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40 Incredible Photos Captured with SmartPhones


  
Screenshot Smartphones have become an important element of our daily life, more important than their predecessors, the good old traditional mobile phones, to be honest. Smartphones can do so much more. They are your camera, organizer, music player, audio- or video-recorder and even replace our PCs or laptops to some extent. In this collection, we are showcasing photographs that have been captured using different smartphones.

The Ultimate Collection of WordPress Social Network Plugins


  

Today we have put together an interesting collection of WordPress Social Network Plugins for you. These days, social networks have become a part of our everyday life. Social media is a wonderful medium to get your posts and information shared with millions of users. This is the reason why the majority of websites include social media sharing options in their websites. One of the effective ways is to include social media sharing options in your blog posts and let your readers share your piece of writing through different social media platforms. The more options you include, the better it is, at least to a certain extent. Therefore, we have compiled the most useful WordPress social network plugins collection for you. We hope that you will find this list useful.

Shareaholic

Shareaholic is a highly configurable plugin, that can be integrated with WordPress in order to add “sexy bookmarks� to your posts, pages, home page, category archive and RSS feed.

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Sociable

With this plugin, you can easily add social media sharing buttons to your posts, pages and RSS feed. The plugin supports almost all popular social networks. You can choose from simple icons or buttons that display how many times your article has been shared.

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WordPress Social Ring

WordPress Social Ring adds sharing buttons for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

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Social Toolbar

This puts a toolbar at the bottom of your website. Your latest tweet is displayed just above the toolbar, and on the right you’ll find buttons and counters for Facebook likes and retweets. On the left is a horizontal list of all of your social profiles (making this both a sharing and following plugin).In the settings you can modify the color scheme of the background, border and icons and set whether tweets link to your home page or to individual posts and pages.

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WP Mingle

The simplest way to turn your standard WordPress website with a standard WordPress theme into a Social Network.

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Facebook Like Box Widget

Facebook Like Box Widget is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain likes and recommendation comments from their own website. The Like Box Widget enables users to see how many users already like this page, which of their friends like it too, read recent posts from the page and like the page with one click, without needing to even visit it.

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Add Link to Facebook

Automatically add links to posts or pages that are being published to your Facebook wall, pages or groups. Its simple one time configuration goes as set it and forget it. The way links appear on Facebook can be customized.

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TweetView-Widget

Add a widget to your sidebar to show your latest tweets.

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The Google+ plugin

The WPMU DEV Google+ Plugin lets you add a +1 button to your website so that people can tell the world how awesome they think you are. It integrates with Google+ Posts and Pages so that people can easily add you to their G+ Circles.

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Google Plus Badge Direct Connect

Google+ badge allows visitors to directly connect with and promote your brand on Google+ from your website. Now you can add a Google+ badge to help your visitors find and engage with you on the new social network by the search giant.

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Pinterest “Pin It” Button

Add a Pinterest “Pin It” Button to your site to let your visitors easily pin your awesome content!

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Digg Digg

Your all-in-one share-buttons plugin. Add a floating bar with share buttons to your blog. Just like Mashable!

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GetSocial

With this tool, you can add a vertical sharing box to your website that supports Twitter, Facebook, Google+ (and Google Buzz), StumbleUpon, Digg and Blend.

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ShareThis

ShareThis is the most popular and most widely used sharing solution on the web. It allows Facebook users to share and like your content. This plugin also supports Google+. You can change the order of icons from settings.

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Socialize

Provides an easy way to selectively add actionable social bookmarks to your posts content or below the post in a call-to-action box.

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Slick Social Share Buttons

This tool allows you to add a sharing button to your website that supports Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Digg, Google Buzz and Pinterest. The menu can also be slide out.

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AddThis

Another amazing solution for making your blog more sharable is the plugin from AddThis. Similar to ShareThis, but slightly less focused on design, it gives you a great solution to have trackable buttons on your page. A big plus for AddThis is that it also includes automatic translation in over 70 languages. So if you have a large number of different people from different countries visiting your site, this might be helpful.

