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><channel><title>Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers &#187; Tools</title> <atom:link href="http://www.smashingapps.com/category/tools/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.smashingapps.com</link> <description>Free and useful online resources for designer and developers</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:19:16 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Now Edit And Share From Anywhere With Photoshop For iPhone</title><link>http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/10/now-edit-and-share-from-anywhere-with-photoshop-for-iphone.html</link> <comments>http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/10/now-edit-and-share-from-anywhere-with-photoshop-for-iphone.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Muhammad Faisal</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Image Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=7311</guid> <description><![CDATA[Earlier Adobe Photoshop was developed for the admirers of art and design professionals only. But now a days it seems like every person who even knows very little about computers no matter man, woman and child, everyone wants to use every software that are available to them or they are anxious to know almost about everything exist in computer industry. So regardless of keeping in mind about the requirements of professional designers, Photoshop has its own iPhone application, in the shape of Photoshop.com Mobile. What it means is, any one who has an iPhone and wants to do some basic changes with their pictures, this little application will be very helpful to them.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/10/now-edit-and-share-from-anywhere-with-photoshop-for-iphone.html"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/feat_img.png" alt="" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier Adobe Photoshop was developed for the admirers of art and design professionals only. But now a days it seems like every person who even knows very little about computers no matter man, woman and child, everyone wants to use every software that are available to them or they are anxious to know almost about everything exist in computer industry. So regardless of keeping in mind about the requirements of professional designers, Photoshop has its own iPhone application, in the shape of <a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank">Photoshop.com Mobile</a>. What it means is, any one who has an iPhone and wants to do some basic changes with their pictures, this little application will be very helpful to them.</p><p>To be honest, this application is an extremely too little version of Photoshop, it has limited functionality. It allows you to perform basic image editing tasks, giving you the option to select a photo from your iPhone, or take one using the device&#8217;s camera.</p><p>There are four drop-down menus at the top of the Photoshop.com Mobile interface, and thats where editing tools ca be accessed. The first is for cropping, rotating and flipping images; the second lets you tweak exposure, saturation, tint and black and white settings; the third applies sketch or soft focus effects; and the final menu will lets you select from a variety of special effects. The effects like Rainbow, Border, Pop, and etc can be found there.</p><p><a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/feat_img.png" alt="" /></a></p><p>I took some pictures below for you to see how it looks</p><p><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_006.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="376" /></a><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"> <img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_009.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="374" /></a></p><p><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_007.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="375" /></a><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"> <img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_011.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="374" /></a></p><p><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_012.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="374" /></a><a
href="http://photoshop-com-mobile.en.softonic.com/iphone" target="_blank"> <img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/3_photo_013.jpg.png" alt="" width="250" height="374" /></a></p><p>Just as I said you might be thinking by now, that this is not a powerful bunch of tools. Well, you are right, it&#8217;s not, because <a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank">Photoshop.com Mobile</a> is certainly for quick photo editing on the move. If you look it this way, then it is actually a great move because the user interface is just so intuitive. Photoshop Mobile makes intelligent use of the iPhones touch technology. Like, the effects of Saturation and Exposure editing needs you to swipe across the screen to increase the intensity of the effect. At the same time, rotating and flipping is done by manipulating the image with your finger. Confusing but, you can&#8217;t pinch the screen to zoom into a photo. The matter of fact is, there is no zoom at all in this App.</p><p>What&#8217;s important and cool about Photoshop.com Mobile is that once you&#8217;ve finished capturing and editing your pictures, you can quickly upload them via online Upload tool. Obviously, the thing is that you can only upload to the Photoshop.com site, well it&#8217;s worth signing up for because it&#8217;s one of the better photo sharing sites out there.</p><p><a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/img_shareUpload.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="319" /></a><a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank"> <img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Photoshop-Application-for-iPhone/img_slideshowShare.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="320" /></a></p><p>Well well well again, Photoshop.com Mobile is a cool portable, on-the-go image editor. Just don&#8217;t expect anything more than the most basic of imaging tools. Please note that Photoshop.com Mobile is currently only available in the US and Canadian iTunes stores.</p><p><a
href="http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/" target="_blank">Photoshop.com Mobile</a> is being modified every now and then and right now they introduced some more feature<br
/> written below:</p><ul><li>Crop, rotate, change color with just a touch.</li><li>Give an extra glow with Soft Focus.</li><li>Get artsy with Sketch.</li><li>Apply one-touch effects like Warm Vintage and Vignette.</li><li>Video playback</li><li>New Straighten</li><li>Sharpen and Contrast tools</li><li>Borders: Eight artistic borders are now available in the Effects menu; one touch</li><li>adds fun frames to your photos.</li></ul><p><font
