Layrs Control is a nifty little extension offers you quick ways to perform tedious tasks on layers in Adobe Photoshop. Pay with a Tweetware.
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Free texture: Seamless wood Photoshop patterns
Grab a copy of this collection of six natural looking seamless wood patterns for use in your Photoshop designs. They make creating natural looking backgrounds easy!
50 free Photoshop Actions for stunning effects
I’ve shared plenty of Actions here in the past, but this is a nice collection of 50 free Photoshop Actions to enhance your design images.
InkyDeals bundle: $5,000+ worth of design resources for $59
The InkyDeals Black Friday Bundle is still going on. If you hurry, you can grab the 14GB worth of design resources for $59. I have it, and I can say that it is well worth it! Tons of background textures, holiday and general vector art, Photoshop Styles and Actions, video tutorials, WordPress themes, and lots more!
When free isn’t really free
I was going to write a long-winded rant about my frustration with sites that release “free” fonts, images and graphics that aren’t really free to use; but Mike Rankin shared a well-written Free Font Manifesto at CreativePro that pretty much covers it.
Lynda.com offers Intro to OS X Mavericks, free until Nov. 17th
Just upgraded to Mavericks? Do you know someone who needs a little training on the new features? Lynda.com is generously offering their Intro to OS X Mavericks training video by Chris Breen for free until Nov. 17th. Watch the OS X Mavericks training video here.
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Video Description: While many of the important changes in Mavericks are “under the hood,” there are some intriguing “over the hood” features that make your Mac more efficient and easier to use. Macworld’s Chris Breen shows you the way. Learn how to install Mac OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks, and discover how improvements to the Finder, the iCloud Keychain, multi-monitor support, and apps like Maps, Calendar, Safari, and iBooks make your Mac experience even better.
Safari 7 offers per-site plug-in management
The latest version of Safari not only adds speed increases, notification center integration, and reading list/shared link access, but it adds a feature that many of us have wanted for years. Plug-in management on a per-site basis.
Topher Kessler has the scoop on Safari 7’s per-site plug-in management over at Cnet.
New iWork apps have a new file format
When Apple released the new version of iWork, people immediately noticed the new icons, new interface, and the features that Apple inexplicably removed from previous versions. What most people didn’t notice is that Apple has a completely new file format. Drew McCormack offers his opinion on why Apple chose to change the iWork file format.
I tend to agree with him. Apple didn’t change the format just to be a stick in the mud.
Free vector font: Origami
Free fonts: Rough and dirty
SmashingApps has put together a link list of 45 rough and dirty fonts, including one from Billy Argel, the king of Grunge fonts.