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After Effects Templates / 29 Jul 2024

20+ Light Leak Transitions, Effects & Templates

Looking for ways to make your videos stand out? Brighten up your social media and video projects with our curated selection of light leak transitions, effects, and templates.

In this post, we showcase a handpicked collection of light leak effects and transitions for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. They are perfect for adding ethereal glows and vibrant flares, and bringing an organic, almost serendipitous beauty to video footage.

Whether you’re crafting a cinematic masterpiece, a compelling social media clip, or a captivating YouTube video, these light leak effects can add depth, warmth, and a professional finish to your videos. Have a look.

Photoshop Brushes / 20 Feb 2024

20+ Best Photoshop Sparkle Brushes, Effects & Overlays

Sparkles have the power to transform the mundane into something extraordinary, bringing a sense of wonder and fantasy to digital art. And that’s exactly what this collection is all about.

Here, we showcase a collection of the best Photoshop tools for creating sparkle effects. Including Photoshop sparkle brushes, sparkle Photoshop actions, overlays, and more. These can be used to achieve different sparkling effects, from enhancing the natural beauty of a scene to adding a fantastical atmosphere to your digital landscapes.

These glowing effects and overlays are perfect for designers and any Photoshop enthusiast looking to add a bit of dazzle to their projects. A simple brush stroke can lead to a starry wonder or bling magic in your creations. Let’s dive in and explore these glittering effects.

UX Design / 11 May 2026

10 UI Patterns That Users Still Love in 2026

Good interface design isn’t about constant reinvention. It’s about evolution with purpose.

Every year, we see new tools, frameworks, and ideas in digital design. Yet, for all the experimentation, some things never fade. Certain UI patterns continue to endure because they’ve earned user trust.

They’re familiar, predictable, and intuitive, qualities that remain just as valuable in 2026 as they were a decade ago.

Designers who understand which patterns work and why can innovate confidently without confusing their audience. These patterns are the foundation of web design best practices, creating the sense of rhythm and reliability that users expect.

In this post, we explore some of these tried and tested UI patterns that have stood the test of time. 

Photoshop Actions / 22 Jul 2023

30+ Action-Packed Photoshop Actions & Effects

Actions are one of the most overlooked features in Photoshop that most designers don’t often pay attention to. Yet, they are also one of the features that could help save you hours of your time.

Another great thing about Photoshop actions is that you don’t even have to spend time creating and perfecting them. You can simply grab one of the thousands of Photoshop actions already made by professional graphic designers and start applying them to your photos to create instant effects.

So, whether you’re a pro looking to save time or just want to quickly experiment with several advanced effects, here are a few of the coolest Photoshop Actions you can use to add magical effects to your designs and supercharge your workflow.

UX Design / 4 Jul 2016

Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes in Your App Design

No matter what type of app you are creating, have created, or plan to create, design mistakes can be lethal when it comes to adoption and usage. Users want to download apps that are fun, functional and offer value during multiple uses. Users also want apps that are aesthetically pleasing and don’t require a lot of effort to interact with.

The problem for designers is that sometimes we are so close to a project that we miss glaring mistakes in design and usability because we know how it works. Today, we’re going to help you make a mental checklist of mistakes to look for and avoid in app design.

App Templates / 2 Mar 2016

7 UX Design Tips for Mobile Apps

Do you have a mobile app project in the works? What’s your design plan? Have you jumped straight in, or stopped to consider the experience that the end user is going to have when they first open the app?

It might be worth thinking about an aesthetic featuring carefully considered user experience techniques. Many of the concepts that we’re seeing in website design apply to mobile apps as well, but they might take on a slightly different shape or form to better fit the smaller screen size.

Here, we’re going to look at seven great options and examples that you can apply to your own mobile app design.

Inspiration / 16 Jul 2012

25 Amazingly Bizarre Minor League Baseball Logos

Being familiar with my love of logos and tendency to point out crazy design, a friend of mine recently showed me a fascinatingly bizarre niche of design of which I had, up to now, been entirely ignorant: Minor League baseball team logos.

When I tell you to prepare yourself for some of the zaniest examples of professional logo design that you’ve ever seen, I’m using neither exaggeration nor hyperbole. Buckle your seat belts, you’re in for quite a ride.