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Sharebar

Sharebar adds a dynamic and fully customizable vertical box to the left of a blog post that contains links/buttons to popular social networking sites.

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Follow Me Social Media WordPress Plugin

The Follow Me widget allows you to display links to all your social media profiles in one, easy-to-access button or window.

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Lifestream

Lifestream is a plugin built on top of the WordPress platform. It allows you to effortlessly integrate your social network activity across the web with your blog. It actually transforms your blog to a lifestream, which has it stand out from the rest of the crowd a little.

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Meet your commenters

When someone comments on your blog and writes a comment with his/her URL, they are leaving more information than you might think. This WordPress plugin displays web pages and profiles of those users in the dashboard, so you can add them as friends if you are in the same social network. You will be able to know the profiles of your visitors in social networks like Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Downsides are that the info is not reliable as the users can easily claim to be owner of a certain profile by using a meta-tag. In some countries data-protection laws might prohibit this kind of data-mining.

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Social Homes

A WordPress plugin which adds a sidebar widget containing a subtle list of all your social homes as linked favicons.

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BuddyPress

It is a WordPress plugin that contains all the features that you had expected from WordPress. It turns your blog into a social network hub and can greatly enhance your blogging experience.

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Social Media Page Plugin

The Social Media Page WordPress plugin will add a list of links to your social media profiles on a page or post of your choice. This plugin also creates a widget that will display your social media profiles in the side bar of your site.

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Share Buttons by Lockerz

You can choose from more than 100 different social media sites such as Facebook and Google+ with the help of this button.

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InsiteBar Plugin for WordPress

A very useful plugin for WordPress that allows users to search the website via Google and also translates the website content into more than a dozen languages if needed. Furthermore, it also comes with a text-to-speech feature.

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Jetpack

Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com. The plugin supports Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Digg and Reddit.

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Social Media Counters

Add social media counters to your blog so users can share your content and see how many others have shared. This useful plugin shows sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Digg, Google+, LinkedIn and AddThis.

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Social Media Widget

The Social Media Widget is a simple sidebar widget that allows users to input their social media website profile URLs and other subscription options. It will then show an icon on the sidebar to that social media site and more. Social network platforms are opened in a separate browser window.

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Social Media Tabs

Social Media Tabs allows you to add a tabbed box that will show the latest entries from your Twitter, Facebook, Google+, RSS and YouTube feeds.

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Most Shared Posts

With this plugin, you can display your most shared posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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Social Metrics

Social Metrics is a Social Media Analytics tool you can use to track your WordPress blog performance on popular social networking websites and services.

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This rounds up our collection of social network plugins for WordPress. Did we miss out on anything? Leave your comments below.

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3D Text Effects: Ultimate Collection of Photoshop Tutorials


  

Typography is not just about the arrangement and placement of letters and words, rather it has become a field of art where artists can express themselves solely through the use of different styles of fonts with varying sizes. Typography has continued to expand as an art, though one must always heed the design principles behind it. Then one finds themselves freer to explore the more artistic sides of this element.

Many designers make use of Photoshop to generate some stunning text effects that bring their typography to life or to make their text more down-to-earth. In this round up, we have compiled an exciting collection of more than 40 brilliantly dazzling 3D text effects Photoshop tutorials with a little help from Illustrator. Enjoy!

3D Text Effects

3D Type with Repoussé in Photoshop CS5 Extended
In this tutorial you will learn how to create some stylish 3D Type with Repousse via the talented crew at Abduzeedo.

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Create Glossy, Plastic, 3D Text in Photoshop CS5 Extended
This tutorial will explain how to use Repoussé inside Photoshop CS5 to create an amazing 3D text effect without the need for any other 3D software. Many different material values will be modified to accomplish the final result, and some adjustment layers will be used to enhance the outcome as well. Let’s get started!

