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12 Magnificent Freeware Tools for Graphic Designers

Introduction

Few years back there was not much scope of graphic designing, but with the passage of time, the networks of network (internet) has grown up to optimum level and this increases the scope of graphic designing in the web industry.

The use of graphics in the web is known as web designing. Web designing is the art of making the content attractive and appealing to the site visitor so that web masters get the benefit of less bounce rate and conversion with the high traffic.  There are the designers who are engage with the professional web design companies in order to deliver quality results.

We as A Professional Web Design company deals in web design, web development and internet marketing of the websites. Considering your needs and requirements we deliver the best and cost effective solutions for your organization.

We recommend the best graphic design freeware tools which you can use for adding the graphic into the website.

1. Flockdraw :

Summary:

It is a Freeware Web based Painting/drawing tool.

Features:

It has almost every feature of MS Paint; with drawing you can also have the chat facility with the other people in the chat room.

Usage:

It can be extremely useful when you want to show your drawing/creativity to your client, for instant purpose you need to understand some points visually you can use this web based software and invite your client on the chat room. This web based application can also be used for the entertainment purpose by designers.

2. Paint.net :

Summary:

It is really a professional tool for drawing, painting and photo editing. You can download it and use it as a desktop application. It has a great and user friendly interface. But there is one requirement that is you must have windows upgraded version like SP3 or windows Vista.

Features:

An innovative user interface with the support of layers. You can do unlimited undo, can add special effects & a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

Usage:

Paint.net has the active and online community which provides tutorials, online help and various plug-Ins. It can be positively used as a graphic design application for creating most powerful elements for your website.

3. Blender :

Summary:

Blender is the freeware 3D Multimedia content creation suite. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Features:

  1. It has the Flexible and fully configurable window layout.
  2. Undo support at all levels.
  3. Built-in text editor for comments and editing Python scripts
  4. Unwrapping methods like angle based unwrapping.
  5. You can build animation (skeleton) with fast creation mode.
  6. Automatic skinning support.

Hence many advance options are supported by the Blender Application which provides you an easy way for 3D designing.

Usage:

It can be best used as a 3D making software, and you can make cool and attractive animations which can be inserted into your website.

4. Myna :

Summary:

If you want to merge some audio with your graphic works, then this application is best for this kind of work.

Features:

  1. You can make your audio tracks remix which can be inserted into your graphic design.
  2. Moreover you can independently modify the audio file like sets its tempo, merge other audio effects, high nodes, low nodes effects.

Usage:

Very interesting and entertaining software to modify your music files. And you can place these unique music files into your website background.

5. Boxee :

Summary:

With the help of Boxee Tool you can view your design media under one place. It is a freeware tool. Moreover they have their own services which you can avail it and view all the media either into your laptop or in your big Screen LCD TV. They have full tutorial available for attaching your laptop with your digital TV.

Features:

  1. It can manage all multimedia items like videos, audios.
  2. Sharing feature is also there for

Usage:

You can download it, and customize this software for your website, and can merge all the multimedia items into one platform.

6. ImgBurn :

Summary:

ImgBurn is the software application used to burn your web projects into the CD, DVD or even HD/DVD.

Features:

  1. It has several Features which includes read, write or build mode.
  2. Read mode provides the DVD to read for an image file.
  3. Create Image file from your computer files.
  4. Write the files or image into the Disc.

Usage:

It provides the useful means of transferring data into reliable media sources and excellent choice for graphic designers to use the functionality free.

7. Phoenix :

Summary:

Phoenix allows basic image retouching to advance or complex effects. By viewing its home page you can get the clear picture of what kind of work it can do for you.

Features:

  1. It is a complete web based image editing tool available for designers.
  2. It has a toolbar on its left side of the browser window likewise fireworks or Photoshop.
  3. It has different panels for editing image.
  4. Useful options for layer handing or effects like transparency.

Usage:

Phoenix provides the complete image editing features of a desktop image editor with the simplicity & ease of web based application.

8. BeFunky :

Summary:

It’s a Smart Photo Enhancement tool & provides means of editing images with a single click.

Features:

  1. BeFunky provides image modification and effects to the daily usage pictures.
  2. It easily fixes your daily photo’s problem with less effort.
  3. There are digital goodies available which can be add-up with your photos like frames, glasses etc…

Usage:

You can modify your images personally for yourself, can modify your face book profile picture, or as a designer you can add different effects online.

9. Splashup :

Summary:

Love Photoshop but hate the price? Then use Freeware photo editing web application that is Splashup.

Features:

  1. It is not recommended to install any big application software for designing tiny elements. You can use splashup for speedy work online.
  2. It is very light in use, so any user can use it online with less to medium connection speed.
  3. All featured tools are available for editing or adding effects to the image.

Usage:

Designers and general public can use it easily for image editing.

