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- sausages0
PS Extension for website prototypes. A bit bootstrappish but still pretty good to get things started. It's pay with a tweet but here's a direct link if that sort of thing isn't your bag.
Direct Link:
http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/lrp…Developer:
http://dandkagency.com/extension…
- PhanLo8
Free preset for After Effects
https://www.obispost.com/fleko
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FLEKO is a free preset for After Effects that allows you to stretch pixels and distort them geometrically. Create perfect loops, unique abstract patterns and keyframe-less animations.
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- invisiblechamber0
download entire ffffound collections
http://ddddownload.general-proje…- Does not work?Anders
- it should. works here.invisiblechamber
- lol u mean ddddoes not work loltrooperbill
- benfal990
A shortcut to any website.
Whatever you type into the URL bar can be surrounded by www. & .com by pressing control + enter.
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How to do a reverse image search.
Hold S and right click an image to do reverse image search in Chrome.
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How to restore a closed browser.
ctrl + shift + T
Opens up the last tab you closed.
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A shortcut to highlighting a URL.
CTRL + L highlights the url/address bar in Chrome.
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How to access private Youtube videos and subscription-only sites.
If a YouTube video is marked as private I’m pretty sure you can gain access simply by deleting the “watch?” In the URL.
I didn’t include this before because I never personally tried it, but I’ve heard that if you remove the “?” In a New York Times online URL you can avoid having to buy a subscription or whatever they want you to pay for.
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The new “ctrl+Alt+delete.”
Don’t hit control+alt+delete, hit control+shift+escape to go directly to the task manager.
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How to stop a distracting GIF.
One weird trick is pressing ESC to halt animated GIFs that are distracting. Animators hate me.
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A shortcut to reenabling browser right-click.
Putting the following into a favorite/shortcut on the toolbar re-enables browser right click. Good for sites that disable it to stop you stealing pictures, or if their own right click context menu is buggy.
javascript:void(document.onconte...
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A simple way to clear your cache.
CTRL + SHIFT + R = Clear cache and then refresh page.
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How to make Google do a barrel roll.
Googling “do a barrel roll” results in a barrel roll on Google.
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A hidden game in Google images.
A lot of people probably already know this, but...
Go to Google. Type in Atari Breakout. Go to Images.Enjoy.
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How to make Google look off-balance.
Try searching “tilt” in the address bar in chrome...
Google engineers must have fun. :)
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A website that usually has discounts on everything.
Always check retailmenot.com for coupons before buying anything online.
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- Elwin740
Tool to build custom webfonts with icons..!
http://fontello.com- jeez, thought this was pretty cool until i tried to scroll. custom web fonts are heavy.kingsteven
- MrT0
I simply couldn't be bothered to go through 367 posts – timeline me –but if you're faced with a password-protected PDF (and you're on a Mac) just open and save it from Preview and then you can pull it apart...
- alicetheblue0
Flash Tutorials
- set0
I know this has been posted in here already but worth a repost, so helpful...
- grafician0
Note by Ableton for iOS/iPad
"A playable iOS app for forming musical ideas"
- pablo280
A new plugin for Photoshop. More than 10.000 vectors directly in your Photoshop http://www.flaticon.com
- Continuity0
Here's one for all you aspiring food photographers out there. <3
- TheBlueOne0
Cross-browser transparent columns CSS column tutorial:
- BannedKappa0
Twiddla
http://www.twiddla.com/
Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall
- NickInfozure0
Information about Websafe Areas, Paper Sizes, plus much more
http://www.designerstoolbox.com/…Vector Logos of hundreds of big brands
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/…Various World Vector Maps
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com…Inspiration for website colour combinations
http://www.colourlovers.com/Brand Design Information – specific Pantones and fonts etc
http://users.ncrvnet.nl/mstol/56…Find the web-safe and web-smart codes for desired colours
http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/sty…Templates to various print setups
http://www.coloritprinting.com/c…Special Characters copyable to insert into designs
http://www.copypastecharacter.co…Grid Builder – test various sized grids
http://gridr.atomeye.com/Design Council – discussions about design and advice on design and business
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/…Test how words will be displayed in paragraphs depending on settings
http://www.typetester.org/See how a website will look across many browsers
http://browsershots.org/http://w…Help with brand identity generation and design
http://www.identityworks.com/too…NE02 Blog – information and inspiration for design/art etc
http://www.neo2.es/blog/Webs design tutorials, resources and inspiration
http://woork.blogspot.com/240 Jquery plugins
http://www.sastgroup.com/jquery/…CSS Typsetter
http://csstypeset.com/Online Font database
http://www.dafont.com/Reviews about Design books
http://www.magmabooks.com/85+ Free Killer Resources Every Designer Should Know
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007…20 Useful Web Design Books Worthy of Your Collection
http://sixrevisions.com/resource…Website Colour Themes
http://kuler.adobe.com/#100 Sources of Design Inspiration
http://designm.ag/inspiration/de…100 Web Design Template Sources, Tools and Resources
http://www.designvitality.com/bl…Different formats of Lorem Ipsum
http://html-ipsum.com/PX to EM conversion
http://pxtoem.com/Quick and easy site maps
http://writemaps.com/Find the font from an image
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFo…Create Favicons Online
http://www.favicon.cc/Varied sizes of world map
http://www.unearthedoutdoors.net…HTML special character reference
http://www.webmonkey.com/referen…Flash charts that can reference information from CSVs etc
http://www.amcharts.com/Intelligent Image Resizing
http://rsizr.com/Search Flickr By Colour!
http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicol…Information and examples of Grid Systems
http://www.thegridsystem.org/Flash Tutorials
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/Web tutorials
http://www.kirupa.com/
- shapesalad2
https://www.odoo.com/app/website…
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