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80+ High Quality And Useful Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In October

AN Jay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:41:21 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 80+ High Quality And Useful Resources For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of October which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

Design Tips, Tricks and Tutorial
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50+ High Quality Icon Design Tutorials (Part 2)

55 Terrific Cinema 4D Tutorials and Techniques

Create a Realistic Looking Nokia 5800 in 3ds Max

How to Create Roads and Rail Tracks on a Path

40 Adobe Illustrator Text Effect Tutorials

A Beginners Guide to Digital Textile Printing

Create a Transparent Text Effect with Fresh Grass Texture and Custom Brushset

75 PSD to HTML Resources for Web Designers

The Ultimate Round-Up of Print Design Tutorials

Design A Killer Fashion Model Poster

How to Create Smoky Brushes and Type In Illustrator CS4

50 Hot New Tutorials From Around The Web

45+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Cartoon Character Illustrations

Design a Minimal and Modern Portfolio Layout with Photoshop

How to Create an Icon in Illustrator

30 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials for Gamers

Blog Headers: 20 Great Examples and Best Practices

Build a Slick Rich User Interface in Photoshop

40 Quality Photoshop UI Design Tutorials

Artwork, Digital Photography and Inspiration

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50 Awe-Inspiring Underwater Photos

21 Adorable Pieces Of Manga Art

100+ Clean, Simple and Minimalist Website Designs

15 Fabulous Examples of Origami Inspired logo Designs

39 Astonishing Examples of 3D Typography

35 Smart Logos With Second Thought To Make You look Twice

11 Amazing Photo Manipulated and Digital Art Wallpapers

A Showcase of 35 Beautiful Typographical Illustrations

40 Beautiful HDR Pictures You Would be Amazed

Trends in Pricing Page Design and Layout

14 Bold and Colorful Print Ads from Various Brands

44 Examples of Nature Inspired Website Designs

35 Creative Twitter User Profile Designs

Showcase Of Beautiful Textured Web Designs

Weekly Vector Inspiration #40

23 Eco Friendly Sites that are Using WordPress

30 Superb Examples of Infographic Maps

Website Design Showcase Of 21 Popular Brands

30 Jaw Dropping 3D Character Creations

45 Inspiring Navigation Menus That You Must See

15 Inspirational Single-Page Websites

10 Unforgettable Interactive and Inspirational Business Cards

105 People Photo Manipulation Works You Will Really Marvel

40+ Beautiful Fish Inspired Logos

25 Absolutely Magnificant Landscape Photo Manipulation

Showcase of Social Networking Websites

15 Elegant Cartoon Wallpapers You Can Not Miss

40 Striking Examples of Graffiti Art

24 Awesome Single Page Portfolio Designs

80+ Photo Manipulations Art to Ignite Your Creativity

Javascript and Ajax

How to Build a Simple Content Slider jQuery Plugin

20 Simple jQuery Tricks

35 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

Curtains Opening Animation with jQuery

xHTML and CSS
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Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started

