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If you didn't have time to catch the best articles and resources of the past weekend, here are the ones that caught my eye ...
Photoshop
A nice round-up of Photoshop Tutorials for poster design from Speckyboy. 33 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Amazing Posters and Ads » (Speckyboy Design Magazine)
Some nice Photoshop Brushes collected at Hogkiat. 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets You Should Bookmark » (Hongkiat)
If you're more of a GIMP person, Six Revisions has a round-up of GIMP learning sites for you. 10 Websites to Help You Master GIMP » (Six Revisions)
CSS
Although we thought this problem had been perfected years ago, we still manage to come across professional, high-trafficked websites using broken and outdated CSS image rollover techniques. This is absolutely unacceptable and unnecessary. Designers and developers are still using CSS image rollovers that are guilty of one or more of the following: use JavaScript; not accessible to mobile browsers, screen readers, etc; produce a flicker effect upon the initial rollover; use multiple images. There is a way to produce JavaScript-free, accessible, flicker-free, single-image CSS image rollovers. Here’s how.
CSS Image Rollovers, Accessible, Standard Compliant and Flickr Free »
A big round-up of CSS tools and generators. 40+ Must See CSS Tools »
Misc
Lovely Charts is an online diagramming application that allows you to create professional looking diagrams, flowcharts and more, for free. Lovely Charts »
WebDev
Interesting new image replacement technique details at sitepoint.com. A New Image Replacement Technique: The State Scope Method »
Woork has a round-up of tools to use for image cropping. Best Image Croppers Ready to Use for Web Developers »
Design Resources
Some nice design goodies here, worth a browse. More Free Resources for Designers to Download »
A nice design freebie from always great Bittbox. Free Wrinkled Paper » (Bittbox)
WordPress
Some great resources for WordPress users, worth a look see. The Ultimate Collection of WordPress Resources.
Fonts
Dignbats can be a very useful design tool and here is a post detailing 20 of the best ones to have at hand. 20 Useful and Free Dingbats You Should Have in Your Arsenal » (Best Design Options)
Scripts
A nice jQuery tootltip script, worth a look. Simpletip - a simple jQuery Tooltip Plugin »
Firefox
Last but not least, some Firefox add-ons that might be handy to have. 13 Money and Time Saving Firefox Add-ons »
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