24 Free Mac Design Programs Last year the most successful post on this blog was 45 Best Freeware Design Programs on PC – a hand-picked list of free design programs for the PC. Now the time has come for MAC fans. The funny thing is, before starting, I thought “Well, maybe the options won’t be as prolific, since Mac has a smaller piece of the market share cake.” But I was pleasantly surprised–the scene for free design applications for Macs is as interesting as the PCs. Indeed, you will find at least one excellent option for many designs fields. Animation Lego Digital Designer Advertisemt With this free Digital Designer software you can build absolutely anything using virtual Lego bricks right on your computer. New in Version 2: Improved building experience, quicker brick selection, easier to connect bricks when building, new brick palette tool, more bricks, partly built models for easy start, new backgrounds, new UI, and more. Overview | Download Autodesk Maya Personal Learning Edition (OS X) 8.5 Overview | Download
Pixia Pixia is a freeware raster graphics editor program for Windows, created by Isao Maruoka. It was originally designed for the anime/manga community but has also been used in other branches of art. Besides the primary Japanese interface, it is also available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Polish, Korean and German. The program supports multiple layers, transparency effects, standard file formats and a number of RGB file formats including .PSD. The main file extension used by this program is .PXA. A CNET Editors' Review in January 2011 called Pixia "one of the most capable and professional Photoshop alternatives we've tried See also[edit] Comparison of raster graphics editors References[edit] External links[edit] International English site
Making the ‘Clean Grunge’ Blog Design « PSDFan ‘Clean Grunge’ as a Trend I’m not really sure whether ‘clean grunge’ is an official trend of web design, but in my eyes it’s definitely an important one. For me, clean grunge websites are a combination of the grungy with the functional, the messy with the ordered. The results of this are some of my favorite all time designs. Too often purely grungy websites loose out on usability, and are more works of art than they are functional websites. Similarly, clean websites often lack the creativity demonstrated in more grungy/artisitic designs. Clean Grunge designs typically exhibit similar characteristics, which I will try to capture in today’s design: Clean edges combined with messy edgesDefining, but messy outlines Grungy elements/patterns which are subtly presented.Low Opacity TexturesWashed out Color PaletteBeautiful and Handwritten Typography Strong Attention to Details Final Image This is the finished design that I’ll be showing you how to make from scratch: Images+Extras Used Step 1 Step 2
25 New High Quality Free Fonts - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have to. In this selection we’re glad to present you PT Sans, FF Celeste Sans Offc Black, Secca STD, Cantarell and many other regular and experimental high-quality free fonts. You may also want to take a look at our previous typography-related posts: 20 New High Quality Free Fonts1In this previous “free fonts” edition we present Madawaska ExtraLight, Apparatus SIL, League Gothic, Contra and many other high-quality free fonts.40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design2The price of good fonts usually reflects their quality and starts at 50$ per typeface. New High Quality Free Fonts tribbon ‘Layered’ font12This layered ‘ribbon’ style font was created by Dominic Le-Hair.
Freebies | Web Design Ledger 599 shares 8 Must Have Free Fonts for your Designs Need some fresh fonts for your new projects? We got your back. We are always searching for good resources for our readers, and fonts are our top priority. Read More 441 shares 9 Free Icon Sets to Diversify your Library Every designer needs to be ready to go wherever their projects take them. 960 shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. 301 shares Spring Up your Designs with Some Free Flower Textures Textures are a good way to add personality, depth and interest to a design. 501 shares 30 Free Vintage Logo Templates Looking for some high quality vintage logos or insignias? 433 shares Exclusive Free Download: Vintage Infographic Elements Infographics are great for displaying information in a way that is easier to digest. 1149 shares 9 Free & Useful Fonts for your Designs Whether it’s PSD’s or icons, we love finding high quality free files and sharing them with our readers. 464 shares 773 shares
Best Places to Find Seamless Background Patterns Web Designers are always in need of background patterns. In an effort to reduce your time searching the internet, we’ve put together a list of the best sites where you can find seamless patterns. Pattern Head WebTreats Brusheezy Patterns Squidfingers ava7 Patterns Kaliber10000 Pattern 8 deviantART Patterns DinPattern Noqta Patterns About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts shares 200+ Seamless Patterns Perfect for Website Backgrounds We’re always on the lookout for great freebies to share with our readers, and today we’ve got some seamless patterns. Read More 100+ Seamless Patterns Great for Creating Website Backgrounds Seamless patterns are a great way to add interest and detail to a web design background.
Free Vector Icons: Panda Social Network Icons The Panda Social Network Icons is a free package containing 12 sweet panda animals, 128×128 pixels each, that have social network marks on their stomach. The set is created by Webby freebies and released exclusively for the readers here on Six Revisions. You’ll get 12 .png files and 1 vector (.ai) file in case you need to rescale them (in Adobe Illustrator format). You can use them for any purpose, commercial or personal projects, but you can’t redistribute the package without getting permission from Six Revisions. I am a huge fan of social media icons and animals, so I thought combining them was a great way to create a really nice icon package. Preview Download panda-social-icons (1.1MB, ZIP) Related Content About the Author Kung Karl is the founder and promoter of Webby freebies and is currently writing new content to publish on the blog.