15 Best Places for Designers to Get Free Stock Photos Online

November 26th, 2009 by Alex Cleanthous | 53 Comments

I’m not sure if you’ve ever had a look at the prices on some non-stock photography sites (pictures of Gummy bears for $769.00 anyone?), but they reach far beyond the budget of the typical designer/developer. However, many places online allow you to obtain high-quality stock photos for free, giving the average starving artist a chance to create wonderful works of art/design without having to use next month’s rent on stock photos.

15 Best Places for Designers to Get Free Stock Photos Online

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40 Beautiful Grunge Style Wallpapers for Your Desktop

November 25th, 2009 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 16 Comments

Grunge style is a theme that features crooked, irregular, worn-and-torn visual elements. In this collection, you’ll find extremely grungy and high-quality wallpapers that you can use to beautify your desktop. We hope that you will find a handful that you will absolutely love.

1. A fun retro background for you!

Resolution: 1280 x 800

A fun retro background for you!

By Risentwice

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How to Evaluate What CMS to Use

November 24th, 2009 by Joel Reyes | 84 Comments

Content Management Systems (CMS) have evolved into more than just publishing content, but managing your workflow as well. CMS’s nowadays allow you to easily conceive, edit, index, and publish content, while giving designers and developers more flexibility in customizing their look and functionality. Although there are many that require advanced skills to operate successfully, this article is going to cover a select few that offer a balance between design, code, and end-user usability.

How to Evaluate What CMS to Use

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Best Relational Database Management System?

November 23rd, 2009 by Jacob Gube | 292 Comments

Relational database management systems (RDMS) such as SQL Server, MySQL, Postgre SQL, and Oracle (just to name a few) have allowed web developers to create highly interactive and robust web applications that can save data.

Best Relational Database Management System?

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Create the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Type in Photoshop

November 21st, 2009 by Deivid Colkevicius | 22 Comments

Call of duty tutorial

In this step by step tutorial, you’ll learn how to recreate the modern/futuristic text effect in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game using some simple Adobe Photoshop techniques. You’ll learn two text effects in this tutorial.

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10 Free and High-Res Grungy Wood Textures

November 20th, 2009 by Hasan Aydin | 12 Comments

10 Free and High-Res Grungy Wood Textures

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How to Design a Band Website Layout in Photoshop

November 19th, 2009 by Shannon Noack | 19 Comments

How to Design a Band Website Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn step-by-step how to design an awesome band website that any rock and roller would be proud to call their own. The theme is grungy and worn-and-torn and we’ll use a handful of freebies along the way.

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