Nearly every designer loves freshly-made, free Photoshop brushes that can be used in your designs as it is one of the most widely used graphics programs on the market. It is what some would call an incontrovertible truth. This is the reason why designers are constantly browsing the web in search of all the latest brushes to add them to their arsenal.

We have previously posted many collections of high quality Photoshop brush packs, and today we are bringing our readers another fine collection of over 50 fresh Photoshop brush sets that are sure to delight even the most discerning of designers. These high quality brushes are simply out of this world, and are all free to download and use in your projects.

This round up includes 50+ packs containing more than 500 brushes of various styles and for a range of effects. With some grunge, light effects, ornamental, abstract, paint strokes, paper, and splatter type brushes, there is a little something for everyone. Enjoy!

Note: Licenses of every brush set varies, so be sure to check that information before using them.

Photoshop Brush Packs

Glowing Swirl Brushes ( Download )
This high quality set contains 8 high resolution brushes to add glowing swirl effects.

Free Faded Splatters
This free brush set contains 10 faded ink splatters. Download and enjoy!

Grass and Plant SET 3 PS ( Download )
This set contains 10 top quality grass and plant based brushes.

Sujune Diablo
Download this set of 9 brushes to give your designs a bit of a grunge and abstract look.

Stone Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 11 high resolution stone brushes for adding some natural grit and stone patterns.

Celestica Brushes
This set contains 9 brushes that you can use to add crystalline patterns to your design.

Blow Brush PS
If you are looking for some awesome blow brushes then this set of 4 unique brushes is simply a must have.

Ink Smear Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 brushes that were made by dipping a Q-Tip in red food coloring then simply “drawing” on a piece of paper with it. Each brush is 2500px wide. Enjoy!

Rough Background ( Download )
Incredibly useful grunge brushes that will fill up your backgrounds with a coarse texture.

Grunge Border PS Brush Set ( Download )
This set contains 11 free high resolution grunge borders. The grunge lines were created by rubbing a graphite stick over straight edges of different objects.

Bokeh Brushes ( Download )
With this set, you will get 8 high quality bokeh brushes.

Ornamental Butterflies 2
This is an awesome set of Photoshop brushes that contains 35 excellent and high resolution brushes that you can use to add beautiful butterflies to your designs.

PS Cloud Brushes ( Download )
This set that contains 12 brushes, you can use to create clouds in your designs with ease.

Antique Postcard Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 6 hi-res(2500px) antique postcard Photoshop Brushes. This can act as templates for your design or as a way to add some age and texture to your work.

Number of Water ( Download )
If you want to create numbers out of water, this set of brushes was made for you.

KaRTaL Butterfly Brushes ( Download )
Here you will find 3 brushes for CS5 that you can use to add beautiful butterflies to your works.

APs Brushes: Scar Face
These 12 brushes will help you create scarred faces quite easily and in no time.

Abstract Brushes ( Download )
Fifteen medium to large scaled abstract brushes designed especially to add energy and interest to your artwork. A great tool for any abstract piece.

Plaztique’s Lace Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 pixel brushes perfect for creating lace trimmings or fancy borders.

Ink Splatter Brush Set
In this brush set, you will find 20x Photoshop splatter brushes to create flawless splatter effects.

Fractal brushes ( Download )
This set contains 12 large fractal brushes that can be used for all kinds of web projects.

Swoosh Brush Pack v.1 ( Download )
We all know how hard it can be to create print worthy swooshes, well now with this set you can simply click and colorize.

Different By Design Abstract Brush Pack ( Download )
This set contains 6 simple and hi-res brushes. This is a freeware brush pack.

Love Birds Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 30 love birds brushes, they were created in Adobe Photoshop CS4 & Inkscape. They are free for personal & commercial use.

Snowflake Brushes ( Download )
This set contains twenty-four individual snowflakes, with four variations to each.

River Side Brushes ( Download )
This exclusive brush has been designed to be used in CS5 in order to add a beautiful river side effect.

