Posts Tagged ‘free software’

Awesome Photoshop Plugin to Make Grids Friendlier (FREE)

Free Photoshop ExtensionIf you have ever used Photoshop for any project where alignment/layout of elements is very important then you are familiar with Guides. Especially web designers, who deal with templates know what I am talking about. And calculating guide spaces is not the sweetest part of the job. Some skip this part and put guides relying on their eyes. But it’s not accurate.

Today I will share one of the greatest contributions to Photoshop extensions. Please welcome – GuideGuide. Created by Cameron McEfee, this extension/plugin is totally FREE and absolutely Awesome. If you are using Photoshop professionally, then you have to have it. This will make your life easier.

I’ve downloaded it and installed, tried just for a few minutes…the result is – this post to share the knowledge. Read more »


Learn How To Create An Animated PNG

PNG rules the web! Oh, did I say that too loud? I don’t think so. According to the growing popularity of PNG images in web design, we can really say that it rules the world of web graphics.

If you are a web/graphics designer you probably understand what I am talking about.

Remember how it used to be? We had JPEG for static and GIF for animated images. Later, the almighty Flash came out, providing vast opportunities for creating complex animations with smoother transitions Read more »


10 Free Online Color Tools You Should Bookmark

As promised before [Logo Colors: Use Responsibly], I am suggesting you these 10 Best Online Tools to work with Color. These 10 tools are free and very useful, every designer should have them bookmarked. Using these tools let’s you easily choose right colors for almost every designing sphere – starting from Web design up to Indoor design. Some of them allow picture upload which makes it easier to acquire raw color data from the image.

All this can be done manually of course, but why waste time and nerves? Read more »


Best Online Photoshop Alternatives Ever

AND they are FREE of course! For me personally, there’s NO Photoshop alternatives at all. I’ve been using it for like 5-6 years and can’t leave it. But it costs! Adobe.com offers new Photoshop CS5 Extended for $999. Well, uh, if you’re a college student and your dad ain’t giving you go-buy-that-photowhat money but you have Internet connection (who doesn’t, nowadays) then I’m giving you 2 best of the best online Photoshop alternatives.

I am not going to show you 10 or more alternatives, no! Read more »