MyBackgrounds Blog » Free & Cheap Resources http://blog.mybackgrounds.com Cool Online Finds for Web and Graphic Designers Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2006-2007 webmaster@onyourmark.com (MyBackgrounds Blog) webmaster@onyourmark.com (MyBackgrounds Blog) posts Cool Online Finds for Web and Graphic Designers MyBackgrounds Blog MyBackgrounds Blog webmaster@onyourmark.com No no http://blog.mybackgrounds.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg MyBackgrounds Blog http://blog.mybackgrounds.com 144 144 Free Photoshop Alternatives http://blog.mybackgrounds.com/2009/07/29/free-photoshop-alternatives/ http://blog.mybackgrounds.com/2009/07/29/free-photoshop-alternatives/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:24:03 +0000 kristen http://blog.mybackgrounds.com/?p=108 Jolie O’Dell presents a great round up of Photoshop alternatives with Free Alternatives to Photoshop With All the Bells, Whistles, Filters, & Layers. Each tool, like Splashup and The GIMP was tested with the same photo and given a numerical rating compared to Photoshop (Photoshop being a 10). The alternatives keep getting better with age!

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UrbanFonts.com has a neat preview feature that lets you scroll over a font sample to see how all of the characters will appear. Fun font to try: Gilligan’s Island.

FontEmpire.com has a search feature that lets you search by keyword for fonts. Fun font to try: Monster Party.

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