10. Picasa :

Summary:

Picasa is the freeware Google product for graphic designers that make your pictures look great.

Features:

  1. Manage your photos; organize your digital photo album with Picasa.
  2. Can create slide shows, prints & wallpapers.
  3. You can easily do basic fixes of your photos with less effort and time.
  4. Tuning options are there for images.
  5. Collage feature allow you to combine your best pictures together with a cool background.
  6. You can create virtual photo albums.
  7. Picasa has the powerful searching capabilities by assigning tags & stars to photos.
  8. With the Sharing feature, you can share or sync your photos online easily.

Usage:

Google Picasa can easily be used by the general public and professional designers.

11. Dropbox :

Summary:

Dropbox is the great tool we have to manage our all data either multimedia or simple text.

Features:

  1. One of the great features of the dropbox is that it is meant for synchronizing your all data. So wherever you go for travel, you will get all of your files same.
  2. It gives you the file access by assigning you a single magic box, which can be assess into your laptop, pc or mobile phone.

Usage:

The persons, professionals, designers who use to travel much frequently can use dropbox. Even you can place your photos, multimedia items into the dropbox.

12. Executor :

Summary:

Executer is a multipurpose launcher program and a customized version of Windows Run Functionality.

Features:

  1. Programs / short-cuts.
  2. Documents / files / folders.
  3. You can assign number of keywords like shutdown, logoff,  show date, week, show (ip),  start screen saver.
  4. Executer has the fastest searching mechanism based on the assignment of keywords, because keywords are the searchable by the user and are easily to be remembered.
  5. Auto Completion is supported for keywords,
  6. Send emails
  7. You can do fast calculations
  8. Manage and View running applications.

Usage:

The Designing is the act of making the content much attractive with the use of different designing tools. Sometimes it’s become so hard to locate the element or item related to designing. So this tool can help you in this regard to keep track of your all data, software’s, applications, and multimedia items. And provide you an easy way to perform tasks efficiently.

Seven Recommendations For Your Design Job Interview

Job Interview Session

Overview

Designing on a web is the act of making information prominent & attractive to the site visitor so that a user finds the information more readable. It is considered that web designing is not a skill but an art. To hire a professional web designer for your organization is not an easy task. And on the other side it’s not easy for graphic designers, web designers or front end developers to get hired in the most professional web design firms.

Generally it is known that interview is the act of knowing about the skills of the person intended to be hired by an organization. There are two roles defined in the interview process that are:

  • Interviewer
  • Interviewee

And the communication gap should be filled from both side either interviewer or interviewee. An organization has a required skill set which they are looking into the interviewee.

And for this an Interviewee must follow the recommended Seven P’s in order to fulfill the requirements of web designing post (opportunity).


Preparation

preperation

Before you go for the interview you need to prepare yourself accordingly.

A wise saying is that:

“There will always be a prepared place for a prepared person”

Consider the following tips on what to prepare:

I. Prepare your Portfolio

  • There are many designers who are working from many years but they still do not have an online portfolio. If you are from them then how would you expect a good job?
  • Review down the portfolio that is the websites which you have designed till yet is an important task before appearing to the interview.
  • In order to judge how effectively you design websites, Interviewers always look forward to view your portfolios.
  • Before appearing to the interviewer, make sure that your website links are not broken.
  • Your coding style should be neat and clean plus code should be well managed. I didn’t mean that you redesign your website but you can manage the things as much as you can.

Consider a Few examples of online portfolio as mentioned below:

  1. Alex Cohaniuc
  2. Henry Jones
  3. Mike Precious


II. Prepare your Appearance

  • Your appearance is another important aspect which is usually ignored by the people.
  • It is said that first impression is the last impression. Whenever you wear decent cloths with charming colors it always appeal good to the interviewer.
  • Also it is not recommended that you wear brand new cloths from tie to shoes, it may have the bad impression on the interviewer. Always wear used cloths that are neat and clean.
  • Do not choose dark or bright colors, use light colors like your dress shirt color should be white or light blue.

III. Prepare your resume and supplies

  • A day before update your resume and modify it a little according to the job description specified by the employer.
  • Take enough print outs of your resume so that it may be required by other persons sittings adjacent to the interviewer.
  • Don’t forget to bring your pen with you, in fact you may bring a note pad and place all things into the nice folder.

IV. Prepare by doing Research about an Organization

  • It’s a professional act that an Interviewee must see the company’s website before appearing for the interview.
  • Reviewing the company’s website before the interview help web designers to know about the expectations of the employer.
  • You can review the complete organization portfolio; this will help you to know about what type of projects company has worked on.
  • You can review the company’s profile, mission & statement and other important information about the company. It will have a good impression to the interviewer.

Punctual

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The dictionary defines the word “PUNTUAL” as mentioned below:

Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.