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=7331</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let’s say you’ve created a video or image you want to share, but you don’t want it saved to your computer. You want to save it in a safe place, where you can access it at any time. You want some storage options, and the ability to share it in multiple file formats… or keep it private. You want its original integrity to stay intact. And you want complete control.You’re picky… but you have a right to be. Good thing Screencast.com was designed for content creators like you. At Screencast.com, you’ll get all of the above and more—plus it’s free.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/09/how-to-get-free-content-and-media-hosting-at-screencast-com.html"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7335" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screencastfrontpage.gif" alt="screencastfrontpage" width="500" height="405" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let’s say you’ve created a video or image you want to share, but you don’t  want it saved to your computer. You want to save it in a safe place, where you  can access it at any time. You want some storage options, and the ability to  share it in multiple file formats… or keep it private. You want its original  integrity to stay intact. And you want complete control.</p><p>You’re picky… but you have a right to be. Good thing <a
href="http://Screencast.com">Screencast.com</a> was designed for content creators like you. At <a
href="http://Screencast.com">Screencast.com</a>,  you’ll get all of the above and more—plus it’s free.</p><p><strong>What is Screencast.com?</strong></p><p><a
href="http://Screencast.com">Screencast.com</a> is a free web service from <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com">TechSmith</a> Co. that lets you upload, manage and share your content without changing a  thing. From high-quality videos, to presentations, documents and  images—Screencast.com gives your content the perfect home.</p><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7335" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screencastfrontpage.gif" alt="screencastfrontpage" width="500" height="405" /></p><p><strong>How does it work?</strong></p><p><strong>Step 1: Upload files </strong></p><p>Logging into <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com/screencast.asp">Screencast.com</a> automatically takes you to the Library where you can upload your content. You  can use <em>any</em> content creation tool to upload your videos and images to  Screencast.com. But when you use <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com">TechSmith</a> software—like a video recorded and edited with <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp">Camtasia  Studio</a>, or a quickly marked up image and video with <a
href="http://jingproject.com">Jing</a>—you  can directly upload to Screencast.com from within the application.</p><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7332" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/uploadstoreshare.gif" alt="uploadstoreshare" width="500" height="146" /></p><p>- <strong>Keep the original quality. </strong>What you upload is exactly what your  viewers see. Content hosted on Screencast.com isn’t compressed or re-encoded  into a &#8220;one-size-fits-all&#8221; format.</p><p>- <strong>Control the rights to your own content. </strong>Anything you upload to  Screencast.com still belongs to you. So feel free to delete files you’ve  uploaded and make room for something new.</p><p><strong>Step 2: Store and protect</strong></p><p>Create a folder in <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com/screencast.asp">Screencast.com</a> and save the videos and images you want to keep in one place. Simply store your  content… or turn it into a portal for viewers to access.</p><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7333" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/contentsecurity.gif" alt="contentsecurity" width="500" height="102" /></p><p>- <strong>Decide who views your content. </strong>Make a folder public and visible to  everyone. Hide it so only you can see it. Password protect it. Or make it so  only authorized viewers can access your content.</p><p>- <strong>Access the stats on your content. </strong>At a glance, you can see how many  times a specific file has been viewed and how much bandwidth each file is using.</p><p><strong>Step 3: Share in multiple formats</strong></p><p>Uploading is only part of it. Share your stuff outside of Screencast.com  easily with a URL or send a link directly to your viewers. <a
href="http://www.techsmith.com/screencast.asp">Screencast.com</a> even gives you HTML embed code so you can post images and videos on your own  website or blog.</p><p><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7334" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/multipleformats.gif" alt="multipleformats" width="500" height="161" /></p><p>- <strong>Share in high-quality. </strong>With options like Flash, WMV, QuickTime and  others, Screencast.com is sure to give you the highest quality playback  available.</p><p>- <strong>Share conveniently. </strong>Provide your audience with anything from a link  to your content, to a MediaRoll widget, or to an RSS feed that they can  subscribe to.</p><p><strong>How do you get started?</strong></p><p>Start off with a free <a
href="https://www.screencast.com/signup.aspx">Screencast.com</a> account to instantly begin storing and sharing your content. With the free  version, you’ll get 2GB of storage space and 2GB of monthly bandwidth at no  cost. Or sign up for the Pro version of <a
href="https://www.screencast.com/signup.aspx">Screencast.com</a> and get extra storage, bandwidth and customization options. With the Pro  version, you’ll get 25GB of storage space and 200GB of monthly bandwidth for  just $9.95 a month.</p><p>Whatever you do, your content will never be changed at Screencast.com. What  you upload is exactly what you’ll see. So when you’re ready to share that video  or image, or just save it for later, give <a
href="http://Screencast.com">Screencast.com</a> a try. You’ll get your content, your way—every time.<p><font
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=7340</guid> <description><![CDATA[While the job is interesting and one gets to discover the latest about the Internet, blogging is no easy task. “Time is money” could not be any truer for bloggers; impossible deadlines put us under harsh time constraints. Due to this constraint, bloggers are always actively on the lookout for the next great tool that can help us cut back on the time it takes to write our articles/reviews.Bloggers who run their own website, on the other hand, are not under any critical deadlines – their worries are of a different nature. Taking constant care of their website and monitoring it is an absolute must for them; if a site owner’s website unexpectedly goes down, his/her income will be negatively affected.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/09/5-websites-tools-bloggers-should-know-about.html"><img