Shoujo Wonderland Brushes
This excellent set contains 24 Photoshop brushes that you can use wherever you want.

Subtle Wood Brushes ( Download )
This set contains five subtle woodgrain Photoshop brushes that can add some quick surface and texture to your designs. They offer some great attributes like knotholes and some different grain patterns. Each brush is 2500×2000.

Ink Splatter Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 5 hi res ink splatter brushes, each brush is 2500×2000.

Abstract Brush Set ( Download )
This set contains 2 exceptional abstract brushes that every designer must have.

Trend Element ( Download )
This awesome set contains 4 brushes to make your designs trendier and stylish.

Scratches Photoshop Brushes ( Download )
This set of Photoshop brushes contains 14 scratch patterns that you may prove to be just what you are looking for.

Crane Brushes ( Download )
These 2 brushes are perfect for adding some visually alluring effects to your designs and make them look more appealing.

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

Melting Texture Border Brush ( Download )
This is a collection of 9 melting effects texture borders created in Photoshop CS3.

Thin Smoke Brushes ( Download )
Download this useful set of Photoshop brushes if you need some high quality thin smoke brushes.

Brick Photoshop Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 6 diverse and hi-res brick wall brushes. Each brush is 2500×2000.

Industrial Zone Grunge Brushes ( Download )
The set includes various industrial type brushes, from grunge/floor textures to gears, and from machines to industrial buildings.

Halftone Brushes Pack 2 ( Download )
Pack of 17 halftone Photoshop brushes free to download.

Psycho Grunge ( Download )
It contains 99 vector Photoshop brushes of 2500px resolution. Download for free.

Floral Fireworks ( Download )
In this set, you will find 2 brushes for PS to create stunning fireworks effects in your designs.

Grungy Arrow Brushes ( Download )
This pack contains 25 grungy arrow brushes made with Photoshop CS4. There are different types of arrow symbols so you can easily integrate them in your designs.

Free Falling Sparks Brush Set ( Download )
This free Photoshop brush set contains 10 falling sparks brushes. This set is great for creating abstract lighting.

Line Art ( Download )
This set contains 5 line art Photoshop brushes for adding artistic lines in your projects.

Concrete Wall Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 7 hi-res concrete brushes. Each brush is 2500×1800 and will add some instant grunge, texture, and atmosphere to your designs.

Star ( Download )
Download this brush set and start creating astonishing stars in no time.

Watercolor and Salt Photoshop Brush Set ( Download )
This brush set contains 10 watercolor splatters over salt. The salt soaks up the watercolor giving it an interesting texture.

Noise and Dust A Free Photoshop Brush Set ( Download )
An awesome brush set for adding a bit of dust and noise to your designs.

Ribbon Brushes ( Download )
Download 14 large ribbon brushes to add to your designing tools.

Lightning Brushes Photoshop ( Download )
Create awesome lightning effects in your designs with this outstanding set of Photoshop brushes that contains 19 variations.

Moon Brushes ( Download )
This set of brushes will allow you to create the different phases of the moon using the 10 different brushes it includes.

Cloud Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 10 high-resolution cloud brushes for Photoshop. Brush sizes range from 879px to 2295px.

Scratchy Grunge Brushes ( Download )
This set contains 7 scratchy grunge brushes, these brushes come from an interesting source, microscopic photos of some hand-scratched 35mm film.

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As the new year beckons, resolution time is upon the masses once more. For those who are wishing that they can keep themselves more productive in 2012, we have put together a list of apps for all those Android users (who some readers have suggested we have been neglecting) to help them keep their resolutions going all year long. We took to the reviews and looked around at the various suggestions offered around the web to find a range of apps that we hope can help cover all of your bases for staying on track.

With over 20 different free Android apps featured (some you have seen before and some you may have not), we are pretty sure that most of you will not be leaving this post without a few new apps in tow. Get ready to get more productive!