It is not good to be late from the Interview especially before even you are hired. Getting late from the given time gives the bad impression to the Interviewer and shows person’s careless and irresponsible attitude. Remember first Impression is the last impression. So make your first impression good to your employer.

There are a few recommendations you need to follow in order to reach on the given time:

  • Prepare all your required things for the interview in night. For example making your cloths ready, Important Folder and relevant documents etc…
  • If you are not known to the location, it’s better to consult the Google map to find the company’s location.
  • Always give yourself enough time to reach to the Interview that is 15-20 mins before the given time.
  • Just intimate them after when you reached to their office.

Polite

polite

  • An interviewer may start questioning session by asking about you.
    Like “Explain about yourself”. Answer to this question very precisely that is about your professional education, your previous experience and your goals/aims.
  • Don’t go negative about your previous employer. During the Interview, don’t be rude and nervous and try to be polite as possible.
  • Always use positive words, prefer the use of:
    • Excuse Me
    • Yes Sir
    • Pardon Me
    • Thank you
    • No Maam

    You may asked by the interviewer about latest web trends, the way you code, about latest tools, technologies of web designing. So be prepared technically before appearing to the interview.

Last but not least, don’t use irrelevant speech or show any vulgarity. Some questions they might ask in order to judge your response. In this regard you are not allowed to say:

It’s a common sense.

It is! But you would be surprised at how many people slip and say something fool or inappropriate during the interview. Thus smart attitude will be encouraged and you may get success.

Pay Attention

Pay Attention during Interview

  • An interviewer may ask about everything for example concepts, patterns, architecture, model, tools, technologies, web trends, so pay attention  to the questions what are being asked from you.
  • Always show your positive attitude to the questions being asked and answer each and every question precisely and accurately.
  • An interviewer may check your confidence level & try to confuse you but just welcome to each and every question.

Asking valid questions (from your interviewer) is the good sign to show them that you are trying to learn more and you are paying attention. Another good way of impressing the interviewer is to ask questions about the company.

So above mentioned recommendations can leads you toward success.

Passionate

Passionate

  • Showing passion about your field is the good way to impress your interviewer.
  • Try to make them feel of how much conscious you are about your field, learning and adopting new tools and technologies.
  • Tell them about the latest tools and technologies you are engaged with.
  • I have seen so many persons who look so bored, tired and uninterested. Don’t be like them. Have positive and confident tone on your voice.

By the way, if I would be the employer then I would like to hire that person for my organization who is passionate about the job and want to learn and grow with the technology enhancements.

Promote


  • A job interview is the time to proof yourself that you are fit for this job, so be ready for this.
  • And it is really a time where the company gets to know you and you get to know more about the company.
  • Usually interviewer asks single question that “Why you want this job”? So be ready for this question. If you are really good in certain area like CSS/ X-html or Java Scripting then engaged them for questioning more in these areas than other.

Let them know how you can give advantage to their company and try to make them feel that you do not like frequent switches to the companies. I am not saying that you tell a lie, but give them a valid reason why they should hire you.

Post Interview

So everything has gone well. You were prepared well, you reached on time. You were passionate & you showed them a great courage. You paid attention during the interview and you were polite. They liked your portfolio. You promote yourself during the interview. Then what else now left to do.

Well I have been involved in the hiring sessions from last couple of years; these were my experiences which I have shared with you.

And now I would like to view your feedback about the experiences of Interviews you have ever made/given.

35 downloadable Iconsets of 2010

Icons related to a particular niche play very important role in promoting and declaring a remarkable website or web application. Usually icons are very beneficial for the admin panel of the web application. Any web design firm or solo web designer prefer to use icons in their websites or web application because icons catch the user attention and reduced the reading effect. A user can easily get the idea of what he/she is going to click. Especially there is extensive role of icons in web application specifically in admin panel.

The most commonly icons being used in the post are as given below:

  1. Ecommerce Category
  2. Mail category
  3. Social network category
  4. Office category
  5. Technology Icons
  6. Rss feed Icons
  7. Social media
  8. Social sketches
  9. Browsers Icon
  10. Media Icons
  11. Country flag icons

Moreover Icons in your website increase the interactivity between you and your application or website. It have the pleasing effect on the visitor aye and internet user feel please while exploring the website. A site becomes more users friendly easy to operate and easy to explore. Other than simple navigation links cannot catch the attention of the internet user. Icons related to special niche for example Ecommerce Icons speak out for the niche itself that I am an Ecommerce website. Either if you are a solor web designer, developer or web development firm, have a review of remarkable Icons and you can download it for your usage.

