Pixlr – Eat this Photoshop Express…
Dont get me wrong, Photoshop Express is pretty cool….but, its just not photoshop. Without layers and selection tools it is simply a neat way to mess around with photos. Pixlr, however, goes that one step further and provides layers and most of the tools your used to in photoshop in a neat and uncluttered layout via its website. It is flash based and so its performance will vary from machine to machine but so far for me it has not been anything other than blazingly fast. I think it even beats installed photoshop cs3 on many occasions! The good thing about Photoshop Express, however, is that you can store your images on the Adobe servers (currently up to 2gb) which is pretty natty. For me, I would rather use Pixlr and a memory stick any day!
This Application was suggested to me by my mate Dan, so thanks matey! (If you have any suggestions please do not hesitate to contact me so you can share them with the world!)
Ultramixer DJ – Free mixing software, any good? No idea!
I dont normally post about stuff Im not familiar with but this seems like a great application (considering its free).
So for all you audio heads out there try and let me know if its any good!
Poladroid – Re-create the good ol’ days…
This is a really fun and nostalgic little app.
Poladroid sits on your desktop and whatever you drag onto it will be magically transformed into a wonderful polaroid image. You can also save the images at any stage of development (which you can speed up by giving it a shake!).
Some of my attempts are below!
YourFont – Make your own handwriting into a font (free this time)
A few posts back I talked about fontifier, which in itself is very good. Thanks to the wonderful Doreen, it turns out there is a very similar service that is free! yes free!…
As with fontifier you print and fill in the template send it back and shablaaaaam…..your writing in font form….
Exquisite freebie!
Abduzeedo – Great Blog, Great Tutorials…
Hey all,
Just thought I would point you in the direction of Abduzeedo, a great blog with tips, tricks and tutorials for photoshop, fireworks and (my fav) Pixelmator…
Some of the effects covered are stunning. I just made the ones below in 3 minutes…..and I know NOTHING!
Fontifier – Create your own font from your handwriting
Have you ever wanted to use your own handwriting when creating a document or producing some graphics work?
Fontifier does this for you and for a very reasonable $9 per font created!
The process is simple, you download a template, write in each characters equivalent, scan it, and email back to fontifier which will produce the font as a Truetype font usable with Mac and Windows operating system….
EDITOR UPDATE: THIS TIP HAS BEEN SURPASSED BY YOURFONT – CHECKOUT NEWER BLOG ARTICLE ON YOURFONT FOR A FREE FONT CREATION SERVICE….
Audiko – iPhone Ringtones, make, download….FREE
Audiko is a web based service where you can upload your mp3, cut it and make it into a ringtone. The bonus being that it will create a .m4r file for all you iPhone lovers out there (me included)…. Another great thing about Audiko is you can download other peoples creations….An endless source of iPhone Ringtones…..Hooorah!