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3D Ribbon Wrapped Text Effect
This tutorial will explain how to use the Opacity texture map to create a ribbon-wrapped 3D text effect in a Photoshop CS5 environment. Then, it will explain how to create the confetti brush and its layer styles.

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Create a Realistic Wooden 3D Text Image
There is a lot of typography-based artwork recently with more people getting their hands on 3D programs. However, creating 3D text with just Photoshop takes a certain amount of craftsmanship and skill. Leaving all the little details in your hands instead of letting the computer do all the work. So, in this tutorial we are going to take a few 2D textures as well as a few Photoshop techniques to create a realistic 3D text image.

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Create a Tasty 3D Typographic Illustration
In this tutorial, author Mark Mayers will show you how Photoshop CS6 Extended’s new 3D tools can be utilized to create a typographic illustration that includes lots of sugary treats.

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How to Create Glowing TRON-Inspired 3D Text in Photoshop Extended
Create glowing 3D text and beautiful effects using only non-destructive Photoshop techniques. This tutorial will show you how to create 3D text, give it a futuristic blue glow, and finish it off with a modern bokeh and grid background. There are also a few really cool Photoshop tricks scattered in this tutorial.

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Create 3D Style Lettering
In this tutorial, Marcelo Schultz will explain how to create “awesome” 3D-style typography using illustrative techniques in Photoshop. This tutorial does not utilize any 3D apps or tools and relies heavily on a good sketch as well as your ability to apply proper light and shadow.

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Colorful Plexi Text Effect using Photoshop
In this Awesome Photoshop tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a cool looking colorful Plexi text effect. Throughout this tutorial we’ll create letters separately, getting some help from the Actions. Have Fun.

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How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text
This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop. Check it out!

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Create Awesome Text Made of 3D Blocks
In this Awesome Photoshop tutorial, we are showing you how to create a cool 3D effect. We’ll create a 3D object from a 2D depth map texture first and then create diffuse and self illumination textures. You will need Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended for this one. Have fun.

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Create Convincing Text-Shaped Buildings
Creating convincing buildings that appear like text in a cityscape can be a challenging task. In this tutorial we will learn how to create building-shaped typography in Photoshop using photos that you have taken yourself. Let’s get started!

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Cool Dots Text Effect
This Photoshop tutorial explains how to design a three-dimensional text, which consists of dots and a blurred extension.

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Create Earthy 3D Typography
In this tutorial, author Ed Lopez will demonstrate how to create an earthy 3D typographic piece using Photoshop’s 3D tools.

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Create a Spectacular Style Text Effect
In this tutorial we’ll create a cool looking 3D Style text effect that will come in handy for any number of projects.

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Create Super Glossy 3D Typography
In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a glossy 3D typographic image using both Photoshop and Illustrator.

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Unique 3D Text
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a unique 3d text effect. Definitely one you will be wanting to dive in to.

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Use Google Sketchup and Photoshop to Create 3D Typography
Photoshop is a powerful application on its own merits. Its power, however, can be significantly increased by using it in tandem with another application like Illustrator, Cinema 4D, or in this case, Google Sketchup. Today, we will create some cool 3D text using this free architectural application.

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Create Elegant, Glassy, 3D Typography
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create elegant, glassy, 3D typography using Photoshop and Illustrator. Feel free to apply this effect to any logo, text, or shape. Let’s get started!

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3D Layered Text Effect
In this Awesome Photoshop tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a 3D text effect using actions, basic transform operations and filters. This is an intermediate level, approximately 2 cups of coffee long tutorial.

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Create an Extruded Glossy 3D Text Effect
People love 3D effects. They also love the look of shiny, glossy, graphics as well. Here, we will combine those two popular styles and create an extruded 3D glossy text effect in Photoshop.

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Create a 3D Text Scene Using Photoshop
In this tutorial we’ll create a realistic 3D text scene using Photoshop with a little help from Illustrator for the 3D text.