class="size-full wp-image-7342 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/whois.png" alt="whois" width="498" height="272" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the job is interesting and one gets to discover the latest about the Internet, blogging is no easy task. “Time is money” could not be any truer for bloggers; impossible deadlines put us under harsh time constraints. Due to this constraint, bloggers are always actively on the lookout for the next great tool that can help us cut back on the time it takes to write our articles/reviews.</p><p>Bloggers who run their own website, on the other hand, are not under any critical deadlines – their worries are of a different nature. Taking constant care of their website and monitoring it is an absolute must for them; if a site owner’s website unexpectedly goes down, his/her income will be negatively affected.</p><p>Therefore one way or the other, all bloggers have problems whether they are self-employed, freelancing, or fulltime employed. They need all the help they can get.</p><p>Today we present to our fellow bloggers five tools available on the internet which will help them in one way or the other. We hope you all find the following tools as helpful as we did.</p><p>You are welcome to share if you know more useful tools which our readers/viewers may like. <a
href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SmashingApps" target="_blank"><span
style="color: #800000;">Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings</span></a> at SmashingApps.com just <a
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style="color: #800000;">subscribe to our rss feed</span></a> and <a
href="http://twitter.com/smashingapps" target="_blank">you can follow us on twitter</a> and <strong><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/smashingapps" target="_blank">do not forget to become our fan on facebook</a></strong> as well.</p><p>1. <strong><a
href="http://domain-suggestions.domaintools.com/" target="_blank">DomainTools</a></strong></p><p
style="text-align: center"><strong><img
class="size-full wp-image-7341 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Domaintools.jpg" alt="Domaintools" width="527" height="287" /></strong></p><p>For somebody who plans to start out his/her own website, the first most important step is to come up with a great name. Once the great name has been thought of, one needs to check its availability. DomainTools is a free website that does both things. Firstly it can suggest various names to a user by taking as input a keyword. Secondly it shows us which domain extensions (COM, NET, etc.) is the site name available. If a user wishes, he/she can buy and register the domain name right from the site. In this way, DomainTools eventually saves us a lot of time in the process of naming our website.</p><p>2. <strong><a
href="http://whoisapp.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">WhoisLookup/WhoisApplication</a></strong></p><p
style="text-align: center"><img
class="size-full wp-image-7342 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/whois.png" alt="whois" width="498" height="272" /></p><p>WhoisLookup is a freeware application less than 100KB in size. The EXE file is downloaded and can be run without any installation. In the program we can enter the URL of a site and get its Whois information which shows us the site’s various attributes such as its registrar’s information, the location of the site, and the details of its administrator. Whois specifics can help out a great deal when trying to determine which website to blog about. To some extent, it can also show us whether or not the site’s claimed location matches its actual location; this helps us judge the trueness of the website’s credentials.</p><p>3.<strong><a
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnspchecker/" target="_blank"> dnspchecker</a></strong></p><p
style="text-align: center"><strong><img
class="size-full wp-image-7343 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dnschecker.png" alt="dnschecker" width="482" height="398" /></strong></p><p>This nifty little freeware is about 3MB to download and is helpful in determining the status of a website. It is compatible with Linux and Windows operating systems. After we enter a URL into the program, it uses ping command to see if the DNS is live. In other words you can see if a site is up or not. A successful message is show each time the site if up; if the site is down or a valid response could not be received then it automatically checks the site every 60 seconds. This way we do not have to recheck the status of the site each minute (because it is automatically being done for us). To have it not interfere with our work, the program can be minimized to the System Tray and gives an alert when DNS is propagated.</p><p>4. <strong><a
href="http://www.observu.com/" target="_blank">Observu</a></strong></p><p
style="text-align: center"><strong><img
class="size-full wp-image-7344 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/obs.png" alt="obs" width="543" height="279" /></strong></p><p><strong><br
/> </strong></p><p>dnschecker can only help you if you have it installed on your system. If you are using a computer on which you do not have the privilege to install new programs and you would like to check the status of your websites, the only way that comes to mind is by actually visiting the website in your internet browser. If the number of websites is more than one then the process could be considerably time consuming. Observu is a free website that lets us register for a free account and enter an unlimited number of websites to be automatically monitored. If any one of them goes down, we are immediately emailed of its negative status. There is no limit to the number of sites we want monitored. Observu can be helpful not only for site owners but also for bloggers who have reviewed a website and want to stay informed of its status. For instance John, a blogger, blogs about www.XYZABC123.com and he is emailed of its negative status the next month; upon receiving the notification, John can updates his previous review and add a note saying that the site is currently experiencing problems and is down. Such responsibility can go a long way and earn loyal readers.</p><p>5. <strong><a
href="http://www.blogdesk.org/en/index.htm" target="_blank">BlogDesk</a></strong></p><p
style="text-align: center"><strong><img
class="size-full wp-image-7345 aligncenter" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blogdesk.png" alt="blogdesk" width="525" height="384" /></strong></p><p>Wordpress is a blogging platform used by many bloggers. Other widely used platforms are MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine. To blog in these platforms, we open up our internet browser window, log into our blogging Dashboard and get started. With the latest platforms we can save our work as we go along but having the data secure on our hard drive is something that most bloggers find comfortable. Also while typing on these platforms, one has to go through special means while inserting hyperlinks and pictures. BlogDesk is a 4MB freeware program that eliminates all the problems associated with typing our blogs on these platforms. It is a desktop application that enables us to type up our blog offline with ease. When we want to publish the article, we can simply blog from BlogDesk directly. The abovementioned blogging platforms are supported by the program. But before you go using it, make sure its option is enabled in the online settings of your blogging platform.<p><font
