everystockphoto.com - your source for free photos Stock Photography, Royalty-free Images, Film Footage and More. Stockvault.net | Share and download free stock photos and images 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets You Should Bookmark | Photoshop Tutorials If you’ve got an idea (or concept) but find it hard to present on your artwork because the drawings just don’t add up, try Photoshop Brushes. Brushes are designers best friend, particularly web designers who don’t illustrate graphics much. Adobe Photoshop does comes with a basic package of brushes but it has not been updated by folks at Adobe for quite some time. In today’s post, we attempt to present you some of the high quality and good ones, those we thought would be generally useful in many occasion and definitely worth checking out and bookmark. Some useful Photoshop related entries we’ve previously written: Metal Brushes9 metal texture brush set. 2Bit-Twilight BrushesA set of 12 abstract pixel brushes for Photoshop.
PhotoSights 7 Totally Unique Flickr Search Tools Sometimes it's simply overwhelming how many gorgeous photos there are on Flickr - sifting through them to find a picture to use on your blog or to just admire can be a chore. Luckily for us however, Flickr has an API, meaning that some creative developers have built alternative Flickr search engines. Whether you're just looking for a more feature-rich version of Flickr search or want to perform search in a completely different way, these seven Flickr search tools will serve you in finding that perfect photo. Do you have a favorite Flickr search tool? Be sure to share it with us in the comments. 1. Compfight is a visual Flickr search tool that displays searched photos based on tags or text. 2. Are you looking for cool pictures, but you really need them to match your website's color scheme? Note: this search engine is partially in Japanese, but it doesn't impede you from using this particular tool. 3. FlickrBabel is a mash-up of Flickr search and Google Translate. 4. 5. 6. 7.
10 Online Photography Magazines We Love Photo mags: stylish, stirring, spendy. Unless you know where to look, that is. Get all the art rags you could want online without dropping a single ducat! We’ve been dredging The Internets and rounding up 10 of our favorite webmags. Get inspired, see what’s new, or submit your work and start building a name for yourself; just start reading! 10 Online Photography Magazines We Love p.s. Photo credits: James Harris, Laura Pannack Click for Previews Click on each magazine’s logo to see photos from the current issue! 1000 Words 1000 Words pairs cutting edge photos with photographer interviews and book reviews. In this issue: Urban Japanese “landscapes with a corpse”A surprisingly evil collection of snowglobesWorking-class portraits from South Philadelphia Ahorn Ahorn Magazine has some weird navigation issues; you have to do a lot of scrolling through each story to get to the pictures. It’s worth it though: nice big photos, interviews with photographers, and good book reviews. Blueeyes burn Deep Sleep Purpose
The Ultimate Mac Setup for Photographers (50 Apps) « AppStorm OS X is a popular platform for professional photographers, and offers a huge range of software which can help to take better photos, streamline post-processing, sell images, and publish them for others to view. Whether you’re a complete amateur or a seasoned pro, this roundup will have something new to show you. We’ll be covering 50 fantastic applications for various areas of photography: organizing, post-processing, geo-tagging, panoramas, HDR images, uploading/sharing images, and more. Organizing & Editing Photos iPhoto – The basic photo program shipped with OS X, iPhoto packs a wide range of features and integrates brilliantly with all the other software on your Mac. Post Processing Adobe Photoshop – The de-facto photo editing application, Photoshop has been an industry leader for many years. Batch Processing HDR Photography Photomatix – A widely popular HDR app with tone mapping and exposure fusion. Panoramas & Stitching Uploading & Sharing Geotagging Backup & Recovery Conclusion
35 Beautiful Photography Websites | Design Showcase Advertisement Interest in photography has exploded over the last 10 years, largely thanks to the developments in digital photography. Cameras and computers have become cheaper and more powerful, software more sophistocated and printers can now print photos that are as good (if not better) than anything produced in a chemical darkroom. Along with these developments in photography has been the parallel development of the Web. The result is that photographers are finding new and exciting ways to showcase their best work online. You may want to take a look at the following related posts: Beautiful Photography Websites Bottle Bell Photography5 The graphic design of this website perfectly complements the fantasy world of the photographer’s vision. Daniel Kennedy Photography6 Top class professional photography presented in a simple to navigate, beautiful website. East Photographic7 An unusual site because it belongs to an agency rather than a single photographer. Last Click Related posts Resources
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26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for all of the above, sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers' eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix. Creative Commons search You may be familiar with the Creative Commons free licenses that aim to give creators more freedom to allow sharing and remixing of their content. Here are several excellent spots to search large pools of Creative Commons-licensed images: 1. Free stock and public domain images Need a professional-looking image but don't have the budget for spendy stock photo houses? 5. WikiMedia Commons 12. Free audio sources Free video sources 20. Further resources 24. More blogger resources from Mashable: Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Johnnyscriv
15 Great And Free Photoshop Alternatives Adobe Photoshop is definitely the most powerful image editing software. It had a lot of great features and can be used by professional such as web designers and graphics designers. Its filters, plugins, actions, brushes and easy-to-use are the main reasons why most designers prefer Photoshop than other tools. However, Photoshop is very expansive and not all designers afford to buy the original license of it. GIMP is probably the most popular Photoshop Alternative. 2. For Windows users, you may try Paint.NET. 3. Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X’s Cocoa framework. 4. Artweaver is a simple graphic tool that offers all artistic effects which you need for your work. 5. PhotoPlus is an award winning digital photo editing software. 6. Photoscape is the fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos. 7. Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.