Wednesday, September 29, 2010

50 Best Free Fonts of All Time

There are all kinds of places to download free fonts, but Addictive Fonts has put the 50 most useful free fonts of all time all on one page! This page is not full of crappy handwriting or typewriter fonts. All 50 are excellent for web and print design. Take a look!

50 Best Free Fonts of All Time
http://www.addictivefonts.com/basic/best-free-fonts/

Friday, September 24, 2010

Build, Share, & Download Fonts for FREE!

FontStruct

With FontStruct, you can create your own fonts with easy to use, feature packed software. You can share the fonts you make with other fontmakers, and download their creations too. Best of all, it is completely free! FontStruct has a straightforward interface that makes creating an original font from scratch amazingly simple. If you have a font that is close, but not quite fitting your needs, you can tweak that font to make it look exactly the way you want.

Try it out at http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/!

Monday, September 20, 2010

FREE - Over 800 Photoshop Tech Brushes! Yes, I said 800!

Netglos.com - 800 Photoshop Tech Brushes

Netglos.com has compiled 800 tech-style Photoshop brushes to download, completely free! These are all high-quality brushes, and look very useful.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Can't afford Photoshop? Online photo editors FTW!

Adobe Photoshop is the undisputed king of raster image editing, with the sheer power, support, and wealth of training and resources the application offers. With that power, though, comes a prohibitive price tag.

Many people shell out the money for Photoshop, and then find that they use only a fraction of the features offered by Photoshop. Most casual digital artists and photo editors will find that a freeware or web based photo editor will do everything they need, at no cost.

Cloud computing may or may not be the future of software, but following are 15 free web based image editors.

http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/09/02/15-free-online-image-editors/

Try them out and see if any offer the features and power you require for your image editing needs!

   

Lighting Effects Pack – 50 Free Brushes

Lighting Effects Pack – 50 Free Brushes and Images | Media Militia

Media Militia has 50 free lighting effect brushes for free download. If you like the glowing light-streak effect, but don't know how to use the pen tool, these are just what you need!

Download them for free from Mediamilitia.com!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Free Photoshop Backgrounds

Free Photoshop Backgrounds

Ted Evans makes his own digital portrait backgrounds and edges. Ted is an experienced wedding photographer from Oregon, and has been making his own digital backdrops for over a decade.

These are perfect for wedding albums and portraits. The backdrops look like real studio muslin backgrounds, and work with any photo editing program. Simply put the background on a layer behind your main photo, and then remove your existing background.

The edges are also easy to use, and can be changed using blending modes for different effects.

http://www.theosphotos.blogspot.com/

50 Free Graphic Design Theory Lessons

50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory

PSDTuts has compiled a list of 50 lessons in graphic design theory. These are very useful, with lessons on everything from color theory to grid based design.

These lessons are great for beginning or hobbyist designers, or as refreshers for experienced designers.

See PSD.tutsplus.com for the article!

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Photography Skills - Smashing Magazine

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Photography Skills

Smashing Magazine has a list of 50 excellent resources to improve photography skills.

The resources are categorized by the type of photography, as well as the type of resource. There are some excellent websites of interest to photographers from all skill levels.

Smashing Magazine

Free Vector Graphics at Vector Portal

Vector Portal : free vector graphics

Vector Portal has hundreds of free vector graphics in .eps, .ai, and .svg formats. These aren't lame, cheesy graphics, either. The site is full of things designers and vector artists really need.

Vector Portal is easy to navigate, with the categories clearly marked. There is also a search feature, and vector artists can submit their work for download.

You can see more at http://www.vectorportal.com/