Apps to Increase Your Productivity

Evernote

How could we make a productivity list of apps and not include the ever-popular Evernote? Most of our readers are probably already a bit familiar with this helpful application, and may actually be using it on other devices. Now its power and organizational aids can be added to your Android mobile arsenal, complete with a handy widget.

Advanced Task Killer

While not necessarily needed for newer versions of the Android OS, some users still like having a quick and easy task manager for managing their apps and battery life. Advanced Task Killer is the one many users turn to for this added management and peace of mind.

Google Goggles

A timesaving way to search your surroundings and more using your phones built in camera. Google Goggles is an interesting new way for users to explore not only the web, but the world around them as well. From images to phrases and more, your camera can capture a wide range of information that will be automatically searched for (or translated) via Google.

Dropbox

Another definite oldie but goodie, Dropbox can allow Android users to now easily access their synced and saved data, without having to switch to a new device. Streamlining your workflow even more, by bringing one more area of connectivity between your devices for data sharing.

CamScanner – Phone PDF Creator

An extremely handy little app that turns your smartphone into something of a compact document scanner and PDF creator. CamScanner brings even more functionality to your mobile devices, giving that extra punch of productivity on the go without having to lug around any extra equipment.

Vlingo Virtual Assistant

iPhone users have been very responsive to Siri, but Android users are not short of their own alternatives. Vlingo is one of the more popular Siri alternatives currently on the market. Its a wonderfully useful app that transforms your Android into your very own personal assistant.

Easy Uninstaller

While the Android OS has a fairly user friendly app manager, Easy Uninstaller gives users even more power to control their devices. With the ability to do batch uninstalls, search for files and get detailed file info, easy uninstaller is a helpful addition to anyone’s app arsenal. The one drawback is that you cannot uninstall any of the apps that came pre-installed.

Voice Recorder

For those looking for a simpler app for dictating notes than say the much more loaded Evernote, Voice Recorder is the app for you. Easy to use, and manage the files. What more can you ask for from a simple recorder?

Astrid Task/Todo List

If you are looking for a todo list that is both fun and feature rich, then look no further, Astrid Task/Todo List is the perfect app for you. Complete with reminders, syncing options, task sharing and much more, Astrid allows users to get more done on the run with their Android device. Even has a widget for quick and easy access.

WiFi Manager

When on the go, and needing to spare your data plan, use WiFi Manager to quickly find an access point and get online to access or share the files you need. Uploading and downloading files can become quite costly if your provider is a little less than forgiving when it comes to overages, so finding a usable WiFi hotspot is a good way to keep things economical and accessible.

Cloud Print

If you are looking to be able to print from apps on your smartphone, but do not have a wireless ready printer, Cloud Print is there to the rescue. Using a new service from Google, there is a slight setup that one has to go through to make this work smoothly with the PC your printer is hooked up to (unless you happen to already have a Cloud Print or HP E-Print ready printer), but the guide is pretty straightforward.

Springpad

Being able to take notes on the go is important for many of our readers, and while we have featured Evernote, we wanted to provide our users with more options. And while there are many options out there, another popular one that many users have turned to for all of their mobile notetaking (plus) needs is Springpad. Allows you to save notes, locations, products and more, and even automatically organizes them for you.

SanDisk Memory Zone (Beta)

When it comes to managing the data stored on your Android, SD card, and even select online cloud services SanDisk Memory Zone is a powerful and easy to use tool that should definitely be on your radar. Though it is still in beta, this promising new app is a powerful memory and data manager.

My Work Clock

Perfect for those who need to be able to keep track of the time spent on their projects for more precise billing and client reporting. Work Clock lets you punch-in and out just like you were working a standard 9 to 5 job. Comes with its own dashboard widget for easy tracking, plus supports multiple jobs at a time.

SwipePad: Hyperspace Jump

Multitasking like a boss is how some would describe this shortcut creator. SwipePad allows you to quickly and easily access your apps no matter what is running or where you are in your phone. Shortcuts made near effortlessly intuitive and simple.