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href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/03/04/picmeleoa-free-online-photo-editor-that-can-integrate-in-your-website.html"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7181" title="Picmeleo-photo-editor" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Picmeleo-photo-editor.jpg" alt="Picmeleo-photo-editor" width="500" height="281" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.picmeleo.com/" target="_blank">Picmeleo</a> is a free online photo editor that any third-party developers can easily add Picmeleo to their web service and launch the light-weight yet powerful photo editor whenever their users need to to upload or to edit an image. By adding Picmeleo to your web service, you can now engage your users with even richer content. This is the smartest way to let your users upload and edit images for your service.</p><p>Unlike other photo editors, Picmeleo opens within your site and your users never leave your service.. Integration and ease of use. Everything about Picmeleo is designed for easy integration to your website. The lightweight editor does not clutter your service and you can also fully customize Picmeleo&#8217;s tool box.</p><p><strong>Open Editor</strong></p><p>The editor can be launched anywhere in your layout by calling the picmeleoApi.open method. Your open link could look like this:</p><pre class="source"><em>&lt;a href="javascript:picmeleoApi.open('')" &gt;Open Picmeleo editor&lt;/a&gt;</em></pre><p>Pass the url of the image if you want the editor to open with a default image. Omitting the url will open an empty editor</p><p><a
href="http://www.picmeleo.com/" target="_blank"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7177" title="Picmeleo" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Picmeleo1.jpg" alt="Picmeleo" width="500" height="212" /></a></p><div><strong>Simple Integration</strong></div><p>Integrating Picmeleo to your website couldn&#8217;t be easier. Just copy a few lines of embed code and Picmeleo is working on your site!</p><p><strong>Custom Tools</strong><br
/> Unlike other photo editors, you can customize the tools of Picmeleo any time you want in the online admin interface. Sometimes photo editors can be overwhelming. Picmeleo allows you to pick the tools your users really need. Choose from a growing list of tools including Crop, Scale, Rotate, Auto-fix, Filters and many more.<br
/> <strong>Multilanguage Support</strong><br
/> Picmeleo has built-in multilanguage support and you can easily set the language in the online admin interface. We are still working on different language options at the moment, stay tuned for more.</p><p><a
href="http://www.picmeleo.com/example/" target="_blank"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7181" title="Picmeleo-photo-editor" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Picmeleo-photo-editor.jpg" alt="Picmeleo-photo-editor" width="500" height="281" /></a></p><p><strong>Picmeleo can be utilized in numerous places. Think of these examples:</strong></p><li>social network</li><p><em>let your users crop their profile images</em></p><li>eCommerce</li><p><em>let your users enhance their product images during upload</em></p><li>photo gallery</li><p><em>let your users easily edit your images online without leaving the site</em></p><p>The possibilities are endless&#8230;</p><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=6895</guid> <description><![CDATA[3D models are being in used in a wide variety of industries with great popularity and fame. 3D Models are basically the representation of 3 Dimensional objects by using a compilation of points in 3D space and associated by different geometric entities. Free 3D models have been in use primarily because they can save your budget and deadline. So, keeping this in mind, we decided to prepare a post about some astonishing 3D models and open source 3D modeling applications for that we crawled into internet for several hours and compiled this for you. Just drop us a line here and tell us which one you like most. You can download these Free 3D models but keep in mind that some of them have limited rights. So it is always better to first check out the rights before using them for commercial purposes.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/02/23/45-best-places-you-may-visit-to-get-or-create-free-3d-models.html"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_23.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3D models are being in used in a wide variety of industries with great popularity and fame. 3D Models are basically the representation of 3 Dimensional objects by using a compilation of points in 3D space and associated by different geometric entities. Free 3D models have been in use primarily because they can save your budget and deadline. So, keeping this in mind, we decided to prepare a post about some astonishing 3D models and open source 3D modeling applications for that we crawled into internet for several hours and compiled this for you. Just drop us a line here and tell us which one you like most. You can download these Free 3D models but keep in mind that some of them have limited rights. So it is always better to first check out the rights before using them for commercial purposes.</p><p>You are welcome if you want to share more free 3D model websites that our readers/viewers may like. <a
href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SmashingApps" target="_blank"><span
style="color: #800000;">Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings</span></a> at  smashingApps.com just <a
