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Free Photoshop Shapes: Download Custom Shapes Sets

Barbara Holbrook — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:41 +0000

Photoshop shapes are different than Photoshop brushes, although some people use the terms interchangeably, they refer to completely different tools. Both tools will allow you to easily add custom elements that be stamped out over and over again, used to create patterns, transferred from one design to another, and stored in your Photoshop library for use on your next project.

The big difference between custom brushes and custom shapes is that brushes create a bitmapped element that is permanently painted onto a layer. Custom Photoshop shapes will add an editable vector shape on it’s own layer. This is especially useful because it makes it easy to change the color or size of your custom item should you change your mind while working on the design.

Adding custom brushes and custom shapes to your Photoshop presets is an invaluable timesaver. Today, we’ll help you start your collection with this list of 10 Places to Download Free Custom Shape sets for Photoshop. (...)
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10 Places to Find Absolutely Free Vector Graphics

Joel Reyes — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:00:39 +0000

Vector graphics allow the preservation of quality within an image. These graphics at times offer superior quality over the traditional (raster) image formats, such as Bitmap. This means that if you were to view a vector and bitmap image next to each other, as you zoomed in you’ll be able to see that the bitmap image will suffer from pixelation while the vector graphic’s quality will remain intact.

Here are 10 of the top sites where you’ll be able to grab absolutely free vector graphics that allow editing in Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Most of these sites offer free vectors in several formats for quick and easy customization. Sites that showcase high-quality vectors can be a bit hard to find now-a-days, this is why we’ve done the job for you and assembled this collection for your enjoyment. (...)
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(Mostly) Free Vector Downloads

Oli — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:00:13 +0000

Vector files, revamped for 2009! Originally compile in 2007, we’ve dusted off this awesome list of resources for finding free vector graphics to use in your designs. We cleared out the dead links and added some brand new places to find vectors for download.

Are you ready for free vector images? As a designer it is always handy to have a collection of pre-made vector objects available to use in your designs. Here we’ve dug out the very best vector downloads for you. And, most of these vector files are completely free!

Some of these sites offer both free vectors and buy vectors, but all them are high quality. Once you’ve filled up your hard drive, take a look at our post on Illustrator Tutorials. Or, maybe you’d like some free fonts to go with your vector downloads.

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Free Vector Downloads (Part2)

Oli — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:22:41 +0000

Vectors always come in handy when developing website designs or for print work, every designer should have an arsenal of them to call on. Here we dug out the very best freebies for you. If you missed part one, go check it out as well.

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Logo and Branding Tutorials

Oli — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:00:47 +0000

A company’s identity is unique and tailored to the message they want to portray, there is no one-size fits all tutorial for creating a logo but following some tutorials about logos can give you the skills you need to create a custom logo. Here we round up some tutorials and articles about logos and branding…

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Illustrator Tutorials

Oli — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:04:58 +0000

Following on from yesterdays post on free vector downloads, I have decided to round up the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials and resources to help you to get to grips with this great piece of software.

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