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Modifier Keys for Resizing Windows in Mac OS X 10.7
New to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is the ability to resize any window from any corner or side, just grab onto it, and when your cursor turns into the little double-sided arrow, start dragging. That’s a great addition, but it’s even better when some modifier keys are applied. OSX Daily has the scoop on how to take advantage of a few window resizing options.
50 free designer Photoshop brush sets
In my ever-present quest for more Photoshop brushes, I’ve come across a list of 50 free Photoshop brush sets from SixRevisions. The sets focus on modern design trends such as vintage, retro, swirls, and of course, grunge. Be sure to read the fine-print from the individual download pages, as some require attribution or have a non-commercial license.
Free Watercolor brushes for Photoshop
I recently provided a link to some great watercolor brushes for use in Adobe Illustrator. Today, I’ve found another set of brushes, this time for Adobe Photoshop. 
SpoonGraphics has graciously provided this excellent super high resolution set of watercolor brushes, absolutely free. And keep an eye on SpoonGraphics, brush set 2 in on the way.
Learn Photoshop’s Color Replacement Tool
As you may recall if you’re a long-time reader (going back to the CreativeGuy blog days in 2005), I posted an article titled Color shifting and replacement in Photoshop covering the easiest way to change the color of objects in your image. It’s an excellent and simple overview, which I re-posted here at TGM late last year. Veerle also covered the tool in this blog post in 2006. Well here we are in 2008, and video is all the rage these days, so here’s the same color replacement tip in a video post over at Sebastian Sulinski’s Design site. This tool is often overlooked by most designers – though professional photographers are most like as attached to it as they are their favorite lens. Play around with it for a while, I think you’ll begin to see how powerful the tool can be in no time.
Free Photoshop Grunge textures
Along with Brushes and Styles, textures and patterns make fantastic additions to your Photoshop toolbox. If grunge is your style, here are over 600 high resolution grunge textures ready for download.
How to create a panorama in Photoshop with Photomerge
A panorama is simply a wide-angled view of a physical space. To the photographer a panorama is usually several photographs that are stitched together horizontally to create a seamless picture. This is going to be a pretty simple tutorial in which we create a panorama using Photoshop’s Photomerge utility.
Color management for digital artists
Color calibration is the biggest headache in the business, I personally don’t even calibrate my monitor anymore because I’ve found that the standard settings produce excellent results with the printers I use. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t find the results that best suit you and the commercial printers you use. Peachpit Press has a brief but informative article on calibrating your monitor.
Intro to Adobe Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh tool
Ever wonder what you could do with that Gradient Mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator? It’s one of the most powerful, and yet underused tools in the program.
Here’s a great little tutorial to get you started: Magical Butterfly’s Mesh Tutorial.
Free TV/Movie fonts at TypeNow
TypeNow offers fonts from your favorite TV shows, movies, music bands, video games, brand products and more. Remember, these font designs are **probably** trademarked, and should only be used for personal projects.