How did they do this?

[Toke]

The frames around the content boxes, blue gel thingie. How is that made?

http://www.simplyinteractive.net/

[DDD]

photoshop....look at the resources sticky for more info

[jnicklo]

most likely Photoshop Layer Styles.

I'll give you a good hint.....

Bevel & Emboss with adjusted contours + Satin + Gradient Overlay + Inner Glow ;)


Toy with those and you can prob get something similar.

[mlk]

+ outer shadow at 10% opacity and hell yeah, an overuse of glows...

[jnicklo]

in other words (LOL)

LAYER STYLES is da' trick ;) hehe

[prstudio]

layer style - emboss
stroke

and then some dodge and burn...and some layering...

[DDD]

ms paint....pencil tool and scale tool.

[prstudio]

lol - oh man...

you've been eating too many summer sausages...get out of that ragtop soaking wet...

[iLikePie]

i'm confused though... so many sites use these kinds of borders, interfaces etc, but with all the photoshop work needed, wouldn't it make the filesize soar when you import all the jpegs into flash? i know it'd be really really hard to do that inside flash using vectors (you'd have to try and draw all the embossing and glows :P), but surely if you design a whole interface in PS then port it across, it'd take up heaps of space?

[McGuffin]

No, surprisingly low file sizes with PS work, if exported correctly.

[DDD]

if you drag all of your PS through FW for the final export you can knock off tremendous amounts of kbs.....PS export sux.

[Lou_Sifffer]

if you drag all of your PS through FW for the final export you can knock off tremendous amounts of kbs.....PS export sux. As the new Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom once told me, in a meeting:


Word to your mother!
:D

[mdipi]

Layer styles as all the above stated :D

Joe- Remember when everyone tried to redo parts of the RR site over at BB? Lets try to get that poppin over here!

[DDD]

you know what....after looking at it closely......I can do 98% of that in FW...actually 100 but I would do the diagonal pattern in PS

[mlkedave]

i challenge u stankonia, do that all, either in FW or PS i just want to see if you can ;)

Mike

[DDD]

lol.....if I had time I would accept your challenge.. But those borders are not very difficult.

[prstudio]

oops i think he called you out nathan...

[minimalistik]

i quickly did this following mlk's and jnicklo's instructions. Looks pretty ordinary but hey, im still learning.... still dont know how they go it to that "icey" interface though, brushes?

http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/sgroove/nufreshbyminimalistik.jpg

[.soulty]

you can use different contours within the layer styles effects, that might help along with the layer styles mentioned.

[Toke]

Yeah and save the layerstyle and post it! :P