The Blueprint CSS Framework – Tutorials, How-to Guides and Tools

Purely CSS – Faking Minimum Margins

Resources

90’s Technology

Most Useful Collection of Premium 3d models

1000+ High Quality Free Grunge Textures, Icons, Brushes and Fonts

45 Beautiful Dual-Screen Wallpapers

30 Stunning Fonts To Enhance Your Designs

Collection of 8 Free and Exceptional Icon Sets

80 Stunning Background Patterns For Your Websites

9 Open Source Microblogging Applications

500+ Free Download High Quality Photoshop PSD Files For Designers

24 High Quality Free And Stunning Symbol Fonts

50 Surprisingly Amazing Themes for Blogger

40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections

Miscellaneous Articles

20 Best Wordpress Typography Plugins To Enhance Readability

How to Properly Prepare a Guest Post in 5 Simple Steps

5 Highly Applicable, Yet Easily Overlooked Features in Photoshop

The History and Evolution of Social Media

20 Useful & Nicely Designed Web Applications

24 Useful Tutorials on Creating Photoshop Brushes

30+ Super Secret OS X Features and Shortcuts

15 Most Important Wordpress Plugins To Help You Fight Spam

Guide to a Successful Blog Post

8 Powerful Wordpress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should

9 OpenSource URL shortening apps to make your own services

7 Key Principles That Make A Web Design Look Good

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7

20 Handy Photoshop Tips For a Faster Workflow

10 Useful WordPress Coding Techniques

23 Brilliant Web Apps To Simplify Designer’s Work Life

AN Jay — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:15:28 +0000

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find the simplest online web designer’s tools that are developed for designers and may be very helpful for you as well when you want to get your work done or just for fun. I hope web designers will like this list, but you can also use them and will love them whether you are an office worker, a manager, a supervisor, a student, a home user, etc. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features. This is the list of 23 Brilliant Web Apps To Simplify Designer’s Work Life. Just take a look at them and share your thought’s here.

You are welcome to share more Useful web tools that will be helpful for web designers and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

Adobe BrowserLab

An easier and faster solution for cross-browser testing. You can preview and test your web pages on leading browser and operating systems. This will help you get your results in real time, from virtually any computer connected to the internet.

Color Scheme Designer

Color Scheme Designer generates color schemes of several types. Every scheme is based on one (base) color, which is supplemented with additional colors making together the best optical imperession.

PHPanywhere

PHPanywhere is a new online service that’s changing the way people develop on the web. They enable users to develop and maintain their php/html projects online using any standard web browser.

Carbonmade

With Carbonmade, you can manage your online portfolio with a variety of tools that allow you to change how you display your work. The core idea behind the design of Carbonmade is to keep your images or video at the forefront.

Posterous

Posterous lets you post things online fast using email. If you can use email, you can have your own website to share thoughts and media with friends, family and the world. You can attach any type of file and they’ll post it along with the text of your email.

iPlotz

With iPlotz you can create clickable, navigable wireframes to create the experience of a real website or software application. You can also invite others to comment on the designs, and once ready, you can then manage the tasks for developers and designers to build the project.

Photoshop.com

This is your online photo sharing, editing and hosting resource. You can upload, organize, edit, store (up to 2GB free) and share your photos.

Typetester

The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems.

Pict

Pict is a free image hosting service that lets you upload and share your images with one click.
You can upload images up to 3.5Mb, JPG/PNG/GIF formats supported, it has automatic image resizing, multiple uploading & much more.

Font Burner

Font Burner is the easiest way to add great fonts to your website. Just pick one of over 1000 quality fonts, add a chunk of code to your site, then sit back and admire your beautiful typography.

Iconza

A collection of free icons that can be colored and reduced in size to your taste. If you are a happy site or blog owner, you will be able to pick icons that will fit right into your design.

Verb

Verb is a user focused task management and sharing application. If you have things that need to be done, then this is for you. Verb was built with individuals and small teams in mind. It is the perfect solution for freelance designers and coders who want to manage themselves and their collaborations.

CurdBee

CurdBee is a safe and secure web-based billing application. You can use it to send clients invoices and then collect payments via PayPal or Google Checkout, billing them easily in the currency you choose. It’s so simple, you won’t believe it till you see it.

EmailTheWeb

EmailTheWeb is the only web-based service that allows you to email any web page to any one. The entire web page is emailed in a flash and is captured as it is now. Your recipient will see the same exact page as you.

MyFontbook

MyFontbook is an unique online font viewer that helps save designers time by providing a number of tools to view installed fonts quickly and easily. Unlike a classic font management tool, MyFontbook is platform independent and can be used freely through any web browser.

247webmonitoring

Having a good uptime is essential for the success of your website. 247webmonitoring will monitor it 24X7 from their servers and notify you whenever it goes down. This will check your website every 15 minutes to know it is up. They will send you notification by email or SMS when it goes down. So you can quickly fix the issue and you can stay happy. This way you can relax and focus on your core business. In future, you will also find out how fast your site is from different location.

ViewLike.Us

This is a brand new site that allows you to check out how your website looks in the most popular resolution formats. It’s all powered by Ajax & PHP so no need to download anything. Using ViewLike.Us is perfectly free.

Tracer

Tracer is a brand new way to generate more visits and page views. You can get credit when content is copied from your site. It will help you to measure and understand user engagement and Improve your search engine ranking.

Picnik

Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It’s fast, easy, and fun.

