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Fashion, glamor, girls, shopping and more in 58 EPS files with girls.

Read the full post to see the samples of the EPS file included in the archive.

Pattern Tap is a community which collects & presents well-categorized web design interfaces.

To give an example, you can find real-world collections of 404 pages, backgrounds, button, borders & more.

As a user, you can also create your own sets like these paper textures set and follow the users you like to easily find the sets they create.

With more users contributing, Pattern Tap may become a giant resource which every designer can find materials to inspire.

Website: http://patterntap.com/

cyn.in is an open source collaboration software which helps teams to create collective knowledge.

It enables teams to share workspaces, applications, documents, files and digital content within a secure, unified environment & a web 2.0 interface.

Wikis, blogs, discussions, file repositories, events and web link-bases can be created & managed with a role based powerful access control.

Besides the users in the team, customers are also integrated to the application.

cyn.in is an amazing collaboration software with a very attractive user interface & is worth to take a look at.

And, it is platform independent, as it comes as a VMware instance which can be run via a VMware workstation, player or server.

Requirements: VMware workstation, player or server.
Website: http://cyn.in
Demo: http://cyn.in/demo-site
Download: http://cyn.in/get-cynin/download-cynin

For easier & realistic iPhone application interface designs, 320480 presents a free iPhone interface PSD file for download.


This iPhone PSD file consists most iPhone screen elements & has sensible layer sets.

Website: http://www.320480.com

Using silhouettes & people illustrations in websites & print is what designers need in many situations.

This is a giant design pack of human-related brush sets & vector images like faces, full illustrations, fingerprints, hairs, beards, skulls & more.

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Important: Most of the images are free to use in commercial projects but some are not. So, be sure to check the licensing info before using them.

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Here they are:

Human Brushes

People Brushes

MooColumns is a Mootools class that helps creating multiple-column contents easier & quicker.

It automatically divides the contents into columns and supports multiple instances to be run at the same page.

MooColumns is highly configurable. You can mention the classes which the column-creation will be applied, specify column-break elements, number of columns & column widths. Or leave all these settings to the default ones.

This Mootools class is currently in beta but looks promising and very functional for presenting the content.

Requirements: Mootools 1.2+
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://greengeckodesign.com/projects/moocolumns.aspx
Demo: http://greengeckodesign.com/projects/moocolumns/exam...

FotoViewr is a web-based image gallery application which enables you to create 3D image galleries for your Flickr account.

You can choose to present your images from 6 different 3D gallery types.

Galleries can be created instantly by simply providing your Fickr username (no password required) and the applications lets you select which gallery to display.

After the Fickr gallery selection, FotoViewr provides you the embed code you need to insert into your webpage to display the gallery & that’s it.

Tip:

FotoViewr also has a Facebook application to use with Facebook galleries.

Website: http://www.fotoviewr.com

DryIcons presents 16 beautiful & free icon sets that you can use in your web applications & designs.

Icon sets include:

Grunge Icons

Sticker Icons

WYSIWYG Icons

And many more.

There is also a free graphics part in the website where you can find some great free vector graphics.

Website: http://dryicons.com/free-icons/
Website 2: http://dryicons.com/free-graphics/

PostcardViewer, similar to AutoViewer (see WRD post) which is created by the same company, is a free Flash image gallery application with a very nice presentation.

The interface is just like a set of postcards shuffled onto a surface & this is supported with the effects.

This Flash gallery can controlled via mouse & keyboard. And it displays image captions (including URLs).

Besides this free version, pro version offers more customization and no backlink.

Requirements: Flash 8+
Website: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/postcard...
Demo: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/postcard...

AutoViewer is a lightweight (11kb) & free Flash image viewer that displays the images horizontally.

It also works as a slide viewer with the play-pause-previous-next buttons and can be navigated both with mouse & keyboard.

AutoViewer preloads the images, so this application is more suitable for galleries with 30 images or less (pro version is optimized for more images).

This Flash image viewer’s interface rescales to fit any aspect ratio images and monitors. And, galleries can be created via Picasa, Adobe Lightroom, a PHP script or manually.

Requirements: Flash 8+
Website: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/
Demo: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoview...

We all use nature images like trees, clouds, flowers, sun & many other objects in our designs.

Doesn’t matter if it is a blog or a corporate site, nature images fit and needed everywhere.

This is a resource pack of beautiful & free nature brushes & vector images.

Here they are:

Nature Brushes

Cloud Brushes

13x Cloud Brushes

5x Soft Cloud Brushes

5x Densed Cloud Brushes

9x Cloud Brushes

Dark Cloud Brushes

Sun Brushes

Sun Brush Set (PS 7+)

10 Sunset Brushes

Sunset & Sunrise Brushes

Beam Brush

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Vector backgrounds are the most coolest things around vector illustration because you can benefit from them at maximum. If you don’t need all the illustrated background you can always select the pieces you want thanks to Adobe Illustrator or any other vector tool.
Here you will find 8 different vector backgrounds in 8 separated .ai format. Package size is 5.1 MB, go and get it now.

