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Reviews / 23 Apr 2024

Is Envato Elements Worth It? How & Why to Give It a Try

For many years, Envato Elements has been the go-to platform for many professional designers to find everything from high-quality graphic templates to premium fonts and various other creative assets.

However, with access to AI platforms and tools that are able to generate design resources with text prompts, do you even need to have a subscription to a marketplace like Envato Elements? We’re going to find out!

In this blog post, we dive deep into what Envato Elements offers, exploring its features and benefits as well as pros and cons to see if it’s worth subscribing to Envato Elements.

Let’s get started.

AI Tools / 31 Oct 2023

The Best AI Photo Editing Software You Should Be Using in 2025: 6 Apps

While AI art generation tools like Midjourney and DALL-E are making waves, the spotlight is now shifting toward AI-powered photo editing. And that’s exactly what we’re going to explore today.

With the help of AI, you can now do many different types of photo editing work with just a few clicks and some text prompts. Photo editing work that took days for designers to complete can now be done in a matter of seconds.

In this post, we look at some of the best AI photo editing software you can use to supercharge your professional work. With these AI photo editing tools, you’ll be able to instantly enhance photos, do photo manipulations, create artworks, and much more.

Photoshop Actions / 21 Jul 2023

25+ Film Photoshop Actions & Effects (+ How to Use Them)

If you’ve been looking for a way to add a cinematic look to your ordinary photos to make them look like a scene out of your favorite movie, this handpicked collection of film Photoshop actions will come in handy.

In this post, we’re featuring some of the best Photoshop actions that will help you create an effect that will completely transform the look and feel of your photos.

Whether you’re a fan of the visual art designs of modern films like Black Panther, retro movies like Blade Runner, or vintage Hitchcock films, there are Photoshop actions for everyone in this list.

Software / 10 Jan 2023

20+ Best Free Portfolio Website Tools & Templates in 2025

Do you need a portfolio website right now? There are a variety of online tools and templates that can help jumpstart the process so you can feature your work online quickly.

This list is packed with options that provide free plans to help you get started. (Note that many do also offer paid options with the ability to customize or add premium features.)

Here are a few tools that can help writers, designers, photographers, artists, or pretty much anyone get their portfolio online this week.

Software / 16 Aug 2022

10+ Best Affinity Photo Tutorials for Beginners & Professionals

Affinity Photo is arguably the best Photoshop alternative available right now. And if you’re still thinking about switching to this graphic editing software, now is the perfect time to do it.

To help you with the transition, we handpicked some of the best Affinity Photo tutorials and guides to take you from beginner to expert user in no time.

Affinity Photo has tools and features that are almost identical to Photoshop. And the software is super cheap. This makes it very easy to start using the software, especially if you’re coming from the Adobe platform.

With these tutorials, the process will be seamless. You’ll never have to go back to Photoshop ever again.

DaVinci Resolve Templates / 3 Mar 2022

30+ Best DaVinci Resolve LUTs for Pro Looks 2025

Finding the perfect cinematic style for your videos takes a bit of trial and experiment. So it’s always a good idea to have more than a few LUTs to try different looks.

The good news is that you don’t have to go searching for the perfect DaVinci Resolve LUTs to experiment with because we already found the best LUTs for you.

As you know, LUTs can be used across many different apps. You can use LUTs in photo editing apps such as Lightroom and Affinity Photo as well as video editing apps like DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro.

For this collection, we handpicked LUTs that are specially enhanced for video editing. They are compatible with multiple video editing apps, including DaVinci Resolve.

Check out all the LUTs below to find a cinematic look that fits your style.

Premiere Pro Templates / 28 Feb 2022

30+ Best LUTs for Premiere Pro & FCPX (Free & Premium)

LUTs (Lookup Tables) are an important part of the video post-production process. They play a key role in color grading and help create a consistent look across the entire video.

In this post, we bring you a collection of the best free and premium LUTs you can use in your post-production. Whether you’re a YouTuber or filmmaker, there are all kinds of LUTs in this collection for enhancing various types of films and videos.

These LUTs will allow you to easily fix your video footage with the right colors as well as to give them a Hollywood film look as well.

LUTs can be used with almost every video editing software and even photo editing software. You can use these LUTs even in After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or Photoshop.

Photoshop Actions / 21 Jul 2021

How to Whiten Teeth in Photoshop (Quick Step by Step Guide)

One of the things that always ruins a great portrait photo is yellow teeth. With Photoshop, you can get rid of it easily. We’ll show you how it’s done.

Most of the time, yellow teeth in portrait occurs without any fault by the person in the photo. Usually, it happens during bad lighting conditions and even the adjustments you make in the camera as well. Thankfully, Photoshop has a fix for this issue.

In this short guide, you’ll learn how to whiten teeth in Photoshop. This is a very simple 3-step method that you can do without any prior graphic design knowledge.

Let’s dive in.

Graphics / 9 Jul 2012

Designing on a Retina Screen: My Thoughts on the Retina MacBook Pro

220.5 pixels per inch: 2,800 wide and 1,800 tall for a total of over five million pixels. That’s the screen that I work on now, full time. This gives rise to tons of questions: does Apple have any business making such a screen? Will it help or hinder the industry? Can you really do design work on that thing if you’re designing for non-retina screens?

Today I’m going to tell you all about my experience with the machine that threatens to change the way you do your job. I’ll hold nothing back as I rave about what I love and rant about what drives me nuts. Read along and see if you agree with my conclusions.

Software / 21 Nov 2011

5 Simple Steps to Stunning Portraits in Photoshop

Today’s article points out a harsh but true reality: just because you know how to use Photoshop for design work doesn’t mean you know how to edit photos. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered.

Follow along as we show you five simple and lightning fast steps you can take to transform your plain, boring portraits to stunning images that look straight out of a professional photographer’s portfolio. Along the way you’ll learn several important tips such as how to properly sharpen an image and how to draw the viewer’s attention to where you want it to go.

Business / 31 Jan 2010

How to Make Money as a Freelance Designer

So you want to be a freelancer, now what?

Despite the glamorous reputation, freelance design is no walk in the park. It takes an incredible work ethic, significant entrepreneurial prowess, and a little bit of insanity to pull it off effectively. This article will discuss how to effectively make a living as a freelancer (designer or otherwise). Since we are in fact a design blog, I’ll scatter in some well-designed freelancer sites along the way for inspiration.