100+ awesome free and open source applications - Software - Seopher.com - StumbleUpon Posted on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 at 13:05 in SoftwareIt has always amazed me quite how many incredible, varied and useful applications are available for free on the Internet. Be it free, open source, web-based or merely passive trials - the number of top quality items on offer is huge. The purpose of this list is to help people realise that the free and open source software communities are expansive and generous. In these tense economic times, raising awareness of such projects is something I'm more than happy to do. If you feel that I've missed something good off the list, please leave a comment at the bottom - I read absolutely every one. Image, Image Editing and Graphics GIMP – The GNU Image Manipulation Program is a Photoshop replacement that doesn’t have "quite" as much functionality but it’s excellent for free. Paint.net - A really good, lightweight alternative to Photoshop. Artweaver - Office Audio
Where can I find textures and background images? | Graphics Advertisement If you are a graphic designer, you probably know that textures and background images are essential for every project which is related to graphics or design. But where to search for quality images if you can’t find anything usable on your PC? Web offers many useful resources one should always keep in mind searching for textures. Following repositories offer “free” textures, which means that you can use them for both personal and commercial projects according to the license mentioned on the web-site you’ve downloaded the images from. Dr. Texture Library20 Another free library of texturesTirad21 You are welcome to use these textures in your works….WebGround22 Thousands of original background textures for your Work. It's done.
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Metal and Rust - free Textures Download | Dr. Web Magazin Downloads Feel free to use these textures for any project, personal or professional. Click thumbnail and use your mouse to “save image as…” Metal collar of an old sea mine (out of order) – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 2.2 MB A old painted and rusted buoy at Heringsdorf – 1 – (Usedom/Germany) – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 2.1 MB A old painted and rusted buoy at Heringsdorf – 2- (Usedom/Germany) – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 2.7 MB A old painted and rusted buoy at Heringsdorf – 3 -(Usedom/Germany) – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 2.6 MB A old painted and rusted buoy at Heringsdorf- 4 – (Usedom/Germany) – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 2.3 MB Rusty lamppost with remnants of paint – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 3.5 MB Metal railing – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 3.4 MB Container – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 3.5 MB This is a shot from a metal plate of an old gravestone (Germany WW1) – Macro Picture – HiRes Image (4000*3000 Pixel) 3.3 MB Rotten Lamppost 1 – Macro Picture. Rust Rusty Iron Wall
Free high res skymaps (Massive 07 update!) Ok, new selection of skymaps, lots more to choose from. I have to say a massive thank you to kyle91, who generously offered to host these for me. cheers mate!There are no restrictions on using these textures, you can use these for commercial work, and you don't have to name me if you don't want to. the only restriction is that you can't sell them. that's all.Usage:(Edit) I've created a quick video tutorial on how to use them, you can view it here: them is pretty easy. load one of them into the 'world' section of the texturebuttons, Then in the worldbuttons, active these settings:For Angular Maps (The top ones)'Real' 'Hori' and 'angmap'For Spheremaps (The other ones)'Real' 'Hori' and 'sphere'*******************Angular maps****************** *******************Sphere maps******************
Studio Quality Product Photography With a $12 Set Up Handmadeology’s resident product photography pro Mariano, has put together a $12 product photography set up that will help you achieve studio quality product photography . Anderson Soap Company is one of the most successful Etsy sellers with LOADS of sales! This photography demo uses his liquid soap as the photography example. Look at his Etsy shop to observe the consistency in picture styles that creates a cohesive photo theme of all his products. Learn from the best – browse his shop – and you might even find some soap you’ve gotta have! I took this picture in my kitchen. Here’s what you’ll need for this product photography set up. 1. 2. 3. 4. This is one of those times when bigger is indeed better. Cut a flat panel from the box that is much bigger than the thing you want to photograph. 1. 2. 3. 4. Now you will need to redecorate your home a bit, move a table as close to a window as you can. Is your furniture high enough? Don’t let the neighbors watch. Now you are ready to take a picture!
www.defcon-x.de » Textures Scanned with 720 DPI and black/white reference, no further adjustments have been done. The names are partially translated, for example color types, but the rest is basically german wood naming. All images where scanned from real wood plates! License Free Wood Textures von Jan Weigand steht unter einer Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Lizenz.Beruht auf einem Inhalt unter www.defcon-x.de.Über diese Lizenz hinausgehende Erlaubnisse können Sie unter www.janweigand.de erhalten. If you intend to resell these textures you need a permission from me! Here is a image made with two textures. If you have any questions, if you made a nice image, or made a usefull bumpmap, contact me. 200+ Textures, Brushes, and Fonts: Ultimate Grunge Roundup This post is a roundup of latest free web design resources released during the month of March. This collection includes patterns, icons, themes, and… Continue Reading → This post is a roundup of latest free web design resources released during the month of February. Continue Reading → It’s a new(ish) year and maybe you want to impress with your business? Continue Reading →
60 Impressive Free High Resolution Textures and Backgrounds I’m passionate about textures. I’ve already published some compilations, such as 30 free paper backgrounds and textures at my Creative Closeup blog and 10 grunge, rusty and dirty tileable textures at this site. Now it is time for a new roundup of incredibly cool high resolution textures. These textures belong to different authors. All of them can be used in commercial projects, but it is safer to check the term of use of each texture before doing so. There’s an interesting book called Crumble, Crackle, Burn: 120 Stunning Textures for Design and Illustration that comes with 120 high resolution textures on a bundled DVD. There’s an amazing Photoshop plugin, FilterForge plugin, that lets you create your own textures plugins without coding a single line. And if you want to know how to create some textures yourself, you should check the Textures and Backgrounds Tutorials section of this site. The following images are a small and partial preview of the complete texture.
Freebie Roundup: 12 Places To Download Free Textures | BittBox If our freebies have benefited you personally or have helped you earn a profit please consider donating via paypal. Donate Now I’ve only been making textures for a while now, but everyone seems to love them. I know I can’t ever get enough textures either. 1. 2. 3. 4. 2Textured 5. Oddly enough, this site doesn’t have a logo ;o 6. 7. Click on the categories on the right. 8. 9. 10. Another site with no logo. 11. 12. Scroll down to see the textures About Jay Hilgert Formally trained at Oklahoma State, Jay Hilgert is a graphic and web designer, font designer (Link), software developer (Brush Pilot™), and the founder of BittBox. If our freebies have benefited you personally or have helped you earn a profit please consider donating via paypal.
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