1 Apple Glow Icon

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2 Chalkwork HTML Royalty-free Icons

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3 MinIcons

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4 Sketchy icons

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5 Fortune 500 Badges

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6 Symbol Signs

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7 Polaroid icon set

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8 Social Icons Hand-Drawn

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9 Baggy Icon Set

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10 Project Icon Set For Free Download

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11 Design a Stylish Mail Icon in Photoshop

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12 Flavor Extended: The Ultimate Icon Set For Web Designers

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13 Web Injection

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14 Onebit Icons Set

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15 Media Icons

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16 Absque

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17 Chalkwork Payments (Free) Icons

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18 Social Media Mini Iconpack

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19 Mod Belle

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20 Iconbox

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21 RSS feed Icons

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22 Crysigns- 3D Crystals  Icons Pack

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23 Social Trucks Icons

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24 Mobile Icon Set

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25 Vector Social Media Icons

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26 Grass Textured Social Icon Set Preview and Download

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27 Freebie Release: Social Network Icon Set

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28 Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set

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29 FRESH Add-on

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30 Kawaii Baby Icons Pack

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31 OldSchool Icon Set

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32 Fugue Icons

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33 Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers

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50+ Amazing Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials of 2010

An Artist is a creative who creates the art by covering the broad spectrum of activities. Designing a website is really an art. A designer is who developed the ideas and place these ideas into action. There are professional Designing tools which are being used by various professional solo web designers or graphic design firm. The most extensively being used are as mentioned below:

  1. Adobe Photoshop
  2. Macromedia Fireworks
  3. Macromedia Flash
  4. Macromedia Dreamweaver

Usually to design some object is done by either Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks, Photoshop is some how much professional tool to create objects like Popup menus, logo, banners etc… And to lean Photoshop is somehow difficult and challenging because of the reason it have a variety of options and almost every task can be done using adobe Photoshop. The best way to learn adobe Photoshop is to gone through a best tutorial which covers every tool from the toolbox. Tools usage and their application is needed to be learned.

In designing a home page, a web design layout is the most aspect of designing a website. Once your web layout has been settled or done then other dedicated pages follows this layout. The website layout follows some standards defined by w3 consortium known as Box model defined the margins, padding or spacing of the main template. There are some 50 + layouts defined for the websites developed in Adobe Photoshop. Have a Review!!!

1.      Create a grunge wordpress theme with Photoshop

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2.  Web Site Design Tutorial: Wellknown.as Case

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3.     Create A Forum Layout Using Photoshop

4.      Create an Amazing Layout Using Textures

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5.      How to Design a WordPress Theme in Photoshop

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6.      Create a Stylish Business Layout in Photoshop

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7.      Design a creative wordpress theme

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8.      Create a communication layout in Photoshop

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9.      Softblue Template Tutorial

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10.  Portfolio Layout #11

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11.  How to Design a Space Futuristic Gallery Layout in Photoshop

12.  Software Layout #4

13.  Clean Business Layout Tutorial

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14.  How to Make a Green & Sleek Web Layout in Photoshop

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15.  Design a Clean and Colorful Portfolio in Photoshop

16.  Design a two color website layout in Photoshop

17.  Photoshop tutorial to design a clean business layout

18.  Create a Clean and Effective Product Layout

19.  Create a Photoshop Template for Joomla or Drupal

20.  Graphic Design Studio Web Layout

21.  Creating a tech blog layout in Adobe Photoshop

22.  Web Design Tutorial: Blog/Portfolio Template!

23.  Web 2.0 photoshop layout tutorial

24.  Photographer portfolio layout

25.  Create an awesome portfolio layout

26.  Create a clean PSD layout with a 3D look

27.  BLOOpress Wordpress Mockup

28.  Design a Beautiful Website From Scratch

29.  Tutorial RocknRolla Blog Design

30.  Create an Elegant Photoshop Template for Wordpress

31.  Create a Professional Portfolio Design in 17 Easy Steps

32.  Design A Fresh Blog Theme On The 960 Grid

33.  Glossy and creative art blog design

34.  Creating A Professional Magazine Web Layout

35.  Design a Clean Business Layout

36.  Learn How To Design The Perfect Website Using Adobe Photoshop

37.  Create a Nature Inspired Painted Background in Photoshop

38.  Product Sales Page Photoshop Tutorial

39.  Tutzor web 2.0 style design

40.  Design Studio Website

41.  Photography portfolio

42.  The Most ADVANCED GAME Layout

43.  Winter Wordpress Theme Design in Photoshop

44.  Create a Magic Night Themed Web Design from Scratch in Photoshop

45.  Web Design Layout #9

46.  Design Lab TV Styled Layout

47.  Photoshop Paper Texture from Scratch then Create a Grungy Web Design with it!

48.  Create a Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop

49.  Premium Wordpress Theme Design Part 1 – The Photoshop Mock Up

50.  How to Create a Grunge Web Design in Photoshop

51. Creating a Professional Business Layout Using Photoshop

52.  Create a Sleek, High-End Web Design from Scratch

53.  Cool Photography Layout

54.   Design an Awesome Band Website Template

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