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PowerPoint Templates / 29 Sep 2023

30+ Strategic Planning PowerPoint Templates

When you’re giving a presentation on strategic planning, there’s no room for mistakes.

Think about it. If you couldn’t plan a proper PowerPoint slideshow, how are you going to convince a group of investors to trust your strategic planning abilities?

Well, there’s no need to get anxious. Making a killer PowerPoint presentation is not that difficult, especially when you have the right template to start with.

Today, we handpicked some of the top strategic planning PowerPoint templates just for you. These templates are hand-crafted by professional designers to ensure they have all the slides and graphics you’ll need for your presentation.

Have a look and see if you can find a template for your project.

Font Collections / 28 Sep 2023

30+ Best Psychedelic Fonts in 2023 (Free & Pro)

One of the key elements of psychedelic design is the groovy fonts they use. So, we’ve found the perfect collection of psychedelic fonts for your next design project.

Psychedelic design has a long history that goes back to the 1960s. Inspired by the hippie culture, it influenced many forms of designs back in the day from artworks, paintings, posters, fashion designs, interior design, and more.

Today, we’re seeing psychedelic designs coming back as a modern design trend. The combination of vibrant colors and mellow typography is what makes this design trend more attractive to modern-day audiences.

We made sure to pick some of the grooviest psychedelic fonts for our collection. These fonts will help you craft far-out designs with peaceful vibes. Check them out below.

Font Collections / 28 Sep 2023

40+ Best Spooky Halloween Fonts 2023

Halloween is a busy time. Not just for the kids, but also for professional designers. It’s that time of the year you start looking for Halloween-themed fonts, templates, vectors, and icons for designing all those spooky posters and greeting cards.

Well, this year you won’t have to spend hours searching for creative fonts for your Halloween designs. Because we already did the work for you and picked out the best spooky Halloween fonts that will make your work stand out from the crowd.

In this collection, we feature a collection of the best Halloween fonts that are suitable for all kinds of designs from posters, greeting cards, social media designs, and other Halloween and horror-themed designs. Have a look.

Premiere Pro Templates / 27 Sep 2023

23+ Best Premiere Pro Opener Templates 2023

The opener is arguably the most important part of a video and you’re probably not paying enough attention to craft the best openers for your projects.

According to research, the average attention span of an adult is 8 seconds. That’s how much time you have to grab the attention of the viewers and keep them focused till the end of your videos.

Needless to say, creating a killer opener that can not only attract attention but also make your videos look professional is the key to gaining more views and engagement. And if you’re still using an old design or a free template for your video openers, it’s time to upgrade.

We’ve rounded up some of the best Premiere Pro opener templates you can use to craft amazing intros and openers for all kinds of videos. These templates are made by professionals and they are very easy to customize. Have a look and be sure to download them all.

Reviews / 27 Sep 2023

Market Test: Get Real Human Feedback on Your Designs

Conjointly’s Market Test is a suite of surveying tools that allows you to quickly and efficiently test and validate your designs from a group of real US consumers, at a very affordable price.

Testing your designs and content on real consumers has many benefits for both designers and businesses. It not only validates your ideas and concepts but also allows you to make data-driven decisions based on real feedback from consumers.

This is why most big design agencies and corporations have their own focus groups with real consumers to test everything from brand logos to product descriptions before making any final decisions.

Conjointly’s Market Test offers an agile and affordable solution for Market Research, making it the perfect fit for small agencies, freelance designers, and small businesses.

This post showcases what Conjointly Market Test offers and how it can benefit designers and businesses.

PowerPoint Templates / 27 Sep 2023

How to Make a Resume or CV in PowerPoint (+ Templates)

Making a resume or CV is one of those tasks that we all have to do. But did you know you can actually create one in PowerPoint?

If that’s the tool you are most comfortable with, it is possible. PowerPoint can also be a good option for a resume or CV if you need something highly visual in a presentation style.

You can then export it from PowerPoint to any other format you need so that you can share it online or with potential employers.

Here’s how to do it, with a few templates to help you get started (all with a super professional look-and-feel).

Font Collections / 26 Sep 2023

25+ Best Fall Fonts (Autumn + Fall Color Fonts)

Fall is an enchanting season full of cozy vibes. It’s a time for weddings, festivals, and new fashion trends. It’s also a time to refresh your fall font collection. And we’ve got the perfect picks just for you.

With the autumn season approaching, you will be seeing an increase in demand for wedding invitation designs, poster designs for fall festivals, and ad campaigns for new seasonal offerings from fashion brands.

