How To: Get That Leopard Look Using Photoshop
Love it or hate it, OS X Leopard is undeniably a visual departure for Apple. The overall visual look of OS X has changed gradually over the years, but Leopard is the first time the design has changed so abruptly.
Every time Apple makes some visual change, a whole host of imitators tend to follow suit, whether it’s on websites, application UIs or even in advertisements. One of the looks that seems likely to emerge from Leopard is the “inset” text on a gray gradient bar. Apple uses this look for application windows bars and, to a lesser degree, application menus.
If you’d like the know how you can go about recreating the subtleties of Leopard’s inset text effect using Photoshop or Illustrator, Veerle Pieters has put up a tutorial that’ll walk you through the process.
Designer reaction to Leopard’s new look have varied. For her part, Pieters likes Leopard’s look and probably echos the sentiments of many when she writes “let’s get rid of Aqua entirely. I think a new interface style is overdue. No? Hasn’t it been 7 years already since Aqua debuted?”
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