40+ UI Design Tools and Resources

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User interface design grows and evolves on a continual basis. To stay current, you need to keep an eye on trends, new resources, and new techniques being implemented and talked about. And you also need to try things out on your own, and come up with original ideas and implementations. . . . → Read More: 40+ UI Design Tools and Resources

80+ Color Altering Photoshop Actions

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Color plays a major role in photography. It helps set the mood and tone of an image, but it is determined by the type of light present during a shoot. Photographers don’t always have control over this. This is one of many areas where Photoshop can be a valuable tool for photographers. It offers plenty of settings to alter the color of an image, but there are also actions that you can apply with the click of a button. They can be a huge time saver if you find the right one. Here we’ve rounded up over eighty Photoshop actions that you can use to alter the color of your photos. . . . → Read More: 80+ Color Altering Photoshop Actions

We Love Buttons: Creative CSS3 Buttons

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We Love Buttons is a project by Pico, a tiny design & development studio, where various designers have created good-looking and imageless CSS3 buttons. There are ~35 buttons and most of them only works in WebKit browsers which makes the project more an experimental one. . . . → Read More: We Love Buttons: Creative CSS3 Buttons

Free E-mail Newsletter Service – TinyLetter

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TinyLetter is a free-to-use web service which enables us to create an e-mail newsletter and get subscribers. It has a very straightforward functionality and interface. You just pick a name for the newsletter and embed a code into the website which displays a sign-up form. Also, you can ask the users to go to the custom URL provided by the service (like http://tinyletter.com/listName) where the design of it can be customized. . . . → Read More: Free E-mail Newsletter Service – TinyLetter

Official HTML5 Logo Is Out: Get Your Badge!

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Everyday, we are seeing more websites which are built with HTML5 as it offers features that web designers waited for a long time. If you have already started building websites with HTML5, W3C announced the official logo of HTML5 where you can insert into these websites. . . . → Read More: Official HTML5 Logo Is Out: Get Your Badge!

Collection of 450+ Abstract and Fractal Photoshop Brushes

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Creating your own Photoshop brushes is fun, and those brushes can be used in a variety of designs, from web to print. It can be quite time-consuming to create your own brushes though. Fortunately for us there’s a lot of free Photoshop brushes sets out there! . . . → Read More: Collection of 450+ Abstract and Fractal Photoshop Brushes

100 Free Fonts You Should Have in Your Library

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Fonts have already been among the essential materials used by designers. Whether it is a web design project or a logo design –font is the element, capable of attracting people’s attention, rendering the key idea, and communicating the necessary message. That is why, thousands of free fonts reside today in multiple online font repositories. Below we are introducing a collection of 100 free fonts, which represent vividly only some of the most significant trends in typography, however all of these fonts feature really unique and fresh designs. . . . → Read More: 100 Free Fonts You Should Have in Your Library

8 Apps to Help You Back Up Your Data

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1. Dropbox. This online backup and file synchronization service seems to be a popular one among freelancers, particularly our readers. I use Dropbox myself and find it indispensable in my everyday work. Dropbox has free and paid packages, depending on how much memory you need. Backing up and synchronizing of files happens in real time. That is, as soon as you save a file in the Dropbox folder in your computer, it’s already backed up in the cloud. . . . → Read More: 8 Apps to Help You Back Up Your Data

The Best Wallpapers from Desktopography 2010

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Desktopography is a yearly wallpaper collection that is focused on releasing a small set of incredible wallpapers, contributed by its members around the globe. To quote Desktopography’s mission: “At their best,desktop wallpapers bring animation to often lifeless computer screens, reflecting the personality of the user and acting as a calling card for creative talent. The Desktopography project arrived in 2005 as a place to download nature / topological themed wallpapers with edits from selected designers. Designers spend about 90% of their waking life in front of a computer so the most appealing genre for a wallpaper would be one that has beautiful design mixed with the all important aspect of being outdoors.” . . . → Read More: The Best Wallpapers from Desktopography 2010

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