Reveal is awesome because it’s easy to implement, is cross-browser compatible with modern browsers (with some graceful degradation of course) and lightweight coming in at only 1.75KB. What that means for you is that it’s fast, sexy and just works.
Do you love mini icons? You can find 100 icons in PNG format in 16×16 px within Boolean Iconset. Now, Its all up to your creativity, the metaphors depicted here aren’t meant to be used as is, you can give them your own spin, like the Binocular for Search, Legos for Add-Ons/Plugins, Tree for directory tree, what have you.
This will be a user driven set, so you guys can come up with the ideas/thoughts for the expansion of this Iconset, you can contact the author directly. These icons are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
Sublime Video is a HTML5 Video Player, users can play videos without the need of browser plugins or Flash dependencies enabling the viewing of videos on the iPhone.
It supports Full-window mode with sleek zoom-in/out transitions. There are more advanced controls on a draggable pane. Sublime Video will be soon released for free (at least for non-commercial use).
Requirements: Safari 4.0.4+, Google Chrome 4.0+, IE with Chrome Frame
Demo: http://jilion.com/sublime/video
LightShot is a simple & free tool which makes taking screenshots very easy.
With the click of a keyboard shortcut, a cropping interface appears where it is possible to:
Most of the similar tools instantly take a screenshot of the area you selected before clicking any approve button. LightShot makes it kindly, waits for you to arrange the area, shows you the size of it & a click is required which is better to prevent wrong screenshots.
The tool can work in every computer as it comes as a Windows desktop application, a Firefox add-on & an Internet Explorer add-on.
Requirements: Windows, Firefox or Internet Explorer
sendcube is presenting 10 free e-mail templates that can be used in the newsletters we send.
All of them are styled with inline-CSS & tested to work in major e-mail clients like Outlook 2000+, Lotus Notes, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo & more.
The templates (most of them) come in 3 versions: left-column, right-column or one-column to better suit your needs.
It is possible to preview them & download only the ones you prefer or in bulk.
Compatibility: All Major E-mail Clients
MyClientBase is a web-based, free & open source invoice management application which is built with PHP (using the CodeIgniter framework) & MySQL.
It enables anyone to create invoices, view payments, get reports & more..
can be customized easily.
It is possible to define tax rates per invoice or globally & create multiple invoice templates.
TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks.
When you submit an image to be searched, TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ for it, then compares this fingerprint to every other image in their index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even find a partial fingerprint match.
TinEye does not typically find similar images; it finds exact matches including those that have been cropped, edited or resized. I have found TinEye very useful, you can easily find out who has stolen your images from your website or portfolio. You can see how powerful TinEye is by checking out their search examples.
Screenpresso is a simple-yet-powerful & free screenshot tool that improves your Ctrl+Print function.
It can capture the entire screen, region or window with various options like “including the cursor”, “automated resizing of them” or even “applying automated effects”.
The tool sits in the system tray & allows you to keep an history of the last 100 screenshots.
It can auto-name the captured images or batch convert them (resizing & adding effects) after they are taken.
The screenshots can be drag’n dropped into any application or there are other sharing features like “send to e-mail”, “send to Twitter” or “save to clipboard”.
Screenpresso also has a built-in image editor that can apply image effects, insert objects (textboxes, arrows, annotations, etc.), apply resize or crop to the screenshots.
For Mac & Linux users, sadly, it only works in Windows.
The choice of free fonts is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects.
SmashingMagazine has published Beautiful High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs, which presents you Chunk, Titilium, Amputa Bangiz, Serif Beta, Quatro, Rough Draft, Comfortaa and a couple of other high-quality free fonts. All of them look really professional, I am sure you will find them useful for your projects.
Do you have any products like CDs or DVDs for your readers? Sometimes, you would like your readers know the actual look of the CDs or DVDs. However, It takes quite a bit of time to desgin a CD or DVD case. You do not have to worry about it now, because some of the talented Photoshop designers have created some stunning CD / DVD case templates in PSD format for us. You can customize them easily. You can download them and use them for your products, however, a link back would be appreciated.
1. DVD Case Template by Manicho
2. DVD Plastic Case Template by Manicho
3. Jewel Case Template by LeMarquis
Demo: http://manicho.deviantart.com/art/DVD-Case-Art-PSD-file-61443492
Demo: http://manicho.deviantart.com/art/dvd-Plastic-Case-PSD-file-86546288
Demo: http://lemarquis.deviantart.com/art/JEWEL-CASE-PSD-FILE-69316052
