6 Free Softwares For Designers That Are Absolutely Useful

We have lots of commercial software available to use on different platform to complete our different work. As they are not free and sometime we do not able to purchase or for some reason we urgently need some software to complete any task but without having a licensed copy of commercial software we can not perform that job. Donâ€™t worry about it, today we are listing here 6 Free And Simple But Useful Free Apps For Designers in which most of them are cross-platform. There are many alternative available for single software, but I just tried to list down some very non-familiar and useful free software. You probably will not be able to enjoy all the features as original software but it will really help you to perform your task in a better way when your pocket does not allow you to purchase commercial software.Synfig

Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.Synfig eliminates the task of manual tweening, producing smooth, fluid motion without the animator having to draw out each frame individually. This allows you to produce 2D animation with fewer people while producing art of a higher quality.

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21 Brilliant Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not

There are hundreds of posts available on the internet about photoshop and photo manipulation. You probably have also seen many photos or images that have been photoshopped and inspire others. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 21 Brilliant Photos That Look Like They're Photoshopped But Are Not. These are not photoshopped in terms of that all the objects and their actions are real but might be editied for colors and adjustments. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about these photographers. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.Infinite Possibilities by Philip Perold

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21 Fantastic Examples Of Brilliant Photography With Humor

Photography can become more interesting and inspiring when it has creativity and humor as well . Today, we are showing you 21 Fantastic Examples Of Creative Photography With Humor. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about these photographers.I'll never talk to you again by Adrifil

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40+ Must-See Resources And Inspirational Collections For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In March

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 40+ Must-See Resources And Inspirational Collections For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.30+ Excellent & Inspirational Digital Paintings

30+ Excellent & Inspirational Digital Paintings

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17 Adobe AIR Apps That Can Save Your Time

Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax. It's popularity is increasing every day and getting more lovers who are using tools developed on Adobe AIR for diversified purposes. Designers are the top on the list in those lovers and this list is specially for designers who can save their time and complete their task in the less time using these little but simple AIR apps. But you probably will like this if you are developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc. Because we make sure to add something interesting for everyone. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features. The best thing about these apps that they are cross-platform using Adobe's AIR technology. Just take a look at them and share your thought here.ImageSizer

ImageSizer is an application built to resize, optimize and rename a batch of jpg images producing a zip file containing the images. ImageSizer also allows users to resize images that are greater than 2880px by 2800px, however the resized images cannot be greater than this size. As often as you want to resize images, you find you also want to cut just that little bit off the image. Well now you can do, with the built-in Crop tool.

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11 Great Resources And Inspirations Of Current Design Trends

Getting an idea and inspiration is sometimes really hard and when you are planning to start your new web design project and you are curiously finding for a mind blowing web design inspiration so you don't want to spend too much time and want to get start something as soon as you can. But most of the time, your mouse is not moving around as you want or your hand is not in your creative control or maybe when you are just tired and do not have creative mood to work. So if you want to get fresh your creative man or come up with some creative web design ideas or just need to motivate and inspire yourself with current design trends, we are today listing down 11 Great Resources And Inspirations Of Current Design Trends. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will must boost your creative design ideas professionally and motivate you for to design your project in such a way that people will never forget that you have made it!Web Design Trends For 2009

In this post, you will find Web design trends for 2009 like recent developments, new design elements and new graphic approaches.

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8 Excellent Free Websites To Enjoy Your Weekend Or Just For Fun

What do you do normally on weekends? Find a way to get busy in something to refresh your minds? This post will make you busy on your weekends to spend your time in more interesting way. Here we are listing down few of the unique free websites that are fun to use for everyone of you. This is the post in which you will know about 8 Excellent Free Websites To Enjoy Your Weekend Or Just For Fun.Hollywood Hair Makeover

With Hollywood Hair Makeover, you can try on your favorite star styles and colors before you make a trip to the salon. Just upload your photo or choose a model and let the transformations begin. Print your favorite looks and e-mail them to friends.