Remember the Milk

For those fans of the online version of this popular todo list service, now you can have all of the organizational power of Remember the Milk on your Android. Get synced and organized on the go, with the service that millions of users have trusted for years.

handyCalc Calculator

With many practical uses, handyCalc Calculator is a useful little app to have, well, handy. Especially if you find yourself freelancing, it can assist you with its currency converter when you are dealing with clients from other countries and needing to ensure proper pricing for reasonable quotes.

Package Buddy

With the web allowing for widespread connectivity, shipping remains an important part of keeping our businesses running smoothly, especially for all of those less than instantly and digitally transmittable deliveries. Package Buddy takes so much of the headache and time out of tracking those packages through a huge range of international shippers.

Advanced Task Accelerator

Battery drain is a huge problem for smartphone users, and Android devices are not immune. Using Advanced Task Accelerator can help you keep those unused background apps from draining important phone resources. Simulates a reboot to keep your main apps running without unnecessary sluggishness.

Recycle Bin

If you are familiar with the problem of deleting an app and later wishing that you could get it back; and even one step further along this route is the problem of having issues recalling just what the app was called in the first place, then this app is right up your alley. With Recycle Bin logging the apps you delete from your phone, you can reacquire them with a click.

DroidEdit Free

For many web design and developers, being able to access and quickly modify source code from our mobile devices is the dream. Okay so maybe less of a dream, and more of a necessary evil at times. Rather than discovering the problem on a mobile device and waiting until you can access your computer, just being able to get the job done quick and easy. With DroidEdit Free that dream is brought within reach.

B-Folders Secure Organizer

Cloudless and secure syncing and sharing of all of your important data is not always an easy thing to find, especially in such a feature rich and optimized fashion. However, B-Folders rises to meet this challenge head-on, and in rare form too.

Root Uninstall

A quick and easy way to remove the bloatware apps from your phone, even those system apps the phone doesn’t want you to unload. One click and they are now gone with the help of Root Uninstall. A very handy app to have at your disposal. Pun completely intended…

Seesmic for Android

Most of our readers are probably already familiar with this old favorite, but we had to include this handy app for managing your social networking all in one place without having to run multiple apps at a time. Especially when focusing on productivity. Seesmic is known around the community, and their reputation stands with their extension to Android devices. Reliable and solid as ever.

That’s a Wrap

That concludes this showcase of free Android apps to keep your new year on a more productive track. What are some of your favorites that were not included? Which ones featured have you tried, and what are your thoughts on them? Feel free to share them and more with us in the comment section below.

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Employing seamless patterns are an extraordinary way to give your design some additional depth and personality. Either by delicately highlighting important areas or for producing a background that will elevate your layout design to top notch status.

In this post you will unearth all types of assorted patterns; for example fabrics, arithmetical shapes, fancy, retro, vintage, grunge, swirls, lines, paper… and much more. We are fairly certain that this vast a collection should be able to satisfy any and all of your pattern cravings. Each set in this compilation contains a variety of popular formats such as .ai, .eps, .pat, .png, and .jpg.

The Pattern Sets

Vector Patterns Set 12 Patterns (.ai, .png & .pat)
This set contains six seamless vector patterns in blue and brown colors. The files are available in: .AI, .PNG and .PAT.

Grunge Stripes Patterns (.jpg and .pat)
12 Free High Resolution Grunge Stripes Photoshop Patterns in one set. They range in resolution from 512px x 512px to 512px x 1024px.

Spring Pattern (.ai, .eps and .svg)
Have fun adding this to backgrounds, illustrations, or your next design project that calls out for a bit of decorative flair, available in AI EPS and SVG format.

Floral Vector Pattern (.ai, .png & .pat)
This set contains six floral vector patterns. Since patterns are in vector format you can change their size and adjust the color to suit your needs. The download includes 6 vector patterns, 6 PNG files and 6 Photoshop patterns.

Geometric Vector Pattern Set (.ai, .png & .pat)
This set contains six vector geometric patterns. This set contains .AI file, 6 PNG files and .PAT file which includes 6 Photoshop patterns. The patterns are made in cyan-blue but you can change the color and size according to your needs.