Go2Convert

Go2Convert is a set of free web based tools that allow you to convert, resize a picture without having to install any software on your computer. It is not meant to be a complete Image editing software package. It is meant to be an easy to use solution to convert, resize your pictures and digital photos without the need to learn a complex software package. Once you convert, resize an image, you can choose to copy image’s URL or download it directly to your computer – It doesn’t get easier than that.

ShowDocument

ShowDocument is a free service for online meetings with fully synchronized co-browsing of any document. It is a quick and simple way to share a document with other people at the same time. It is a web collaboration platform that lets individuals have a free online meeting. It is an alternative to various commercial desktop sharing applications. One can easily upload any file and during the session mark it up with a pen or a highlighter tool in addition to a text box tool and eraser.

PXtoEM

This is an online calculator that can help you easily covert pixels, to EM, to percent or to points.

fivesecondtest

A simple online usability test that helps you identify the most prominent elements of your user interfaces.

24 High Quality Free And Stunning Symbol Fonts

AN Jay — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:21:45 +0000

Fonts are the vital need of any designer. But now a days font demands are increasing in regular computer users as well. Depending on the needs and modern trend we are going to list down some really beautiful and unique examples of 24 High Quality Free And Stunning Symbol Fonts. We hope these fonts will be useful for you.

You are welcome to share if you know more free Images & Symbols Fonts which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

4YEOSPORT

4YEOsummer

Alienator

4YEOVAL

4YEOgarden

Split Splat Splodge

American Dream

HandSign

Soldier WW2

Holidays Fonts

65+ Must See Resources Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In September

AN Jay — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:01:14 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 65+ Must See Resources Especially For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of September which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

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50+ Creative Masterpieces Of Logo Designs Using Gradient Effects
21 Stunning Examples Of Creatively Done Stop Motion Animations
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17 Digital Image Illustration Which You Probably Never Seen Before!
15 Digital Photo Manipulation From Flickr To Get Inspiration
23 Awesome Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not

56 Absolutely Brilliant and Intriguing Photoshop Video Tutorials

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27 Excellent Digital Photography Tutorials

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10 Wonderful Letterpress Type Tutorials

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11 Fascinating and Educational Tutorials Teaching You How to Produce Better Photo Effects

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50+ Most Amazing Adobe After Effects Tutorials You Need to Learn

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Photoshop Tutorials You Do Not Want to Miss

Urban Art Tutorial in Photoshop and Illustrator

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Typographic Portraits That Are Absolutely Beautiful

100 Artworks from the Top 20 Designers in The Middle East and Africa

23 Colorful And Smart Examples Of Beautiful Web Designs

70 Fresh and Inspirational Blog Designs

Stunning illustrated typography on dark backgrounds

Best of Best WordPress 404 Error Page Designs

20 Amazing Examples of Vector Artwork

Website Design: Some of the most uniquely designed E-commerce websites

40 Gorgeous Fantasy Wallpapers to Spice Up your Laptop

40 Creative and Inspiring Website Backgrounds Techniques

13 Striking Digital illustrations of Horror Girls by Yoshitaka Kawakami

CSS: Design Out Of The Box

40 Excellent Examples of Interior Designs Rendered in 3D Max

25 Examples of Web 2.0 and Traditional Design Rules Coming Together

33 Creative and Beautiful Logos

50 Inspiring Web Application and Service Web Site Designs

50 Beautiful & Unique Twitter Profile Designs

30 Powerful and Inspiring Street Fighter Characters Artworks

50 Websites (and More) for Your Design Inspiration

20 Creative Illustration Advertisements from behance

40 Breathtaking & Creative Logo Designs Just to Inspire

TOP 35 Grunge Websites

Amazing Character Designs: 75 Brilliant Examples

25 Inspiring Examples of Abstract Vector Design

15 Mind Blowing Dragons Illustrations and Artworks

Javascript and Ajax

40 Super-Neat JavaScript Plugins

25 Useful jQuery Tooltip Plugins and Tutorials

35+ Create Amazing Image Effects and Sliders with These Awesome jQuery Plugins

10 Easy jQuery Tricks for Designers

Create a photorealistic web layout – CSS/XHTML available

CSS Wishlist: New Ideas, Debates and Solutions

51 Form Element Resources and Tutorials Using CSS And Javascript

30 CSS Best Practices for Beginners

Resources
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60+ Totally Free Rusted Metal Textures for Designers

