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Inspiring and Design Defining Film Posters from 1960s

Facebook-Web-Design — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:33:47 +0000

Film poster art in general, is a combination of a carefully selected layout, beautiful typography, imaginative illustration, creative photography and precise color selection.
They do not only give you an insight or a glimpse into the film they are promoting, throughout the decades, they allow a keyholes view into the social values, political views and cultural movements of there times.

And nothing more epitomizes this than looking at movie posters from the social revolution and design defining time that was the 1960s.

Please note, that by clicking on each image you will be taken to the original, and not necessarily to a larger version.

Movie Posters from the 1960s

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25 High Quality Gradient Sets for Photoshop – 750+ Gradients

BlogPoster — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:57:58 +0000

Having a good and quality collection of gradients at your disposal should be paramount for any designer, they are not only a great time-saver, they can also give your designs the simple illusion of depth, make the rough areas of your design appear to be smooth and can even have even invoke a subtle calm effect for the viewer.
Yes, the effect a basic gradient can have on a design (web or graphic) should not be understated.

Below you will find a selection of the best Photoshop gradient packs, most are in .GRD format and all are of high quality. Download them and enjoy them.

Clean Gradients Set (50 Gradients)

Ocean Breeze (75 Gradients)

Vintage (24 Gradients)

Web Style (30 Gradients)

Dark Photoshop (32 Gradients)

Real Sky (13 Gradients)

Soft Blue (20 Gradients)

Matte (26 Gradients)

Dooffy Gradients Set (30 Gradients)

Adobe CS3 Gradients (35 Gradients)

Shattered Gradients (8 Gradients)

Pastel (12 Gradients)

iPhone Gradation Set (20 Gradients)

Bold Gradient Pack (3 Gradients)

Adobe Gradients Pack (14 Gradients)

Modern (75 Gradients)

ModernLife (22 Gradients)

09 Web Style (20 Gradients)

PSD Photoshop Gradients (30 Gradients)

Apple Gradients (54 Gradients)

Chic Sparkles

AKLPs Gradient Pack (25 Gradients)

The Wall Gradient Texpak

Seamless – Fade To Black

Greyscale Gradient Pack (16 Gradients)

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40 Detailed and High Quality Mobile Phone .psd Source Files

BlogPoster — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:23:40 +0000

.psd source files are truly amazing and unique resources – not only do they showcase the talents of the artist, but they also offer the opportunity to dig deeper and discover how they were created. They give you the chance to learn, unlike tutorials which are step-by-step, with a .psd file you roll your sleeves and you get your hands dirty delving into its inner workings.

Whether it is for learning new techniques, for wireframing your latest mobile app or if you are just curious about the design, all of the .psd files below have one thing in common – They are highly detailed and of the highest quality. Thanks to all the artists.

HTC Phones

HTC Eris Smartphone

HTC Dream Android

Htc Dream White

HTC Dream PSD by ~bigkobe on deviantART

HTC Touch Diamond PSD

HTC Touch Diamond

HTC Hero PSD

Android GUI PSD Vector Kit

Google Phones

Nexus One by Google

Google nexus one V2

iPhone, iPod and iPad

iPhone PSD Vector Kit

iPhone GUI PSD

Apple iPhone Mobile Phone Design

Apple IPhone Case

iPhone Photoshop Template

iPhone 3G PSD

Blackberry

RIM Blackberry PSD

BlackBerry Bold

BlackBerry Storm

Nokia

Nokia 5300 Cell Phone Interface

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic DS

Nokia 6110 Navigator

Nokia Phone Black

Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson S500

Sony Ericsson W800

Motorola

Motorola Droid .PSD

Motorola Droid

Motorola v262

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Loox Pocket PC

Palm Pre GUI PSD

LG KS360

Samsung Corby S3650

iPhone/Windows Mobile-Hybrid Sexy Cell Phone

iPad GUI PSD

iPad PSD

iSlate Photoshop Template

TabletPC

iPod PSD

iPod Touch PSD

iPod Nano

Microsoft ZUNE PSD by `DigitalPhenom on deviantART

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The Best 40 Photoshop Text Effects from 2009

BlogPoster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:27:21 +0000

On Monday past we published the post 49 Most Creative Photoshop Tutorials of 2009, a collection of the best artistic tutorials for Photoshop from this year. As a follow up to that post, today we have The Best 40 Photoshop Text Effects from 2009, a collection of diverse and unique effects and type treatments that will add a little extra to your next design.

Add Fantastic Color to 3D Text

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Impressive-Looking Text Effect

Water Text Effect

Furry Text in Photoshop

Sparkling Text Wallpaper

Deep Grunge Text Effect

Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect

Create A Floral Colorful Solid Text Effect

Stunning Detailed Typography

Create a Bright Floral Text Effect

Create a Frilly 2009 Typo

Realistic Scorching Fire Effect

Retro Text Effect in Photoshop

Create Remarkable 3D Text

Aqua Text Effect

Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment

3D Type Explosion

Create an Ice Text Effect

Grungy Rusted Carbon Fiber Text Effect

Stunning Text on Wild Fire Effect

Geometric Shaped Typography with Grungy Background

Design a Slick 3D Ice Text Effect

Create Eroded Metal Text

3D Typography Tutorial

Shiny Calligraphy Text Effect

Chilling and Icy Text Effect

3D Text Shatter Effect

God of War III Inspired Cracked Text Effect

Golden Flame Text Effect

Gorgeous Glassy Text Effect

Candy Coated Text Effect

Milk Typography Effect

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Cloudy Text Effect

Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration

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25 Cool Digital Photography Tutorials, Techniques and Effects

BlogPoster — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:53:38 +0000

You will find tecniques for the currently in vogue HDR, Tilt-Shifting and Lomography to the less common and diverse Sabatier and Escher effects. Which ever effect you use, your images are going to look cool and unique.

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65+ Must See Resources Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In September

BlogPoster — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:27:25 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 65+ Must See Resources Especially For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

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