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href="http://www.facebook.com/smashingapps" target="_blank">do not forget to become our fan on facebook</a></strong> as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.</p><p><strong>Free 3D Model Websites</strong></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?FuseAction=ProcessSmartSearch&amp;istSearchKey=Free&amp;x=19&amp;y=11" target="_blank">Turbo Squid</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?FuseAction=ProcessSmartSearch&amp;istSearchKey=Free&amp;x=19&amp;y=11" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_2.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3delicious.net/" target="_blank">3 Delicious</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3delicious.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_20.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dtotal.com/" target="_blank">3D Total</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dtotal.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_1.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.free3dmodelz.com/" target="_blank">Free 3D Models</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.free3dmodelz.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_35.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://archive3d.net/" target="_blank">Archive 3d</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://archive3d.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_3.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/" target="_blank">Sketch up</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_5.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dmodelfree.com/" target="_blank">3D Model Free</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dmodelfree.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_6.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dxtras.com/3dxtras-free-3d-models-list.asp?catid=-1" target="_blank">3D Xtras</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dxtras.com/3dxtras-free-3d-models-list.asp?catid=-1" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_7.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://dlegend.com/html/free-3dmodels.html" target="_blank">DLegend</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://dlegend.com/html/free-3dmodels.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_8.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://artist-3d.com/" target="_blank">Artist-3d</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://artist-3d.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_9.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/3d-models-index.html" target="_blank">Nasa 3d Resources</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/3d-models-index.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_10.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dm3.com/modelsbank/" target="_blank">3D M3</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dm3.com/modelsbank/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_11.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.dewantoro.net/category/hot-stuff/3d-max-model/page/24/" target="_blank">Dewantoro Network</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.dewantoro.net/category/hot-stuff/3d-max-model/page/24/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_12.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://cg-india.com/cgblog_3dmodels.html" target="_blank">CG India</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://cg-india.com/cgblog_3dmodels.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_13.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://dd-freebies.blogspot.com/search/label/3D%20models" target="_blank">DD Freebies</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://dd-freebies.blogspot.com/search/label/3D%20models" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_14.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.exchange3d.com/cubecart/free-3d-models/cat_35.html" target="_blank">Exchange 3D</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.exchange3d.com/cubecart/free-3d-models/cat_35.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_15.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.corporatemedianews.com/2002/03_mar/features/3dmodellibrary.htm" target="_blank">Corporate Media News</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.corporatemedianews.com/2002/03_mar/features/3dmodellibrary.htm" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_16.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.wirecase.com/Gallery-Free-3D-Models_s-2_v-20-1_f-fc-0-321_f-fpx-_f-fpn-_f-oid-.html" target="_blank">Wire Case</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.wirecase.com/Gallery-Free-3D-Models_s-2_v-20-1_f-fc-0-321_f-fpx-_f-fpn-_f-oid-.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_17.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.mr-cad.com/Free-3D-Models-c-19-1.html" target="_blank">Mr Cad</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.mr-cad.com/Free-3D-Models-c-19-1.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_18.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.sharecg.com/b/5/3D-Models?PSID=e3aa02d1ef780c432e9f9d7e95409369" target="_blank">ShareCG</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.sharecg.com/b/5/3D-Models?PSID=e3aa02d1ef780c432e9f9d7e95409369" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_19.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.archibase.net/gdl" target="_blank">Archibase</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.archibase.net/gdl" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_21.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.top3dmodels.com/products/3d-models/free" target="_blank">Top 3D Models</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.top3dmodels.com/products/3d-models/free" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_22.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.cg-files.com/3dmodels.html" target="_blank">CG-Files</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.cg-files.com/3dmodels.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_23.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.top3d.net/free-3d-models/" target="_blank">Top3D</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.top3d.net/free-3d-models/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_24.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.oyonale.com/modeles.php?lang=en&amp;format=OBJ" target="_blank">Oyonale</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.oyonale.com/modeles.php?lang=en&amp;format=OBJ" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_25.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://dmi.chez-alice.fr/models1b.html" target="_blank">DMI Car 3D Models</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://dmi.chez-alice.fr/models1b.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_26.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.infinitee-designs.com/Free-Maya-Models.htm" target="_blank">Infinitee-Designs</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.infinitee-designs.com/Free-Maya-Models.htm" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_27.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://telias.free.fr/Models_menu.html" target="_blank">Telias</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://telias.free.fr/Models_menu.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_28.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.scifi3d.com/list.asp?intGenreID=14&amp;intCatID=36" target="_blank">Sci-Fi 3D</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.scifi3d.com/list.asp?intGenreID=14&amp;intCatID=36" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_29.