Renaissance Spring (.eps, .png, & .psd)
This set contains 1 Damask Pattern with 3 Color Options, included EPS, and 300dpi PNG, JPEG, PSD files.

Abstract Patterns (.pat .png)
This pack contains 16 abstract patterns that includes PAT file and 16 PNG pattern images.

Paper Flowers Pattern (.ai)
A set of 7 patterns inspired by floral paper-cuts. Created in Illustrator.

Diamonds and Gears Pattern (.svg)
A cool muted colored seamless pattern featuring diamonds and gears. Great for web backgrounds and print materials.

Abstract Patterns (.pat and .png)
This pack contains 20 abstract patterns that includes PAT files with 20 PNG pattern images.

Blue Patterns (.jpg and .pat)
This is a set of some beautiful blue patterns. Includes the pat file for Photoshop as well .jpegs.

Seamless Camouflage Pattern Background Vector (.eps)
This set contains free seamless camouflage vectors and Photoshop pattern backgrounds in 4 colours.

Pattern Kit One (.ai)
This beautiful set contains 6 patterns that are sure to dress up your next project.

Free Christmas Seamless Pattern (.ai, .eps and .jpg)
This set contains a beautiful free Christmas themed seamless pattern.

Seamless Flower Patterns (.eps)
Set of 5 nice vector seamless flower patterns for your spring designs. EPS stock vector clip art.

Horrific Pattern Vectors (.ai)
Horrific Patterns contains 4 Illustrator CS5 patterns with Halloween elements.

Hand-drawn Floral (.eps, .jpg and .pat)
A subtle hand-drawn seamless vector pattern that you can download and use in your own work. The pattern repeats on all sides so you can use it to fill shapes and areas in your designs.

Christmas Frames (.ai)
This set contains some beautiful Christmas frames patterns to help with all of your seasonal needs.

Gray Seamless Pattern Set for Web Designers (.png and .pat)
This set contains 12 elegant seamless pattern sets in shades of gray.

TipClique Patterns (.Pat)
This set contains high quality 500px x 500px seamless patterns. Ready to use with the paint bucket to fill with the pattern, or use them in a style with the pattern overlay, and bevel texture options.

Vector Seamless Christmas backgrounds (.eps)
This set contains 5 cute vector seamless Christmas backgrounds for your greeting cards, covers and other holiday designs. Format: EPS stock vector clip art. Free for download.

NixVex Free Jagged Pattern (.ai)
This set contains beautiful jagged-edged patterns made in Illustrator CS3.

Four Seamless Vector Patterns (.ai)
These free vector patterns are a combination of waves and squares. The file is available in AI vector format.

Vintage Floral (.eps, .png and .pat)
Here’s a beautiful vintage-style seamless vector pattern that you can download and use in your own work. The pattern repeats on all sides and you can use it to fill shapes and areas in your designs.

Vector Pattern Set 02 (.ai, .png and .pat)
This seamless vector pattern set contains six different patterns. The files are available in: .AI, .PNG and .PAT formats.

Zebra Print Vector Pattern (.ai)
This set contains a simple zebra print vector pattern you can use to make your designs a little wilder.

Branches (eps and png)
A high contrast pattern with detailed branches that would be great for layer overlays in your Photsoshop design works. Or use as is for a high impact background. As usual, repeats on all sides so will fill any areas in your designs.

Free Vector Guilloché Patterns (.eps)
This set contains 6 beautiful vector guilloché patterns.

Seamless Floral Backgrounds Vector (.eps)
Set of 5 beautiful vector seamless floral backgrounds with colorful flowers and leaves. Colors: pink, green, lilac (violet, purple) and brown.

Colour Pattern Pack (.pat, .psd and .png)
Each pattern can be changed in colour in the PSD file, and the jpeg files included can be used for website backgrounds. This download includes 8 jpegs, PSD files of patterns and the PAT file.

