Photoshop CS3 - How to

Hello
how do you simulate CS4's pixel-looking interface which is posted in adobe.com site?
I am referring to the boxes for each Creative Suite 4 bundle which have the pixelated transitions of colors.
Are they brushes or do I have to manually create each small boxes and apply gradients afterwards?

Filter --> Pixelate --> Mosaic applied to gradients.
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