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dallusions.com/Models/" target="_blank">3DAllusions</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dallusions.com/Models/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_30.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dvia.com/" target="_blank">3DVia</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dvia.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_31.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dnucleus.com/3D-Models/Free-3D-Models/" target="_blank">3d Nucleus</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dnucleus.com/3D-Models/Free-3D-Models/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_32.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.3dexport.com/cat-free-models-72.htm" target="_blank">3d Export</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.3dexport.com/cat-free-models-72.htm" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_33.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong>Free 3D Modeling Applications</strong></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a></strong></p><p>Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite.</p><p><a
href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_36.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">K 3D</a></strong></p><p>K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.</p><p><a
href="http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_37.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.artofillusion.org/" target="_blank">Art of illusion</a></strong></p><p>Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. Many of its capabilities rival those found in commercial programs. Highlights include subdivision surface based modelling tools, skeleton based animation, and a graphical language for designing procedural textures and materials.</p><p><a
href="http://www.artofillusion.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_38.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.topmod3d.org/" target="_blank">TopMod3d</a></strong></p><p>TopMod3d is a free, open source, portable, platform independent topological mesh modeling system that allows users to create high genus 2-manifold (watertight) meshes.</p><p><a
href="http://www.topmod3d.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_39.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html" target="_blank">Sketch up</a></strong></p><p>Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like.</p><p><a
href="http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_40.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.seamless3d.com/" target="_blank">Seamless 3d</a></strong></p><p>Seamless3d is open source 3D modeling software free and available for all under the MIT license.</p><p><a
href="http://www.seamless3d.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_41.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp" target="_blank">3D Plus</a></strong></p><p>3DPlus is the amazing 3D design software that enables you to create stunning 3D graphics for your home, school or business – no experience required!</p><p><a
href="http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_42.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.pelicancrossing.com/Blink3DOverview.htm" target="_blank">Blink 3D Overview</a></strong></p><p>Blink 3D is an authoring tool for creating 3D environments. The 3D environments are immersive, just like today&#8217;s modern games and can be viewed using the a Blink 3D Viewer on the Web or locally.</p><p><a
href="http://www.pelicancrossing.com/Blink3DOverview.htm" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Free-3D-Models-Websites/3dmodel_43.jpg" border="0" alt="3D Model Websites" width="540" /></a></p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.ar-cad.com/products/freecad.html" target="_blank">Free Cad</a></strong></p><p>FreeCAD is a basic 3D CAD with advanced Motion Simulation capabilities. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning 3D CAD and Motion Simulation for free before using more sophisticated packages.</p><p><a
href="http://www.ar-cad.com/products/freecad.html" target="_blank"><img
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=5583</guid> <description><![CDATA[Project management is the process by which projects are defined, planned, monitored, controlled and delivered such that the agreed benefits are realised. Projects are unique, transient endeavours undertaken to achieve a desired outcome. Projects bring about change and project management is recognised as the most efficient way of managing such change.  It includes the techniques &#038; tools used to describe, control &#038; deliver a series of activities with given deliverables, timeframes &#038; budgets.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/02/15/10-free-tools-for-effective-project-management.html"><img
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href="http://www.translationdirectory.com/images_articles/stoellerFigure01large.gif" target="_blank"><strong>Image courtesy</strong></a></p><p>With increased demand of project management in all areas in general and software industry in particular, need for better tools to manage softwares effectively is also increasing.<br
/> A good and effective project management should be fast and robust and should contain features like:</p><ul><li>Scheduling</li><li>Cost Control</li><li>Budget Management</li><li>Resource Allocation</li><li>Collaboration</li><li>Communication</li><li>Documentation</li></ul><p>In this article, we will specifically discuss 10 tools that are free and you can choose among them as your project management tool.</p><h3><a
href="http://openproj.org" target="_blank">OpenProj</a></h3><p>OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. The OpenProj solution is ideal for desktop project management and is available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. OpenProj is a complete desktop replacement of Microsoft Project and even opens existing native Project files. OpenProj shares the most advanced scheduling engine in the industry with Projects On Demand. The OpenProj solution has Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing and more.</p><p><a
href="http://openproj.org" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/openproj.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.dotproject.net/" target="_blank">dotProject</a></h3><p>dotProject is a web-based, multi-user, multi-language Project Management application. It is an open-source software and free for any uses and is maintained by an open community of volunteer programmers.  Key features include:</p><ul><li>Projects and Tasks</li><li>Companies, Departments and Contacts</li><li>ToDo lists</li><li>Resource Allocation</li><li>Forums</li><li>Gantt Charts</li><li>Reporting</li><li>Calendar</li></ul><p><a