460 Free High Quality Icons For Web Designers

60 High Quality Photoshop PSD Files For Designers

Massive Collection of Stunning Photoshop Actions

27 Best WebSites to Download Free Seamless Patterns

Fresh Free High-Quality Icon Sets

Style Switchers Showcase and Resources

76 Dirty, Extreme And Creative Free Grunge Fonts

99 High-Quality Free (X)HTML/CSS Templates

Five Free Tools for Multi-Monitor Computer Set-Ups

14 Best Online Typography Tools for Web Designers

16 Free “Premium Quality” Wordpress Magazine Themes

13 Excellent Firefox Add-Ons That Are Absolutely Useful

49 Amazing Resources for Free Vector Graphics

Miscellaneous Articles

20+ Powerful Wordpress Security Plugins and Some Tips and Tricks

10 Revealing Infographics about the Web

30 Incredibly Useful WordPress Hacks

The Only SEO Tools You’ll Ever Need

The Difference Between Art and Design

Must See SEO Guide for All WordPress Bloggers

70+ Ultimate Collection Of Inspirations And Tutorial Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In August

AN Jay — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:04:57 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, â€œDiscover the Best of the Webâ€ on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 70+ Ultimate Collection Of Inspirations And Tutorial Resources For Designers For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of August which our readers/viewers may like.Â Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

53 Amazing Blender Tutorials

11 Mindblowing Digital Painting Tutorials

25+ 3D Text Tutorials to Enhance your Photoshop Skills

30 Creative Illustrator Logo Design Tecniques and Tutorials

40 Incredibly Inspirational Retro & Vintage Photoshop TutorialsÂ

33 Newly Fresh Web Design Layout Tutorials

27 Useful Logo Design Tutorials and Tips

25 Magazine-Style Layouts for Your Design Inspiration

Creating Colorful Disco Lines EffectÂ

Design a creative cosmetics layout with Photoshop

17 Noteworthy Typographic Tutorials

How to Design the Web in a High-Def World

40 (NEW) High Quality Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

How to Create a Fantasy Landscape Photo Manipulation

How to Draw Anime Complete Guide

3d Retro Strip Design

Create a Trendy Galactic Poster Design in Photoshop

Abstract Vector Art

25 Cool Digital Photography Tutorials, Techniques and Effects

Mastering Photoshop With Paths

Design a 3D Box Icon in Photoshop

Artwork, Digital Photography and Inspiration

50 Gorgeous Flash Websites You Definitely Should See

45 Inspirational Corporate Website Designs

27 Colorful And Futuristic Innovations In Product Design

20 Beautiful Digital Portraits of Women

25 Beautiful Examples Of Typography Portraits

50 Incredible Examples of Battle Art

30 Creative Examples of Javascript Slider & Scrollers

10 Outstanding 3D Character Designs and Illustrations

40 + simple and elegant business card designs

30 Stunning, Absolutely Magical Photo Manipulations Focusing on Human Eye

A Showcase of Beautiful Packaging Designs

20 Stunning & Surreal Illustrations of Male Characters

25 Amazing Flash Portfolio Sites

100 Artworks From the Top Digital Artists in the USA & Canada

Beautiful Single Page Website Designs: 65 New Examples

45 Amazing Examples of Code Generated and 3D CG Artworks

Amazing Retro Futurism Design Showcase & Tutorials

20 Amazing HDR Photos

50 Beautiful And Creative Logos With Heart

30 Impressive Photo Manipulation Images

35 Hugely Expressive Works of Digital Art

26 Really Amazing Realistic 3D Computer Graphics

Javascript and Ajax

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30 Tutorials Combining Both Wordpress and jQuery

22 Beautiful jQuery Plugins for Web Designers

14 Easy to Implement Drop Down Menu Solutions

50 Really High Quality Photoshop Navigation Menu Tutorials

5 Ways to Make Ajax Calls with jQuery

50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials

xHTML and CSS
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75+ Excellent Collection of Tutorials, Inspirations And Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In July

AN Jay — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:21:28 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, â€œDiscover the Best of the Webâ€ on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 75+ Excellent Collection of Tutorials, Inspirations And Resources For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of July which our readers/viewers may like.Â Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

145 Ultimate Round-Up Of Photoshop Tutorials and Resources

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Creating an Abstract Watercolor WallpaperÂ

