Today an internal build of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was leaked by Messenger Addictos, a site dedicated to Windows Live Messenger and related products.
The new build includes a completely new installer system (though it appears it might need some tweaking). Messenger itself also got a complete overhaul, featuring a new UI that combines the best [...]
If you have an image where you have a really bright sky and/or a really dark foreground, do this in Photoshop:
1. Duplicate image to a second layer.
2. Image->Adjustments->Desaturate second layer. (Make it black and white.)
3. Image->Adjustments->Invert second layer. (Make it a negative.)
4. Do a 64 pixel gaussian blur on the second layer. [...]
Most of you have probably tried to make a blank WLM/MSN nickname using the spacebar or alt-0160. Both have resulted in you getting your email address as your name. No doubt some of you more accomplished users have figured out how to do so.
Those people who want one they can do so using the following [...]
Vectors always come in handy when developing website designs or for print work, every designer should have an arsenal of them to call on. Here is a nice collection of sites that have free vector art for use:
http://www.clipart-design.com/freeclipart.htm
http://www.vectorportal.com/
http://www.braincorp.it/exp/vectorlove/
http://www.vectorvault.com/free_downloads.html
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-web-page-elements-part-3/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-web-page-elements-part-2/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-seamless-vector-perforated-metal-pattern/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-web-page-elements-part-4/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/5-free-seamless-vector-patterns/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/random-free-vectors-part-5-butterflies/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/random-free-vectors-part-1-circles/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-web-page-elements-part-1
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-swooshes-and-fancy-corner-designs/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-buttons-and-icons-metal-and-glass/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-glass-header-designs-fancy/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-vector-badges-glass/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/72-free-vector-glass-buttons-and-bars/
http://clipart.magicpeople.org/
http://www.freevectors.com/vector_graphic/46
http://www.freevectors.com/vector_graphic/31
http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal/freestuff.php
http://komodomedia.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/15/komodo-media-v30/
http://www.nuguerrilla.com/frames/wallpaper.asp?idcategory=1&id=2
http://www.nuguerrilla.com/frames/wallpaper.asp?idcategory=1&id=8
http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/vector-cliparts/
http://david.bellot.free.fr/svg-cards/
http://www.all-the-flags-of-the-world.c.la/
http://vektordb.lafkon.net/index.php?page=2
http://www.designerstoolbox.com/print/index.php
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Google quietly released a great screensaver along with the release of the Google Pack but not all of us find it practical to install the pack espcially if we are only interested in getting certain parts of it.
We decided to release the Google Photos Screensaver as a standalone file which people can install and use [...]
