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How can I extract the 'brushed metal' texture from OS X apps?
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I like the way OS X can display the brushed metal in windows etc, and wondered if I could extract that TIF from a package somewhere? I had a look through Safari's package out of curiosity but I assume it's a system thing. Where would I look and is it possible to get hold of it? It would be for personal use only.
Any help appreciated.
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Why don't you just take a screen shot?
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I'd the original so I can play around with it. I'm assuming there's a square patch of metal that the OS scales to fit.
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actually there's 2 parts to it. There's the brushed metal and a "overlay", sit there, look at it closely, and resize the window.. you'll notice the texture gets tiled but the 'bright part' extended.. fun stuff 
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The problem is, it's not as simple as a texture. There is a TIFF file (it's probably somewhere in /System, or you could find an old version of iTunes and get it from there), but that's not the whole story. As others have mentioned, the pattern is tiled, but then a brightness gradient is applied to make the middle seem brighter than the left and right edges. This part is done programatically; there is no file to extract for it.
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Cool, thanks for the help.
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If you have the developer tools installed you can use Interface Builder to easily create a blank window in a size you want and get whichever part of the texture you like from it.
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Originally posted by Moonray:
If you have the developer tools installed you can use Interface Builder to easily create a blank window in a size you want and get whichever part of the texture you like from it.
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Thanks for that but I only ever get blank white windows. Where am I going wrong? 
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Done it! Can't remember how but I've got a full screen window full of metal. Thanks guys.
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Okay, you found the "Has texture" checkbox then. 
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Originally posted by Moonray:
Okay, you found the "Has texture" checkbox then.
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I guess I must have done!
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