BlameThePixel!

There I was, minding my own business when suddenly photoshop popped out and shouted "Use me and forget about that inferior fireworks program!". I saw the glint of a sharpened paint brush within his hand, just concealed inside his half unbuttoned trenchcoat.

I wasn't in the mood to argue, or battle, so I started meddling about in it, dragging this slider here, yanking that dial there and slapping on filters.

Now I had some cool wallpapers but the brightness and contrast were off, so I imported it into fireworks in secret. It gave me a suspicious look but thought nothing of it and chugged away at the levels.

Here I now had a few nice wallpapers (each with a few different filters and contrasts set so they differ enough to count as seperate wallpapers).

Beware, they might take a while to load on 56k connections.

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Another wallpaper I made (in fireworks though) a while ago, in the same style, just with more colour than the ones I made today.
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I particularly like the third one as it looks a bit oriental and I love all Japanese art (excluding comic styles like anime and manga etc...).

I like the last fireworks one the best. It's a bit more colourful..

Wow! I like the last one, I've saved it and set it as a wallpaper myself!

Nicely done mate

Indeed. Now we're both Photoshop users!

Nice job on those wallpapers, too!

If you're serious about messing with PS, check out Good-Tutorials.com. Some of its tutorials can get you some effects that will look good in a nameplate or wallpaper.

Wow, that tutorials can be used even for make good sigs

Heheh, I can do all that with Fireworks MX

And ye gods, I've seen so many mac button style buttons it's getting annoying ><

Nice simple mac button without the need for a tutorial http://www.gfxjunkie.com/button/