22 Very Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Design a travel PSD layout with Adobe Photoshop

52 Excellent Cinema 4D Tutorials

50+ Ultimate Collection of Glow and Light Effect Tutorials in Photoshop

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Artwork, Digital Photography and Inspiration
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70 Typographic, Clean And Minimalist Color Scheme Web Designs

15 Cute Cartoon Wallpapers

55 Fresh Examples Of Corporate Website Designs

25 Beautiful Examples Of Typography Portraits

50 Fresh Portfolio Websites for Your Inspiration

20 Incredible Sunrise Wallpapers Caught in Space

55 Niche Web Design Galleries for Your Inspiration

33 Inspirational Illustrations

Javascript and Ajax

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25+ Create Amazing Image Effects with Some of the Best jQuery Plugins Available

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Making a Content Slider with jQuery UI

MooTools Tutorials and Resources Round-Up

15+ Plugins to Unleash the Invincible Power of jQuery and WordPress

Most Useful Ajax Tools And Tutorials

15 Website for jQuery Enthusiast and Addicts

xHTML and CSS
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Mega CSS Resource Roundup

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50 New CSS Techniques For Your Next Web Design

21 Absolutely Useful And Inspiring Collection Of Most Desirable Freebies

35 High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs

30 Awesome Textures for Creating Subtle Grunge Designs

10 Great Free Adobe Air Apps that Every Designer and Developer Should Use

19 Free Photo Source Sites for CG Artists

45+ Absolutely Useful Free Fabric Textures

60+ Free Fonts for Big, Bold and Beautiful Headlines

15 Essential WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Sites

5 Awesome Online Photo Editors

27 Color Tools and Resource for Choosing the Right Color PaletteÂ

28 Best Quality Textured Backgrounds Free WordPress Themes

40 Free and Useful GUI Icon Sets for Web Designers

13 Ways to Browser Test and Validate Your Work

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The Roadmap To Becoming A Professional Freelance Web Designer

13 Helpful Cheat Sheets for Building WordPress Themes

45+ Useful Resources For Better Torrenting ExperienceÂ

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60+ Incredible Tutorials And Resources Collections For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In June

AN Jay — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:28:06 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, â€œDiscover the Best of the Webâ€ on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 60+ Incredible Tutorials And Resources Collections For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of June which our readers/viewers may like.Â Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

53 Crazy-good Digital Photography Tutorials

40 Top-Notch Print Based Tutorials

10 Most Wanted Vector Tutorials

13 Useful Techniques for Enhancing Web Design Photography

Design a premium wordpress blog with Photoshop

Create a Character Illustration Wallpaper

50 Excellent 3D Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Simple Coffee Cup Icon Photoshop Tutorial

Photo Manipulate a Falling Angel

77 Ultimate Round-Up of Adobe After Effects Tutorials

25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects

Useful Flash Cartoon Tutorials

Itâ€™s Time to Create a â€˜Neo-Constructivistâ€™ Poster with Photoshop

Create a Texture Based Vintage TV Poster in Photoshop

50+ Creative Masterpieces Of Logo Designs Using Gradient Effects

50 Inspiring Abstract Illustrations in Web Design

100 inspiring character designs

18 Fresh Font Designs

40 of the Best Websites of Non-Profit Organizations

Vector Backgrounds in Web Design: Examples And Best Practices

45 Fabulous Logo Designs

60+ Really awesome Typography Showcases

74 Fresh Examples Of Beautiful Single Page Website Designs

50 Beautiful Hand-Drawn Web DesignÂ

100 Creative Twitter Backgrounds Featuring Illustration

25+ Examples of Effective Glowing Effect in Web Design

13 Beautiful Graffiti and Street Art for you inspiration

43 Spectacular Examples of Fractal Art

12 Water Inspired Web Designs

20+ Excellent Free Character Illustration Wallpapers

Creating a tri-fold brochure plus 15 amazing examples

25+ Examples of Inspirational Text Art

40 Examples of Incredible Photo Manipulation

21 Stunning Examples Of Creatively Done Stop Motion Animations

23 Flourish Designs

Javascript and Ajax

55 Jquery Tutorials, Resources, Tips And Tricks

Playing with jQuery Color Plugin and Color AnimationÂ

25 Useful MooTools Tutorials

15 Best Techniques For Implementing Autosuggest With AJAX

10 Ways to Instantly Increase Your jQuery Performance

xHTML and CSS
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24 CSS (in some cases with jQuery) Navigation and Menu Tutorials

