Archive for April, 2010
CSS3 Transitions – Are We There Yet?
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The CSS 3 Flexible Box Model
How to Create a Hover Effect Using CSS
Hover effects, rollovers, super-fancy link styles — regardless of what you call them — are a great way to get extra bang for your buck when putting together a website.
Today we’ll be learning how to add a unique and creative feature to your website’s links using CSS. Using CSS Pseudo Classes, we can alter every aspect of a link when a visitor “hovers” over it, or puts their cursor over the link. (...)
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42 More Subtle Grunge Textured Photoshop Brushes

If, like us you are a fan of soft & subtle brushes then you’re going to love this new set. The focus on this set is to give you the tools to build up realistic textures in your designs, by using multiple brushes on multiple layers.
Details of the Pack
This set is completely free, you can use them anyway without the need of giving credit. The brushes are best used on projects meant for web use. They can be used elsewhere, but the way we made them, and the size of them make them ideal for use in web design rather than print.
The brushes all fade out around the edges, just so you don’t get any messy looking edges or straight lines in your grunge work. There’s a massive variety of textures & surfaces, 42 of them in total, all at different sizes and shapes. This set is a follow up to our popular first set.
The sort of thing you can expect from this set is really soft; Chalk, Concrete, Denim, Fabric, and Paper textures. All fixed up nicely and ready to use.
The set also contains some “harsher” brushes, such as some chalk strokes and some paint roller brushes. These kind of brushes are perfect for borders or masking layers.
Example of How to Use Them

Obviously you can use these however you want, but our best advice is to build up layers of texture in a subtle way. Play around with the various brushes - and build up the realistic textures by varying colours, opacity and placement. What you should aim for is something that looks natural and organic.
Share These Brushes
If you find this set useful we’d like you to pass them on to other who you think might appreciate it. You can do this easily using the share links below the post, or share the short URL below, as well as using the full URL in the address bar.
The URL to share is: http://bit.ly/dn4K4J
Important, you must link to this article when sharing the set, you must not upload these files to your own server when sharing.
Download The Set
Download Free Brushes | .zip Format |Â 9.3 mb