image editing
Design
Shape Collage Online Makes Great Photo Collages In Your Browser
8:00AM The How-To Geek | Web application Shape Collage quickly turns your online photos into embeddable photo collages with nothing more than a few clicks. It’s an interesting way to showcase your pictures online without a lot of work. More »
Design
X3Studios Makes Abstract Wallpaper Creation Easy
1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re a fan of the abstract and grungy vector-based wallpapers floating around, X3Studios is a free tool for creating abstract wallpaper without needing a copy of Illustrator and a pile of stock images. More »
Design
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Photoshop’s been around so long that it’s easy to ignore the options on even its most basic tools. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley outlines five additional features you can use when cropping images. More »
Better Cropping Techniques In Photoshop
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Photoshop’s been around so long that it’s easy to ignore the options on even its most basic tools. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley outlines five additional features you can use when cropping images. More »
Design
Paint.NET Releases Big Update, Still A Killer Photoshop Alternative
6:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Paint.NET is a free, fast and powerful image editor for Windows. It’s a giant leap above Microsoft Paint and a serious alternative to bigger, bloated (for most users, at least) image editors like Photoshop or GIMP. More »
Design
Photoshop.com Mobile Fixes Photos On Smartphones
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | iPhone/Android/Windows Mobile: Photoshop.com, the online home of Adobe’s market-leading image editor, has released a native photo editor and photo uploader for Android phones, and it’s a fairly versatile solution for fixing or offloading images while you’re out and about. More »
Design
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Lifehacker reader favourite Photoshop has lots of tools to let you change colours in an image, but most of those require you to do some fiddly selection work first. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley runs down some techniques that let you alter colours without lots of magic wand work. More »
Changing Colour In Photoshop Without Using Selections
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Lifehacker reader favourite Photoshop has lots of tools to let you change colours in an image, but most of those require you to do some fiddly selection work first. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley runs down some techniques that let you alter colours without lots of magic wand work. More »
Design
Livebrush Makes Design Creation Simple
7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Adobe Air: If you’re looking to put a flourish or two on an invitation, business card or web page, Livebrush makes it super simple to create your own designs without purchasing advanced vector-based software. More »
Design
Tintii Gives A Colourful Boost To People And Objects In Your Photos
12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’re a fan of photos that are desaturated save for a an interesting burst of colour left behind—often a vibrant one like a yellow flower or red carpet—Tintii makes it easy to play with the technique. More »
Work
Dropresize Monitors Folders, Automatically Resizes Photos
2:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Point free system-tray application Dropresize at any folder on your desktop, and it monitors that folder and automatically resizes any image you drop into it. More »
Design
10:30AM Angus Kidman | After more than 20 years in development, it’s no wonder that Photoshop is packed with features even experienced users don’t often run into. Photoshop expert Helen Bradley runs down ten useful but lesser-known features in the well-regarded image editing package. More »
10 Photoshop Tricks You Didn’t Know
10:30AM Angus Kidman | After more than 20 years in development, it’s no wonder that Photoshop is packed with features even experienced users don’t often run into. Photoshop expert Helen Bradley runs down ten useful but lesser-known features in the well-regarded image editing package. More » 