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Create an Awesome 3D Text Effect with Abstract Brush Decoration
In the tutorial, the artist will show you the processes he used to create an awesome 3D Text Effect with Photoshop. This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky, but why not have a try.

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How to Create A Realistic 3D Typography
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a really smooth looking 3D text in any version of Photoshop. This tutorial will create the illusion of 3D without the use of any 3D programs; we will only use the raw power of Photoshop.

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How to Create Abstract New Year Illustration with 3D Typography
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create an abstract New Year illustration with 3D typography using new 3D tools that Adobe has included in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Let’s get going.

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Create 3D Type Art Using Photoshop CS5
The 3D tools in Photoshop CS5 are more advanced than ever. In this tutorial we will use the new Repoussé tool to extrude some text in a way previously only possible in a full 3D application.

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3D Text on Fire
In this tutorial we will create a fire effect 3D text with Illustrator and Photoshop.

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Floral 3D Text Effect
Learn how to turn a simple 3D text into a beautiful yet simple floral design. This tutorial will show you how to retouch and apply effects to 3D text and use floral Photoshop brushes as a quick way of enhancing the look.

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Stunning 3D effects in 30 minutes
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to create stunning 3D effects in 30 minutes.

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Design Soft Stylized 3D Type
The use of 3D type is an increasing trend in design today. In this tutorial, we will teach you the basics of creating polished 3D type using Illustrator and Photoshop. Let’s get to work.

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Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a 3D Typography based design. All the elements will revolve around the centerpiece and theme: dreaming. The word will dictate the entire layout and control the space by allowing everything else to emerge from within.

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Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text
Take typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. Yes, this is the text-on-fire tutorial to end all tutorials. It uses a little Illustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen!

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Create 3D Text with some Extreme Lighting
Here we are going to take an object/text, change it from 2-D to 3-D and give it some realistic effects. We are going to use Illustrator to create the object, and then bring it into Photoshop to add highlights and shadows.

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Create Stunning 3D Text in a Grungy Landscape
The more you can learn about blending images and different elements together in Photoshop, the more freedom you will have in creating whatever pops up in your imagination. In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to go over different digital-image-editing techniques in order to create a beautiful grungy and grainy composition that has 3D text as its centerpiece.

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Create a Dark Grunge 3D Text Scene
In this Photoshop tutorial, you are going to learn how to create some 3D text using only Photoshop. The mood we will strive to incorporate in our piece is dark and grungy. We are going to use consistent lighting, layer styles to create shadows for our type, Photoshop filters, and more.

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How to Create Remarkable 3D Text
In this quick and easy graphic design tutorial, you’ll discover a handy process for generating attention-grabbing three-dimensional typography with the help of Photoshop and some creative techniques.

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How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect
In this tutorial we will be designing a cool retro text effect, which is growing more and more popular in today’s design. Here you will learn how to use the Perspective tool to create depth and how designers can use default gradients in unusual ways!

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3D Text effect
This tutorial shows you how to create a nice 3D text using only Photoshop 7.

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Create Astonishing Nightclub Themed 3D Typography
3D graphics are often created using several applications. Here, we will use Photoshop, Illustrator, and Cinema 4D to create a stunning nightclub themed 3D composite. Let’s get started!

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Create Dazzling 3D Text Effect
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create 3D text in Illustrator then transfer it to Photoshop to apply the effects. You’ll learn how to apply styles to regular 3D text to create a stunning design.

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Kaboom! Exploding Text
Explosions are always nice to watch, but it’s even better to blow up stuff yourself. This is why we are going to teach you how to make your own exploding text that you can show off to your friends.

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Conclusion

Hope you enjoyed browsing through this amazing and fun collection of 40 excellent 3D text effect Photoshop tutorials, and will have more fun using the techniques in your work. If we have missed out some useful tutorials, then drop us a line letting us know and we will try to include those tutorials in our next collection. Enjoy!