Very nice ad for Photoshop Top Secret Tutorials… I’ve been looking at their website and found that their tutorials are very useful. They will be soon available to watch here at Web Design Blog. Would you like that ? Leave a comment.

This is the video version of the tutorial I’ve presented you in a last post about creating a Sin City style image with Photoshop. This is also created with photoshop, but for most users seeing it done is easier than reading a tutorial. What do you think ?

Wonderful vector flowers and swirls in 3 separated .EPS files.

As a graphic designer, the practice of prowling the web for the latest trends, tips and tricks is a common one. Here we have composed a list of common resources we use. The primary focus of this list is inspiration, it can come from a photograph, font, or a website. The secondary focus is improving your design skills, which can be done by keeping up to date with tutorials and reading other graphic design blogs. We hope you enjoy our personal list of great sites, and we will be adding to this list in the coming weeks and months as there are a lot of great new sites coming online every other day now.

Free Font Downloads

Free Fonts and Other Resources: Web Page Publicity
Huge Collection of Free Fonts: Da Font
Nice Selection of Free Fonts: Urban Fonts
Fonts and Other Freebies: Simply The Best Fonts
1001 Free Fonts for Download: 1001 Free Fonts
Over 9000 Free Fonts: Creamundo
A Small List of Free Fonts: Best Free Fonts

Paid Font Sites

A Large Selection of Fonts for Purchase: My Fonts
Quality Fonts for Purchase: Veer
Information and Fonts for Purchase: Fonts
Font Resources and Sales: Font Haus

Stock Photos and Vectors

The Best Stock Photo and Vector Website: iStockphoto
Quality Photos for Purchase: Shutterstock
Stock Photos and Other Pay Downloads: Veer
Quality, Affordable Vectors for Purchase: Vector Stock
Stock Photos With a Great Selection: Jupiter Images
Stock Photos and Photography Network: Stock Vault
Quality Stock Photos: Corbis

Free Photos and Vectors

Submit Vectors or Download Others for Free: Open Source Vector Art
Tons of Great Free Vectors and Photos: Deviant Art
59 Pages of Free Vector Art: Free Vectors
Large Gallery of Free Vectors: Vecteezy
Quality Vector Downloads: Vector 4 Free
Neat Collection of Free Photos From Around the World: Free Stock Photos
Great Collection of Free Vectors and Resources: You The Designer
Great Free Stock Photos: Free Foto
A List of Free Downloads: Bittbox
700 Free Stock Photos: Free Picture Click

Website Templates

A Few High Quality Wordpress Themes: Evan Eckard
Over 2000 Free Web Templates: OSWD
A Small Selection of Nice Templates: Open Source Templates
A Large List of Free Templates: Free CSS Templates
Nice Wordpress Templates for Download: Free CSS Templates
A Combination of Free and Pay Templates: Free Templates Online
Affordable, Quality Templates: Templamatic
Free Blog Templates: Blogging Themes

CSS Galleries

The Best Sites on the Web: CSS Remix
A Frequently Updated Gallery of Sites: CSS Mania
An Organized List of Nice Sites: Most Inspired
CSS Gallery of Quality Sites: CSS Design Yorkshire
A Selection of Only Nature Based Sites: CSS Nature
A Selective List of Well Designed Sites: Web Creme
High Quality CSS Showcase: CSS Tux
Nice CSS Websites: The Designed Tree
A CSS Collection Organized by Category: CSS Elite

Inspiration

A Great Site About Everything Type: I Love Typography
An Incredible Illustrator: Burst of Beaden
A Great Designer and Illustrator: Fully Illustrated
Customizable List of Design Resources: Cork Dump
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada: GDC
Freelance Advice Blog and Resources: Freelance Switch
Amazing Collection of Logos: Logopond
Stunning Desktop Wallpapers: Desktopography
A Graphic Design Magazine: Computer Arts

Tutorials

The Best Photoshop Tutorials: PSD Tuts
A Talented Photoshop Designer: Abduzeedo
Photoshop Tutorials and Web Design Resources: Web Design Library
Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator and More: Tutorial Vault
A Few Neat Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials: Design Spice
Great Photoshop Tutorials and Downloads: PS Wish
Tutorials for Every Computer Program: Tutorialing

Free Photoshop Downloads

A Couple Free Patterns for Download: Design Spice
Free Photoshop Brushes: Design Fruit
Free Photoshop Actions: Visual Blast
Tons of Free Photoshop Brushes: Brusheezy
A Few Nice Free Photoshop Brushes: Obsidian Dawn
Great Grunge Brushes and Others: Photoshop Brushes
Free Background Patterns for Photoshop: Free BG
Over 150 Free Background Patterns: Squidfingers