href="http://www.dotproject.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/dotproject.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://ganttproject.biz/" target="_blank">GanttProject</a></h3><p>GanttProject is a free and easy to use Gantt chart based project scheduling and management tool. Major features include Task hierarchy and dependencies, Gantt chart, Resource load chart, Generation of PERT chart, PDF and HTML reports, MS Project import/export and WebDAV based groupwork management.</p><p><a
href="http://ganttproject.biz/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/ganttproject.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.phprojekt.com" target="_blank">PHProjekt</a></h3><p>PHProjekt is a free open source modular application for the coordination of group activities and to share informations and document via the web.<br
/> Components of PHProjekt include Group Calendar, Project Management, Time Card System, File Management, Contact Manager, Mail Client and many other.</p><p><a
href="http://www.phprojekt.com" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/phprojekt.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://consultcomm.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">ConsultComm</a></h3><p>ConsultComm is a small, lightweight, platform-independent program written in Java that allows anyone managing multiple projects, clients or tasks to effectively keep track of exactly how long they&#8217;ve worked on each project.  Key features include:</p><ul><li>Easily integrated into your existing time management or billing system; JDBC support is included so you can instantly upload all your times and projects into most JDBC and ODBC compliant databases</li><li>Platform-independent, so you can unify all your OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris workstations with a single application</li><li>Released as open source, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about vendor lock-in or customization problems.</li><li>Quickly extensible by utilizing plugins created using the standard JavaBeans framework. Users and other developers can easily create their own plugins to quickly add custom functionality to ConsultComm</li><li>Customizeable to uniquely fit your own personal style preferences</li></ul><p><a
href="http://consultcomm.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/consultcomm.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.taskjuggler.org/" target="_blank">TaskJuggler</a></h3><p>TaskJuggler is a modern and powerful, Open Source project management tool. Its new approach to project planing and tracking is more flexible and superior to the commonly used Gantt chart editing tools. It has already been successfully used in many projects and scales easily to projects with hundreds of resources and thousands of tasks.</p><p>TaskJuggler is project management software for serious project managers. It covers the complete spectrum of project management tasks from the first idea to the completion of the project. It assists you during project scoping, resource assignment, cost and revenue planing, risk and communication management.</p><p>TaskJuggler provides an optimizing scheduler that computes your project time lines and resource assignments based on the project outline and the constraints that you have provided. The built-in resource balancer and consistency checker offload you from having to worry about irrelevant details and ring the alarm if the project gets out of hand. The flexible &#8220;as many details as necessary&#8221;-approach allows you to still plan your project as you go, making it also ideal for new management strategies such as Extreme Programming and Agile Project Management.</p><p><a
href="http://www.taskjuggler.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/taskjuggler.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://collabtive.o-dyn.de/?lang=en">Collabtive</a></h3><p>Collabtive is a modern Web application that allows teams to collaborate on projects, manage tasks, milestones, and files, and send instant messages to each other.  It is multilanguage capable, supporting more than 20 languages. Collabtive integrates with other webservices via an XML API. It also provides importing functionality for data from other applications.</p><p><a
href="http://collabtive.o-dyn.de/?lang=en" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/collabtive.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.opengoo.org/" target="_blank">OpenGoo</a></h3><p>It is a complete online solution focused on improving productivity, collaboration, communication and management of your teams.  Key features include:</p><ul><li>Mange tasks, documents, contacts, e-mail, calendar</li><li>Manage project progress, track time, and bill your customers.</li><li>Access all information from a single and elegant dashboard.</li><li>Communicate with co-workers, clients and vendors.</li></ul><p><a
href="http://www.opengoo.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/opengoo.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.projectpier.org/" target="_blank">ProjectPier</a></h3><p>ProjectPier is a Free, Open-Source, self-hosted PHP application for managing tasks, projects and teams through an intuitive web interface. ProjectPier will help your organization communicate, collaborate and get things done.  Its function is similar to commercial groupware/project management products, but allows the freedom and scalability of self-hosting.</p><p><a
href="http://www.projectpier.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/projectpier.gif" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3><a
href="http://www.redmine.org/" target="_blank">Redmine</a></h3><p>Redmine is a flexible open source project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database.  Key features include:</p><ul><li>Multiple projects support</li><li>Flexible role based access control</li><li>Flexible issue tracking system</li><li>Gantt chart and calendar</li><li>News, documents &amp; files management</li><li>Feeds &amp; email notifications</li><li>Per project wiki</li><li>Per project forums</li><li>Time tracking</li><li>Custom fields for issues, time-entries, projects and users</li><li>SCM integration (SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs)</li><li>Issue creation via email</li><li>Multiple LDAP authentication support</li><li>User self-registration support</li><li>Multilanguage support</li><li>Multiple databases support</li></ul><p><a