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A New Collection of Free HTML5 and CSS3 Templates


  

Professionally designed and neatly coded templates always make life easier for developers, not only because they save time, but also for the effort they save. Since web development is an ever expanding field, it is important for developers to keep their work up to date with the latest changes. HTML5 and CSS3 templates are there to make your websites future proof and make them even more accessible.

In this round up, we are presenting a brilliant collection of some fresh and free HTML5 and CSS3 templates that you can download today. With these templates, you can also learn how to code your websites in HTML5 and CSS3. So, enjoy looking into this collection we have compiled for you.

The Templates

Template for Powerful Business Startup ( Demo | Download )
The visually pleasing layout is the first thing that catches the attention when you look at this theme, but it’s certainly not the last. Along with cool graphic elements and hand-written typography, this free website template will provide you with the functionality you need for a good start for your online business.

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Animated Neoarts ( Demo | Download )
This is a modern and elegantly designed web template suitable for Design/Studio websites. All-in-One page with an animated theme.

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Vintage – HTML Template ( Demo | Download )
This is a responsive blog template that comes with a retro touch. You can use this template for a stylish portfolio.

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Template for Restaurant Business ( Demo | Download )
This free website template features an attractive and functional design, which is important for attracting visitors’ attention and making the time they spend at your site pleasant. Geared towards a restaurant, this high-grade theme comes with a stylish layout in an elegant color scheme, with a jQuery slider, and a nice gallery for the images you have.

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Simpler ( Demo | Download )
As the name indicates, the template is relatively simpler than the other templates presented in this collection. It has a fixed layout which is made in HTML5.

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Free Template for Spa Salon with Zoomer Effect ( Demo | Download )
If your business deals with offering a wide variety of beauty services, try this nicely done ready-made template for starting up your project. The pleasant color scheme turns out to be a good background for the wonderful images from your collection. The neatly arranged content blocks in the main part of the theme are intended to present all the necessary information in an effective way.

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CSS3 Design One ( Demo | Download )
CSS3 Design One is a simple two column fixed width template, with a jQuery drop-down menu, jQuery image fader and working PHP contact form. It utilizes @font-face, and CSS3 rounded corners / text shadow.

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Zen ( Demo | Download )
This free website template is best suited for the personal blog pages. The template has been designed by using HTML5 and looks visually appealing.

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Template for Web Design Studio ( Demo | Download )
Though this theme can be used for many other purposes, it was primarily designed for web design studios. It is a user friendly and visually appealing web template.

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Caja ( Demo | Download )
This creatively designed web template is ideal for those who want to make certain files available for download on their websites as well as want to showcase their work.

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Scenic Photo Two ( Demo | Download )
Scenic Photo Two is a simple two column fixed width template, with a jQuery drop-down menu and scenic photographic background image. With a working PHP contact form, it utilizes lots of CSS3 features.

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Watercolor ( Demo | Download )
This template comes with a fixed layout however you can choose from 4 different skins that are available. It is a friendly XHTML/CSS template.

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Responsive Brownie ( Demo | Download )
A brilliant responsive HTML5 template aimed at businesses and portfolios.

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Simple ( Demo | Download )
Simple is a neat and clean web template that offers more 7 page layouts, jQuery functionality, 2 Cufon fonts to choose from, loads of background patterns, as well as one sprite file image.

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Immaculate 2 ( Demo | Download )
This free HTML5 website template is suitable for blogs and personal websites.

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Folder ( Demo | Download )
This is a responsive HTML5 template that can be used with any device and browser size without any problem. This is an ideal template for creative showcases and businesses.

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PhotoArtWork2 ( Demo | Download )
PhotoArtWork2 comes with 3 different image galleries, a jQuery drop down menu, as well as a functional PHP contact form. This template is suited for photography related and portfolios websites.

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Left ( Demo | Download )
This web template is designed in HTML5 and offers more than 6 page layouts with a unique skin system that can create a new skin appearance within minutes.

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PhotoArtWork2_reverse ( Demo | Download )
This is another version of PhotoArtWork2 that is a complete web template with easy to customize options.

