attempt to make the effect more realistic.
- Online wet floor effect generator
- Wet floor effect plugin for Textpattern