These 5 versatile and re-usable bokeh brushes will be a valued addition to your toolbox. Each brush is 2500px wide.

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Enjoy these 5 hi res ink splatter brushes, created from my Ralph Steadman inspired ink splatter texture set over at Valleys In The Vinyl. Each brush is 2500×2000.

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Brush Pilot™ is a fast and easy application for previewing Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes (.abr), built exclusively for Mac OS X. Brush Pilot is designed to save you time by allowing you to instantly preview your brushes without having to load them into Photoshop.
Instantly finds all Photoshop BrushesInstantly finds all of your brushes

When you launch Brush Pilot, it automatically finds every brush file on your system, so there’s no need to navigate a Finder-like menu system. Brush Pilot also knows what version/s of Photoshop you have, and it separates your installed brushes from the rest.
Fast PreviewsBlazing fast previews

Brush Pilot has a small footprint, uses very little system resources, and previews even the most ginormous brush files at breakneck speed. It’s designed not to get in your way, but to make you more productive, as well as creatively inspired.
Install brushes with a single clickInstall brushes with one click

Brush Pilot is designed for productivity on more than one level. You can send files to the Trash, reveal their location in Finder, and even install selected files into all versions of Photoshop on your system with a single click, menus, Control/Right + Click, or keyboard shortcuts.

Check out some of the new features:

• Export as PNG! When exporting, Brush Pilot will generate a PNG (with or without transparency) at full size for each individual brush inside the file and organize the collection into a folder.
• “Show Volumes” menu command will show complete file hierarchy, arranged by volume, including mounted iDisks.
• Double clicking on folders in file path display will open them in Finder.
• iTunes style scrollbars.
• File Count indicators reveal how many brush files are in each folder. (like Mail)

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• Brushes come in 4 .abr files (smooth/clean, grunge, rubber stamp and grunge + rubber stamp) to make it easy to find the style you need.
• Brushes are high resolution (approximately 2,500 x 2500 pixels per inch)
• Includes 104 matching PNG files so you can expand how you use.
• Ready to be used for personal and commercial use. Read our License Agreement for details.
• Brushes compatible with Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, Photoshop Elements 2 and newer, GIMP 2.2.6+

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As Information Architect Oliver Richenstein famously wrote in 2006, web design is 95% typography – so getting the right typeface for your design is important. We’ve selected some beautiful free fonts that are just waiting to be added to your next design.

Justice

Source: http://dirt2.com/fonts/justice-by-dirt2/

Parma Petit

Source: http://www.dafont.com/parmapetit.font

Fertigo Pro

Source: http://www.exljbris.com/fertigo.html

Reznor Broken

Source: http://www.dafont.com/reznor-broken.font

Rough Draft

Source: http://www.fontriver.com/font/rough_draft/

Calluna

Source: http://www.exljbris.com/callunasans.html

Day Roman

Source: http://www.dafont.com/day-roman.font

Imperator

Source: http://www.dafont.com/imperator.font

Champagne & Limosines

Source: http://www.dafont.com/champagne-limousines.font

KiloGram

Source: http://imjustcreative.com/kilogram-font-free-heavy-display-font-for-download/2010/02/24/

Walkway

Source: http://www.dafont.com/walkway.font

Museo Sans

Source: http://www.exljbris.com/museosans.html

Lot

Source: http://fontfabric.com/lot-free-font/

Loki Cola

Source: http://www.dafont.com/loki-cola.font

Lobster

Source: http://www.impallari.com/lobster/

Are there any beautiful fonts that you think deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments.

This post was written on behalf of The Handpicked Collection, who offer gift ideas handpicked by experts

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What’s in the bundle:

• Giga vector pack 1 – $175
• Vector summer mega pack – $55
• 20 Photoshop brushes – $200
• Simplio business html template – $20
• Famous cities mega pack – $80
• Vectorious 3 months subscription – $79
• Wp optimizer plugin – $19
• Design tnt 1 month subscription – $9
• 20 t-shirt designs – $200
• Web sliders psd kit – $30
• WP logger plugin – $19
• Doctor vector set – $40
• PS reflection action – $10
• Ratings psd kit – $10

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To start off the week, we’ve got some really cool free stuff. Our friends at Designious.com, who so generously offer freebies on a regular basis, have launched a brand new premium design resource site today called DesignTNT.com. It’s a subscription-based site, so you can really get some good deals with the right kind of account and diligent downloading. I’ve got 10 Pro accounts (good for 1 month) to give away to some lucky BittBoxers, make sure and read the rules (they’ve changed a bit) and good luck!

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1. Veer.com

Veer.com (one of my favorite sites because it’s beautifully designed and simple) is a, what I would call, a “High End” stock site. Veer doesn’t mess around. Their font selection is somewhat small, but very high quality, and they give away a free font every single month. All you have to do is visit each month and download the latest free font, which is usually a single font from a popular font family in their collection. Visit the Free Section and you’ll find one font to download for free. (I couldn’t link directly to a “free font” page because it doesn’t exist. You’ll have to find it in their free section.)

2. FontFont.com

FontFont.com is a popular type foundry that has a “Goodies” section. I’m not as frequent of a visitor to FontFont, so I’m not sure how often they update their free section, but there is some good stuff there now, including one really cool web font. (pictured above)

Myfonts.com

MyFonts.com doesn’t exactly have a free section, but many designers (more than you think) will give one version of their font away for free as ‘bait’ to get you to purchase the entire font family, or the ‘pro’ version. It’s more time consuming to browse, but you can find some good stuff there. Click on the link above or go to Myfonts.com and click on the “Free” tag in order to filter.

Conclusion:

Just a reminder, but make sure you pay attention to the license restrictions when downloading, and especially when using anything “Free.” Unlike BittBox, the majority of free stuff, in my experience, is either accompanied by a limited license, or used as bait. Never hurts to watch your own back. Hope you guys found this informative! Time for some free fonts to add to your collection :)

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Character Set:

ABTS milk contains 384 glyphs, including ligatures and some ornaments. Some of which you’ll see in the examples above. This is a screenshot of the full character set from FontLab Studio Just to give you an Idea.

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All you have to do to win is leave a comment with your name and a valid e-mail address with a message telling everyone what your favorite style is from the Design Panoply marketplace.

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While you’re waiting to see if you’re the winner of this awesome prize, check out all the vectors, textures, brushes, patterns, templates, Photoshop styles, and more at Design Panoply, or visit their blog for Photoshop and graphic design tips and tutorials.

Leave a comment and keep your fingers crossed.

Note: Strata also informed me of a Sponsored Tweet Treat from the Adobe MAX conference for a 35% discount on all Strata software through October 31 using Coupon Code: MAX35 in Strata’s online store

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GOOD LUCK!

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