Effects you always use

Are there any effects you always use (or recycle) when creating something for your website?

I used to really like how the reflection and gloss effects looked on text. Similar to this:

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Combined with some 3D effect (which is as easy as doubling the layer and moving it a bit), you could get a really nice outcome.

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I don't think there is really anything that I "recycle" per-say as each project I do, I try to make it all unique.

 

Typically I tend to use a bit too much of shadow on my graphics I remember been shouted at before when everything I did contained a shadow on the text.

 

I think I could benefit from some time at DropShadows Anonymous. ("Hello, my name is....")

Who doesn't love a drop shadow?

 

I have a rounded corners fetish.

 

I use the CSS3 gradients quite often even when I am not supposed to...

 

I usually always use gradients, and a lot of transparency whenever I design graphics in Photoshop. I love the way gradients look when they're used properly.