To help you prepare for these upcoming design projects, we handpicked a collection of beautiful fall-themed fonts. There are many different styles of fall fonts in this collection with script, serif, and sans designs.

Have a look and be sure to download the free fonts as well.

Font Collections / 26 Sep 2023

50+ Best Number Fonts for Displaying Numbers

The style of numbers and digits is particularly important in graphic design, and no less so when designing a typeface. Although every font has a unique look-and-feel, very few stand out specifically when it comes to the design of their numbers and digits.

After scouring the web, we’ve tracked down a few great examples of number fonts, and typefaces that do something particularly unique with their numbers. Some of these fonts are directed only towards digits, while others are complete packs of alphabets and numbers. Hopefully, they’ll help you in your search for a great number font for your next project!

PowerPoint Templates / 26 Sep 2023

30+ Best Research Presentation Templates for PowerPoint (PPT)

Finding the right PowerPoint template plays an important part in getting your message across to the audience during a presentation. And it’s especially true for research presentations.

Using the right colors, graphs, infographics, and illustrations in your slides is the key to delivering information more effectively and making your presentation a success.

Today, we handpicked a great collection of research presentation PowerPoint templates for you to make the perfect slideshows for various types of research papers and studies.

Whether you’re preparing for a presentation at a school, event, or conference, there are templates in this list for all purposes. Let’s dive in.

Font Collections / 25 Sep 2023

30+ Best Groovy 70s Fonts (Free & Pro)

The 70s and 80s were a magical time that introduced some bold new design concepts to the world. Typography design in particular had a big improvement with strange and groovy font designs.

Even today, those 70s-style funky fonts are being used to create a nostalgic feel through modern designs. As a way to remind people of those simpler times.

We found some groovy retro fonts that are perfect for those design projects. In this list, you’ll find many different styles of fonts inspired by the 70s and 80s. There are psychedelic-style fonts, bubble fonts, and all kinds of cool fonts for you to download. Including a few free items. Have a look.

Inspiration / 25 Sep 2023

35+ Best TikTok Video Templates, Interface Elements + More

TikTok quickly took over the world with its trendy video-based content format. With over 800 million active users, TikTok is more than just about dancing videos and memes. It’s now a platform for marketing.

TikTok is now bigger than Reddit, Twitter, and even Snapchat. As a result, everyone from small personal brands to big corporate businesses is now on TikTok promoting their products.

The key to promoting a brand or a business on TikTok is to have the perfect video templates and the elements to represent your brand in a professional way through the content. They help set your brand apart from the rest.

That’s why we’re bringing you a collection of high-quality TikTok video templates and elements you can easily download and use to create branded content for your audience. Have a look.

Software / 22 Sep 2023

Inkscape vs Illustrator: Should You Switch to the Free Alternative?

With 20 years of updates, improvements, and enhancements, Inkscape is now a formidable competitor to Adobe Illustrator. But is it worth switching over to this free Illustrator alternative? Let’s find out.

Some of the recent Inkscape updates introduced a series of useful features to the vector graphics editor that gave more than a few reasons for graphic designers to consider it as a solid Illustrator alternative.

Inkscape also has a sleek new user interface with a modern look that enhances the user experience. It finally added a new Shape Builder tool along with a pattern editor. And performance has been improved significantly.

All the more reasons to give this completely free open-source graphics editor a try. Let’s see how Inkscape compares to Illustrator and figure out if it has what it takes to challenge Adobe’s software.

Poster Design / 22 Sep 2023

25+ Stylish Poster Color Schemes 2023

When it comes to designing a poster, a stylish color scheme can go a long way to bringing attention to the design. From bright colors and unusual combinations, to subtle and understated, this is a space where almost anything goes.

Here, we’re diving into some super cool color schemes that you can use in poster design, sharing the hex codes for each poster color scheme to get you started.

Plus, each example is actually available as a template as well, if you want to jump start your design and use any of these specific examples!

Inspiration / 21 Sep 2023

45+ Best Free Adobe Illustrator Brushes 2023

If you’re looking for new and creative Illustrator brushes to expand your collection, you’ve come to the right place. In this post, we’re sharing a collection of handpicked and free Adobe Illustrator brushes in various categories.

Whether you’re an artist working on a new drawing or a designer enhancing a digital design, this list has all sorts of Illustrator brushes for everyone. Keep scrolling to explore the collection and be sure to download all the brushes. After all, they are free!

We’ve also created a quick guide on how to add brushes to Illustrator to help you out with installing these.