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Muro ( Demo | Download )
This is another brilliantly designed web template that comes with 3 different skins, 7 page layouts as well as jQuery functionality.

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Torn ( Demo | Download )
Torn is an XHTML web template that offers 5 pre-defined skins and 7 page layouts along with jQuery functionality.

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Template for Horse Club ( Demo | Download )
Horse Club is one of the free website templates created by the Template Monster team.

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CSS3 Seascape Two ( Demo | Download )
This template offers a 2 column fixed width template with a jQuery drop down menu, image transitions and PHP contact form.

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Photo Style Two ( Demo | Download )
Photo Style Two web template also offers a jQuery drop down menu, image fader and PHP contact form.

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Template for Business Project ( Demo | Download )
If you want your website to look as efficient and professional as possible then you should opt for this free web template. It focuses on the main points of your business and highlight them to grab the attention of the visitors.

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Connoisseur ( Demo | Download )
With this web template, you can easily set your website apart from your competitors. This free website template is suitable for all those websites that pertain to fine arts, cuisine, dining, etc.

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More on Page Two

Many more templates await, over on page two. So head on over and check them out!


Towards a 3D World: Amazing Collection of Autodesk 3DS Max Tutorials


  

For today’s collection, we have chosen Autodesk 3DS Max tutorials that will unlock the techniques you need so you can master your 3D Studio Max skills. With the help of the 3D visualization rendering, you can create the perfect feel and look you are wanting for your images. And the tutorials we have for you will help you to harness the power of this useful tool.

In this post, you will find over forty amazing and exceptionally helpful 3DS Max tutorials that cover all aspects of 3D modeling, from materials to lighting as well as animation. We hope that you will find this collection helpful to sharpen and show off your 3DS Max mastery. Enjoy!

Towards a 3D World

Creating Bicycle Model in 3DS MAX
This tutorial will show you how to use an editable poly to create a bicycle. You will learn how to use the editable poly and simple shapes like cylinder and box to create assets for the 3d mesh. It will also show how to manipulate turbo smooth modifier.

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Clock Tutorial
In this tutorial, we will show you a few tips to create a clock in 3DS Max and render it with Fry render. Then, we will show you how to apply fry materials and how to make the light setup. Finally, we will show you how to work with the tone mapping and layer blending controls.

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How to model an Iphone 4 with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an iPhone 4 in 3DS Max and VRay. We will cover both modeling and rendering.

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Create a Wooden Toy Car in 3DS Max
In this tutorial, artist Hatice Bayramoglu will give us an overview of the process he used to create his Wooden Toy Car scene. Although the main focus of the tutorial is the modeling of the car, Hatice will also give us a brief look at the lighting and rendering settings he used to complete the scene. Let’s take a look.

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Making of Ayasha
In this tutorial, we will be creating a 3D cartoon character “Ayasha” by using the 3DS Max, Mudbox, V-Ray and Photoshop.

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Making of Realistic Kitchen
In this tutorial, we will show you the process of making a classic kitchen beginning with component modeling through applying textures and ending with lighting and Vray setup.

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Making of a Victorian Building
In this detailed tutorial, you will learn how to create a Victorian Building in 3D max with the help of Photoshop and Vray.

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Animating Wall-E Style LED Eyes In 3D Studio Max & After Effects
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create, animate and render LED style eyes for characters like robots or even some products while creating presentations. We will go through the theoretical part and explain why and where you could use this technique and what the benefits of the process are. We start by setting up the 3D scene, jumping in to After Effects, setting up the project there and then heading back to 3DS Max for the final animation and rendering.

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How to model Bathroom furniture with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, you will learn how to model bathroom furniture. You will also learn how to create a basic room with illumination. At the bottom of the tutorial, you will find links to download samples of this tutorial in .max, .3ds, .obj formats.

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Modeling Interior Lamps in 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will model three lamps starting with a simple one and continue with more difficult ones using poly modeling techniques in 3DS Max.

