Creating a Mac style Background

Creating a Mac style Background

This tutorial is about making a Mac style background. You can use these in all sorts of situations, including the obvious - your desktop as well as part of your designs or for corporate work (powerpoint presentations, flash work etc). Naturally you wouldn't want to use this exact set of steps, but following them will give you a good idea of the technique.

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