href="http://www.redmine.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/project-management/redmine.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" /></a></p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Project Management is one of the most important processes in designing and development of any project and selection of project management tool is sometimes critical.  It entirely depends on your requirements as to whether you want to go for a web-based solution or a desktop one.  Hence you need to consider the tool that is providing enough functionalities to cater your needs of project management.</p><p><strong><em>Guest post by </em><em>Muhammad Usama Alam, who is a software engineer and web developer with over 8 years of experience in designing and developing business solutions for enterprise. You can follow him on <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=6732</guid> <description><![CDATA[As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are too many handy options provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able firefox add-ons and extensions that are available on the internet, we also featured few of them before and it's demands are increasing. In this post, I am listing down 9 Powerful Firefox Add-Ons That Can Save Your Time.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/02/13/9-powerful-firefox-add-ons-that-can-save-your-time.html"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6739" title="WOT-Safe- Browsing-Tool" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/WOT-Safe-Browsing-Tool.jpg" alt="WOT-Safe- Browsing-Tool" width="500" height="406" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we all know that Firefox is the fastest growing popular web browser and its growing more and more every day. There are too many handy options provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. You can easily find lots of free download able firefox add-ons and extensions that are available on the internet, we also featured few of them before and it&#8217;s demands are increasing. In this post, I am listing down 9 Powerful Firefox Add-Ons That Can Save Your Time.</p><p>You are welcome to share more firefox add-ons that you think will be useful and feel a better browsing experience that our readers/viewers may like. <a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6734" title="ScrapBook" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ScrapBook.jpg" alt="ScrapBook" width="500" height="376" /></a></p><p>ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and easily manage collections. Key features are lightness, speed, accuracy and multi-language support.  With this plugin you can save web page,  save snippet of Web page, save web site, organize the collection in the same way as bookmarks, full text search and quick filtering search of the collection, editing of the collected web page, Text/HTML edit feature resembling Opera&#8217;s Notes.</p><p><a
href="http://www.deeperweb.com/download-info/search-plugin-ie-firefox-addon.php" target="_blank"><strong>DeeperWeb</strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://www.deeperweb.com/download-info/search-plugin-ie-firefox-addon.php" target="_blank"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6735" title="DeeperWeb" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DeeperWeb.jpg" alt="DeeperWeb" width="500" height="419" /></a></p><p>You can easily navigate through Google search results using a fast, simple and useful Tag-Cloud technique. Use it&#8217;s Topic-Mapping-Technologies for quick access to answers, news, videos, blogs, Wikipedia and more. Install now and boost your search.</p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.coolpreviews.com" target="_blank">CoolPreviews</a></strong></p><p><a
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href="http://www.mywot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>WOT &#8211; Safe Browsing Tool</strong></a></p><p><a
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href="http://www.downloadhelper.net/" target="_blank"><strong>DownloadHelper</strong></a></p><p><a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=6655</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today, we are listing The Three Best Group Messaging Free Web Apps. These would be very helpful for you when you want to send out announcement to the group of employees, friends etc. You are designer, developer,  office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc but we hope that these are worth checking for all of you. Most of them are not very well known but they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.<a
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dialmycalls.jpg" alt="DialMyCalls" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, we are listing The Three Best Group Messaging Free Web Apps. These would be very helpful for you when you want to send out announcement to the group of employees, friends etc. You are designer, developer,  office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc but we hope that these are worth checking for all of you. Most of them are not very well known but they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.</p><p>You are welcome to share more useful group messaging web apps that will be helpful and our readers/viewers may like. <a
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href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/02/08/15-free-mac-os-x-apps-that-can-make-your-lives-easier.html"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6635" title="iNetGet" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/iNetGet.jpg" alt="iNetGet" width="500" height="343" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the post where we are listing out few great free apps for Mac Operating System, this is an exclusive post for our those readers who are the Mac users. But our other readers will also enjoy this post. Don&#8217;t forget to bookmark this post for your future reference as it has few most useful and free application that will be helpful for you when you are on your Mac system. This is absolutely a great list of 15 Free Mac OS X Apps That Can Make Your Lives Easier.</p><p>You are welcome to share if you know more free mac apps that are really useful and our readers/viewers may like. <a
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href="http://developerief2.site11.com/page15/page15.html" target="_blank"><strong>iSynchronize</strong></a></p><p><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6636" title="XMind" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/XMind.jpg" alt="XMind" width="462" height="282" /></a></p><p>Using XMind with XMind.net’s sharing service is a revolutionary way to enable both team brainstorming and personal mind mapping. With this major upgrade, they bring Web 2.0 concepts on community sharing into a popular desktop application.</p><p><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6646" title="Nimbuzz" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Nimbuzz.jpg" alt="Nimbuzz" width="500" height="296" /></a></p><p>Nimbuzz is a great chat application that allows you to interact, call and chat with your friends on all popular instant messaging and social networks. Connect to all your friends at once &#8211; Chat and interact with all your friends from one place: Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace, and more. One secure login for all communities.</p><p><a
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href="http://droplr.com/hello" target="_blank"><strong>Droplr</strong></a></p><p><a
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href="http://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html" target="_blank"><strong>Folx</strong></a></p><p><a
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