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How to Create a Car using the Polygonal Modeling
Artists have written this tutorial to help people who don’t know the bases of the polygonal modeling process. The example that he has chosen is to model a simple car starting by a standard primitive: a box.

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Create Panorama Image
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create panorama (360 degrees) images with 3DS Max. These kinds of pictures can be used well for showing the inside and interior design of places.

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How to model a HTC Tattoo, Android phone, with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an Android phone and the HTC Tattoo model in 3DS Max and VRay. We will cover both the modeling and rendering.

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Creating 3D Logos In 3D Studio Max
In this quick tip, Sasa Posloncec will show you how to create great looking logos in 3D Studio Max in only a few minutes! You’ll learn how to create a vector of your chosen logo in Photoshop and how to export it into 3D Studio Max and make adjustments and add depth. Sasa will then show you how to add additional geometry so the logo will support subdivision. This is an extremely valuable technique that can be applied to logos, text or any other shape your project requires.

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Modeling Pisa Tower
In this tutorial, you will learn how to do modeling of Pisa tower in Italy.

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Particle Disintegration In 3D Studio Max With Thinking Particles & Krakatoa
In this advanced level tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a particle disintegration effect in 3D Studio Max using Thinking Particles and Krakatoa. While similar effects can be created using Particle Flow, Thinking Particles offers a robust node based system allowing you to truly fine tune your effects.

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Making of Sanlik
This tutorial shows the process of creation of the character called “Sanlik�.

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Studio Lighting Setup Video Tutorial
This tutorial shows how to create a Studio Lighting Setup, while using 3DS Max and Vray. Hope you find this 3DS Max Vray video useful, go and try this method.

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Create A Snake Animation Using Spring Magic In 3D Studio Max
In this tutorial, Chandan Kumar will introduce you to Spring Magic, a very useful free script for animating bones or splines in 3D Studio Max. This script is extremely easy to use and will save you from doing the time consuming task of hand animating bone chains. As a practical example, Chandan will show you how this tool can be used to animate a snake model in only a few minutes.

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Classic Chair 3DS MAX tutorial
See how this classic leather armchair with capitones was modeled from start to finish. It’s a classic chair with a capitone cushion. The video is 30 minutes long and takes you through every step needed to make this chair. Hope you enjoy it!

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Creating Leather Textures
Many of you are asking how to make good looking leather. So we are showing here in a small tutorial a simple way how to make this kind of material.

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Modeling Decorative Mirror
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this decorative frame for a mirror.

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How To Generate And Render Caustics In 3D Studio Max
In this tutorial, author Chandan Kumar will explain how to generate and render caustics in 3D Studio Max. Caustics are an essential element in adding a level of believability to your renders, and simulate the effect of light bending while passing through a transparent or semi-transparent medium such as glass or liquid.

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Interior Lighting with 3DS Max Standard Lights
Learn how to light an interior scene using only 3DS Max standard lighting tools. Create a convincing day lit scene with Key, Fill, Ambient and Secondary lights. Setup soft and hard-edged shadows and light colors for added realism.

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Modeling Sony Ericsson K530
In this tutorial, we will show you how to model a Sony Ericsson K530i in 3DS Max.

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Create A Flock Of Birds Animation In 3D Studio Max
A flock of birds can add an extra level of believability and detail to even the simplest of animations. In this tutorial, Chandan Kumar will show us just how quickly we can setup and animate this type of effect using modifiers, offset animation, and the power of Particle Flow in 3D Studio Max.

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Creating Normandy SR1 in 3DS MAX
In this tutorial, you will learn how to model the Normandy Space ship from Mass Effect.

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Making of cafe by Tiziano Fioriti
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a beautiful cafe table.

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Glowing Material for 3D Studio Max
In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a glowing material through Architectural and standard materials. Additionally, it will explain how to use the Glare shader to improve glow effects.

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Making of Spider
In this tutorial, we want to show you the making of a spider. Possibly you will expose something new on your own.