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13 Most Desirable Collection Of Free Resources For Every Designer

In the search of free resources, We always work really hard to bring all those stuffs that could help others. We mainly focuses that all the resource should be attractive and useful for everyone in anyway. There are countless free stuffs available for designers which everyone should check at least once. In this post, I have collected 13 Most Desirable Collection Of Free Resources For Every Designer.50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets

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11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers

We have lots of commercial software available to use on different platform to complete our different work, but they are not free and sometime we do not able to purchase. Don't worry about it, today we are listing here 11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers in which most of them are cross-platform. There are many alternative available for single software, but I just tried to list down some very similar and useful alternative. You might not be able to enjoy all the features as original software but it will really help you to perform your task in a better way when your pocket does not allow you to purchase commercial software.Blender

Alternative: Autodesk 3ds MaxBlender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. It includes tools for modeling - fast subdivision surface and polygon tools, multi-resolution mesh sculpting, metaballs, NURBS, vector fonts, and curves; uv mapping; shaders and texturing - both paint based and node based; ik and fk animation tools with rigging, constraints, skinning, morph targets, drivers, deformers, and modifiers; simulation tools including hard bodies, soft body, cloth, and fluids; and particle systems including hair. Blender has integrated rendering with both its native renderer and the raytracer Yafray as well supporting many external renderers; and python based scripting.

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45 Must-See Incredible Resources And Inspirational Collection To Discover The Best Of The Web In January

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 make a list of 45 Must-See Incredible Resources And Inspirational Collection. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we will try to cover as much as possible.40 Brilliantly Photoshopped Print Ads

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31 Most Colorful Collection Of High Quality Free Texture Packs

High quality texture, backgrounds and patterns are the most demanded freebies on the internet. Designers love all of those textures that can help their designs to become more beautiful and attractive. 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 31 Most Colorful Collection Of High Quality Texture Packs. We hope you all will like this collection.Textures 05 - Stock Pack

This is a set of 4 beautiful texture 2300 x 3000 pixel size of 300 dpi images.

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13 Free Web Apps To Simplify Designer’s Work Life

I think designers do not search design tutorials and resources only. They also would like to have those web applications that can make their life easier. And If they found those web apps simple in use so they keep them using a lot and bookmarked for future use. In past, we have listed various free web apps that are really useful for any one of you and specially for designers. Today, we have a new post that has simplest free web apps that can really simplify your worklife. Whether you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc. But we make sure to add something interesting for everyone. 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 thought here.Are My Sites Up?

Are My Sites Up is a very simple service to help you keep an eye on your sites and warn you if they go down.

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23 Unforgettable Resources Of 2008 You Couldn’t Live Without

2008 was the wonderful year for the bloggers like me. This year, we have too much competition to come up with more great contents every day on different blogs. This is because we have lots of quality posts done by various blogs. Today, we are covering few of the exclusive posts that covered top of the collection in 2008 for useful resources like inspirations, freebies, tools, tutorials, etc. This collection is specially for designers but not only for designers and I hope everybody of you will enjoy this.The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008

The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008

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37 Ultimate Resources And Inspirational Pieces For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In December

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 make a list of 37 incredible resources and inspirational pieces for designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we will try to cover as much as possible.24 Stunning and Very Creative Digital Art

24 Stunning and Very Creative Digital Art

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31 Incredible Resources And Inspirations For Designers Like You To Discover The Best Of The Web In November

We are always in the search of great free resources, tips and tricks, etc for our readers. Every day, we works hard to find new resources and features them here for you. Today, we have another great post Discover The Best Of The Web on SmashingApps. In this, we will find and make a list of 31 Incredible Resources And Inspirations For Designers Like You To Discover The Best Of The Web In November. Maybe, we could not cover all of the best from around the web but we will try our best to cover as much as possible.36 Beautiful Drawing Artworks - Winter Inspiration

36 Beautiful Drawing Artworks - Winter Inspiration

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Thank You Our Valued Sponsors To Be With Us In The Month Of November

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35 Mindblowing Inspirations And Resources For Designers And Developers To Discover The Best Of The Web In October

We are always in the search of great free resources, tips and tricks, etc for our readers. Every day, we works hard to find new resources and features them here for you. Today, we have another great post Discover The Best Of The Web on SmashingApps. In this, we will find and make a list of 35 Mindblowing Inspirations And Resources For Designers And Developers To Discover The Best Of The Web In October. Maybe, we could not cover all of the best from around the web but we will try our best to cover as much as possible.70+ Impressive artworks - Autumn Inspiration

70+ Impressive artworks - Autumn Inspiration

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21 Most Useful Free Resources For Designers And Web Developers

We are always looking to come up with the post that is attractive and useful for everyone. We most of the time focuses on the designer's stuff, developer's resources and where anything is going to launch free of cost. There are countless designer's and developer's free resources available which everyone should review at least once. In this post, I have collected 21 Most Useful Free Resources For Designers And Web Developers.

13 Awesome Javascript Animated Flash Like Menus

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17 Most Desirable Designers Collection

We are always looking to come up with the post that is attractive and useful…