7 New Essential CSS 3 Techniques Revealed

15 Effective Tips and Tricks from the Masters of CSS

Watercolor Icon Pack

50+ New and Beautiful Free Wordpress Themes

30+ Useful Photoshop Custom Shapes Set

15 Most Useful & Free Collection Of Ready-To-Use Design Freebies

Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools

25+ Useful Wordpress Themes with Ads Ready

Hibiscus flowers – vector freebies

100 New and Beautiful Seamless Patterns

35 Excellent Websites for Downloading Free CSS TemplateÂ

20+ Beautiful Free Serif Fonts

30+ High Quality Metallic Texture, Pattern, Brushes and Photoshop Tutorials

12 Essential Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo

20+ WordPress Recipes (Codes)

Ten Rock Solid Free Platforms To Start Your Successful Website

40 Must Have Cheat Sheets for effective Web Designers

20 Tools to Make the Life of a Web Developer Easier

10 Ways To Make Your Site Accessible Using Web Standards

15 Most Useful & Free Collection Of Ready-To-Use Design Freebies

AN Jay — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:47:07 +0000

We are always in search of great free tutorials, resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Everyday we work hard to find new and useful stuffs for designers like you. Today, we have another great post for designers with a great collection of freebies stuff like Icons, Fonts, Vectors, Brushes, Textures, Patterns and PSDs. We obviously cannot cover all of the best available on internet, but we have tried our best to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share more freebies and resources for designers which our readers/viewers may like.Â Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

50 Fresh Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design

22 Excellent Photoshop Brushes to Spice Up Designs

15 Free And High Quality Tree Wood Textures

40 Cute Free Twitter Graphics: Badges, Icons & Buttonsâ€¦

10 High-Quality Free Leaf Textures

10+ Free Grunge Style Rust Textures

Beautiful High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs

500+ Watercolor Brushes for Photoshop

60 Impressive Free High Resolution Textures and Backgrounds

22 Free High Quality Doodle Photoshop Brushes Set

40+ Beautiful Patterns and Textures for Ornate Backgrounds

40 (NEW) High-quality and Free Icon Sets

6 Free PSD/(X)HTML-Templates

21 Truly Impressive And Eye Catchy Collection Of Free Textures

45+ Free Design Template And PSD Files

50+ Promising Collection Of Resources And Inspirations For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In April

AN Jay — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:46:11 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 50+ Promising Collection Of Resources And Inspirations For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of April which our readers/viewers may like.Â Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

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43 Of The Extremely Creative Wonders Of Macro Photography
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115+ Ultimate Round-Up of 3D Studio Max Tutorials

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Create an Asian Inspired Illustration with Impact

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20 Free Original Hi-Res Ink Stained Paper Textures

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12 Excellent And Useful Design Process Tutorials

AN Jay — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:27:42 +0000

Designers love all of those tutorials and design processes that can help them to learn more and more everyday and give them direction to design more beautiful and attractive artworks. We know this very well and SmashingApps is all about to feature all those smashing stuffs that are free and useful for designers. Today, we are going to list down 12 Excellent And Useful Design Process Tutorials. We hope you all will like this collection.

You are welcome if you want to share more design process tutorials that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings atÂ smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

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Dache: Logo Design Process

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This is a comprehensive overview of logo design process and methods for all those people who are interested to learn the process of designing and developing a logo.

Step By Step Logo

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The Logo Design Process for Ultimate Potential

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Design Process Of The Artwork Of WDD

In this article, you will find how Radim crafted the memorable design of Webdesigner Depot,

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for Vivid Ways

This is a design process and a walkthrough of how the final logo is created in Adobe Illustrator by Chris Spooner.

Design a Print-ready Ad in Adobe InDesign

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Design Process of the Phoenix

This post will show you the design process of the Abstract Chinese Phoenix, one of the beautiful illustration which was presented at the FOWD 2008 conference.

Sikbox Logo Design Process

In this post,Â You will know about the ideas and the design process for the logo creation.

Label Package Design Creation Process

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Design Process of WDW

This article will show you how Web Designer Wall is done, from start to finish.