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How to create a Kids Room with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Room for kids. We will not be creating too many details, only the important parts as you see. At the bottom of tutorial, you will find links to download sample of this tutorial in .max, .3ds, .obj formats.

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How to model Living Room Furniture with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will learn how to model Living Room furniture. You will also learn how to create a basic room with illumination.

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How to model a Digital Photo Frame with 3DS Max
Here, you will learn how to create a Digital Photo Frame. The entire process will be covered, how to model, texture, create materials and render with VRay.

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Making of Quad Bike
This will be a brief explanation about making of the quad bike.

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How to model a DVD Player with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a Philips DVD Player. We will learn how to model the player, create materials and apply textures and we will also learn how to create a nice render.

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Create An Audio Driven Animated Equalizer Effect
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to integrate sound into 3D Studio Max and use it to drive an animated equalizer effect. You’ll start by learning some advanced techniques for processing and isolating sound frequencies using Sound Forge, and how these can be independently used to control animation data inside 3DS Max using Audio Float controllers.

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How to model a USB Memory Stick with 3DS Max
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a USB Memory Stick with 3DS Max and VRay. We will learn not just how to model the memory stick but we will also create some basic materials and studio render.

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How to model a Table and a Chair with 3DS Max
In this 3D modeling tutorial, we will show you how to create a Chair and a Table using 3DS Max 2011. At the bottom of tutorial you will find links to download sample of this tutorial in .max, .3ds, .obj formats.

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Creating Realistic Large Scale Smoke Plumes In 3D Studio Max With FumeFX
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to harness the power of FumeFX to create realistic large scale smoke plumes. You’ll also get an in-depth overview of many of FumeFX’s features and capabilities and learn some tips on dealing with high resolution, CPU intensive simulations. This is a fantastic project for both new and experienced FumeFX users, and for those who are interested in getting more believability out of their simulations.

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Create And Set Up Blueprints In 3D Studio Max Using Photoshop
Correctly setting up blueprints so they’re usable in your modeling work. Sasa Posloncec will show you the best place to find and download blueprints, how to correctly separate, scale and align them using Photoshop and how to get them up and running inside 3D Studio Max.

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Creating HighPoly Beretta in 3DS MAX
In this tutorial, we will show the way of creating high poly weapon in 3DS Max.

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An Introduction To UVMapping In 3D Studio Max Using The Unwrap UVW Modifier
So UVMapping… you hate it, we hate it. But unfortunately it’s a necessary step in the process of completing most CG projects. In this tutorial, we’ll look at creating UVs using the ‘Unwrap UVW’ modifier in 3D Studio Max, and discuss what UVapping is, why it’s necessary and some ways to approach it.

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Creating A Realistic Sea In 3D Studio Max With Houdini Ocean
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a realistic animated ocean surface in 3D Studio Max using the Houdini Ocean modifier, part of the free Houdini Ocean Toolkit (Hot4Max). Creating realistic waves and other water surfaces can be extremely difficult to achieve in 3D, but with the integration of this fantastic plugin, you’ll be rendering realistic ocean scenes in no time!

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Interior Lighting by using Mental Ray
This video tutorial will explain you how to use Sunlight, Skylight in the daylight interior scene and render through mental ray. After rendering in 3DS Max, we will show you the color correction in Photoshop. In the end of the tutorial, we will give you some notes which will help you in achieving realistic results in future projects. Overall, this is very informative tutorial which will explain everything clearly.

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HDRIs using VRay 1.5 RC3 Renderer in 3DS Max 9
In this tutorial, we’ll work out how to do decent lighting using HDRIs using VRay 1.5 RC3 Renderer in 3DS Max9.

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Conclusion

With this collection, we aimed to showcase the most exceptionally helpful 3D Studio Max tutorials that will help you learn the techniques the program has to offer. Use the comment section below to let us know your thoughts on the post. You can also drop a link to a 3DS Max tutorial that is a favorite of yours that wasn’t in our showcase.

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