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Free Stuff: Brush Pilot Giveaway – Comment to WinYesterday
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Last week I released a new version of Brush Pilot (1.0.4), so I decided to have another giveaway to start of this week. I’ve got another 3 copies of Brush Pilot to give away to 3 lucky commenters. Brush Pilot is a fast, easy to use Photoshop Brush previewer for Mac OS X. Read the rules after the jump and good luck!

Visit BrushPilotApp.com to download a demo and read more details.

Brush Pilot for Mac - A Photoshop Brush Previewer

Contest Rules:

  • All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. (tweeting is appreciated)
  • Only comment once.
  • 3 winners will be randomly chosen from the comments.
  • You must leave an email address in order to win.
  • Please only comment if you have a Mac.
  • Comments will remain open until T
Free Texture Tuesday: Grunge FramesFebruary 2
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After browsing Flickr for some texture ideas, I ran across a cool “grunge frame” image and thought I would give it a whirl myself. Each of these textures are 4-5 images stacked on top of one another layers with various blending modes. I then just erased the center of certain layers, which gives the frame effect. I hope you find a good use for them, they were a blast to make. Enjoy!

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Free Texture Tuesday: Grunge Frames

Free Texture Tuesday: Grunge Frames
Free Texture Tuesday: Grunge Frames




Photoshop 101: Editing Indexed Color Images from the WebFebruary 1
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Have you ever plucked an image from the web and tried to edit it in Photoshop only to find annoying problems? It’s probably a .gif in Indexed color mode. For this quick example I’m using the MediaTemple ad in my sidebar, which happes to be an indexed .gif.

Photoshop 101: Editing Indexed Color Images from the Web

When trying to edit an indexed color image in Photoshop, certain adjustments are disabled, as you can see below.

Photoshop 101: Editing Indexed Color Images from the Web

The quickest way to tell what you’re dealing with is to glance at the Layers palette. You’ll see right away if it’s an indexed color image.

Free Texture Tuesday: Grab Bag 2January 26
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Today marks the 300th texture we’ve given away here on Texture Tuesday, here’s to the next 300! I thought I’d do another grab bag set today, you can check out the first one here. Like before, these are just some textures I’ve had sitting around that deserved to be shared and used in your design projects. I need to give a shout out to Callum Chapman from Circlebox Blog for a couple of these, make sure to go tell him thanks. Enjoy!

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Free Texture Tuesday: Grab Bag 2

Free Texture Tuesday: Grab Bag 2



Brush Pilot 1.0.4 Now AvailableJanuary 25
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I released Brush Pilot 1.0.4 yesterday, and I recommend everyone upgrade if you haven’t already. In 1.0.4 we’ve added the Sparkle framework for automatic updates. From now on when a new version is released Brush Pilot will automatically give you the option to download an install the new version. This way you don’t have to keep track of new versions, it does it for you. Also in 1.0.4 is a bug fix that prevents BP from crashing in Snow Leopard with no Photoshop installed. This is a free upgrade for all licensed users.

The new version can be downloaded from the Brush Pilot homepage ».

Brush Pilot for Mac - A Photoshop Brush Previewer

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