How was this made?

Does anyone know how the background to the banner image on this site was created?
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Like all the metal looking stuff in the background.

It's a pretty popular effect. I call it "trendwhore" - it's been kicked around these forums quite a bit. try searching for trendwhore on google, and in here.

You can do it in photoshop, although, the best stuff I've seen used objects placed from 3DStudioMax or Bryce.

I presume that you mean the blue header at the top of the page (hope so).

At first I wondered if it had been a 3D render of a primitive object with noise applied and a material assigned, but I don't think it is.

I could spend an age explaining some of the techniques involved but many others have done it better and in more detail before me. I suppose you could do worse than research "trendwhore" in Google.

umm (looks through bookmarks) try this one: www.voidix.com

It looks to me like some stock images from Digital Juice, mixed together with a grid pattern overlay.

Look up digital juice of you can make these effects pretty easily in 3D Studio Max.

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