Design Blogs

A Frequently Updated Design Blog: Veerle’s Blog
A Design Magazine and Blog: Smashing Magazine
A European Design Blog: Design In Europe
A Unique Nerdy Blog: Design You Trust
The Personal Blog of a Graphic Designer: Larissa Meek
A German Design Blog: David Hellmann
The Blog of a Canadian Geek/Model: Mostly Lisa
A Graphic Design Blog: Bittbox
A Blog About Freelance Graphic Design Advice: Freelance Switch
A Design Blog Full of Resources: You The Designer
A Popular Design Blog: Fazai 38

Colour Palettes

A Flash Site of User Generated Colour Palettes: Adobe Kuler
Using Colours From Photos: Colr
Colours, Palettes and Patterns: COLOURlovers
A Colour Palette Generated From Your Images: Color Palette Generator
See The Results of Your Palette on a Website: Color Spire
Create and Email Colour Palettes: Color Blender

Tips and Tricks

Vector Do’s and Dont’s: iStockphoto
The Web Design Polish: PSD Tuts
Promote Your Design Business: Freelance Switch
How To Increase Web Traffic: You The Designer

Coders

Quality Programming: XHTMLized
Professional Web Slicing: PSD Slicing
XHTML in 24 Hours: We Use Scissors
Affordable, Quality Coding: PSD2HTML
From Design to Code, Quick and Cheap: Front Enders

Designer Geek Merch

Great Nerdy Clothing and Accessories: Veer
Nice T-Shirt Collection: Design Loot
Graphic Design T-Shirts and Accessories: Cafepress
Geek Merchandise For Everyone: Think Geek
Graphic Design T-Shirts: Zazzle
Unique T-Shirt Designs You Can’t Find Anywhere Else: Allmightys

BgPatterns is a pattern library where you can find, create & share patterns.

You can create the patterns from ready-to-use images by changing the colors & canvas and scaling or rotating them. And this process is done with a slick interface.

The pattern design interface lets you preview them easily.

And, you can also check the recently created and popular patterns.

Website: http://bgpatterns.com/

Tipmage is a JavaScript class for creating tooltips / notes over images similar to Facebook image tagging.

In order to create a tooltip, you simply double click any area on the image and the interface appears.

It works in 2 modes:

• Normal: which only shows the tooltip when hovered.
• Edit: which also allows you to edit the tooltip

Tipmage supports the use of special callback functions for editing of a tooltip (like Ajax calls to access a database) & the editing interface can be updated from a CSS file.

Requirements: No Requirements
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://digitalhymn.com/argilla/tipmage/

Dragonartz created a nice set of 8 free vector web stickers.

The set comes with 1 main EPS file and PNG files of every sticker.

There is also another set of vector stickers by Dragonartz which covers the different colours of the first circle sticker that can be found here.

Function Icon Set is a set of 128 high quality icons in PNG format.

Sizes of these free icons are 48*48px

The set includes:

• Social bookmarking icons
• Speech icons
• Folder icons
• User icons
• Credit card icons
• & more..
  
  Website: http://wefunction.com/2008/07/function-free-icon-set/
  

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Discover the advantages, and techniques, for designing with CSS, the best way to create standards-based, accessible web sites today.
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Make your pages sing and dance as you learn how to use the multimedia features to add audio, video, and Flash to your web pages.
Discover how the template features can help you save time and create a better looking web site that's also easier to update and redesign in the future.

Those who are new to CSS, or who want to create more efficient and powerful style sheets, will benefit from Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS Essential Training. Instructor James Williamson teaches the entire process of CSS management in Dreamweaver, following a step-by-step workflow. He covers XHTML/CSS fundamentals, and working with typography, navigation, background properties, layout, and multiple media types. This in-depth training explores the entire process of creating site-wide style sheets, from concept to deployment. Exercise files accompany the course.

This is an open source Flash color changer that is handy for presenting products with different colors.

It requires .SWF files of the product in every color and does the transition with a nice effect between these .SWF files.

Every .SWF file is defined in a XML file which makes it easier to embed this solution into CMS & e-commerce applications.

Other features of this Flash color changer can also be changed via a config.xml file.

Requirements: No Requirements
Website: http://www.yofla.com/flash/color-changer/

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Scrawlr is a free software for scanning SQL injection vulnerabilities on your web applications.

It is developed by HP Web Security Research Group in coordination with Microsoft Security Response Center.

Scrawlr crawls a website while simultaneously analyzing the parameters of each individual web page for SQL Injection vulnerabilities.

After the scanning process, if it can find, it even shows your database table names as a proof of the possible SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Website: http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs...
Download: https://download.spidynamics.com/products/scrawlr/