Free Seamless Vector Pattern (.ai, .png and .pat)
This seamless vector pattern set contains three different patterns in two colors. The available files are: .ai, .png and .pat.

Mandala Madness Vector (.svg)
This set contains beautiful mandala type vector patterns that can help add an interesting bit of flavor to your designs.

Patterns With Flowers Vector Set (.ai and .tiff)
Set of 3 nice vector seamless patterns with some flowers for your summer related designs and backgrounds.

Planes and UFO Pattern (.ai)
It contains seamless patterns filled with planes and ufos in vector and raster formats

Compositions Patterns (.pat)
This set contains some beautiful patterns made from scans of notebook paper and a good ‘ol composition book, the .pat file and 5 .pngs.

Assorted (.Pat)
17 Adobe Photoshop Patterns in one .pat file (most of them are vertically striped). These patterns were made with Photoshop CS.

Baby Pink Pastel Tileable Patterns (.jpg and .pat)
It is a free combo pack of seamlessly tile-able baby pink pastel patterns in .jpg format as well as a corresponding Photoshop pattern (.pat) set.

Photoshop Pattern Pack (.pat, .psd and .png)
Each pattern can be changed in colour and opacity in the PSD file. This download includes 6 pngs, PSD file of patterns and the PAT file for Photoshop.

Indonesian Batik Vector Pattern 04 (.ai, .eps, .svg, .pat)
This wonderful set contains an Indonesian Batik vector pattern. Contained in the zip file are the various formats mentioned above.

Seamless Christmas Backgrounds Vector (.eps)
Set of 5 beautifully designed Christmas backgrounds with gifts, bells and other Christmas decorations for your holiday designs (cards, postcards, posters, covers, etc). Format: EPS stock vector clip art.

Skulls and Hearts PS Patterns (.pat)
This set contains 3 whimsical pink, black and white Photoshop skull patterns that can be used in various ways.

Flower patterns vector 2 (.eps)
Set of 5 beautiful vector flower patterns that are simply perfect for your spring designs.

Vintage Retro Grunge Patterns (.jpg and .pat)
Free combo pack of seamlessly tile-able vintage retro grunge wallpaper patterns in .jpg format as well as a corresponding Photoshop pattern (.pat) set.

Snowflake Patterns (.jpg and .pat)
This is a set of 12 assorted simple snowflake patterns. Included are the pat file for Photoshop as well as 600 x 600 jpegs for those of you who do not have Photoshop.

Seamless Vintage Floral Backgrounds Vector Set (.eps)
Collection of 5 beautiful vintage floral vector backgrounds with ornaments for your designs.

Flower Pattern Pack (.pat and .jpg)
Want to have a funky website background? These flower patterns are great at adding colour and design to any work. This download includes 8 jpgs of the flower patterns and a PAT file for Photoshop.

Feliz Navidad (.eps, .pat and .jpg
This set contains 1 damask pattern with 3 different color options. Includes the EPS, PAT, and 300dpi transparent PNG, JPEG

New Seamless Pattern Background (.jpg)
This seamless pattern background is designed to be used for large posters or at least printed in high resolution. This free pattern is in JPG format.

Micro Patterns (.pat)
The Micro Patterns set contains a staggering 54 Patterns for Photoshop

Gold Free Pattern (.jpg and .pat)
A wonderful set of six Photoshop patterns for any of your artworks, cards or websites that could use some golden accents. There is one Photoshop .pat file and six individual and seamless .jpg files. The patterns are made on PS CS5.

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In today’s session, we are bringing a collection of some amazing and useful Photoshop resources that will help you in creating your own dulcet patterns in your designs. With Photoshop, designers can save themselves plenty of time and wind up with improved results by taking advantage of readily available freebies. Which is what brings us here today.

This is a round up of dozens of fresh and free Photoshop patterns. The resources featured here are all offered in downloadable PAT format that can be used in Photoshop. Here is the complete list. Enjoy!

Important: All patterns are free. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the patterns for commercial use, they can change from time to time.

The Patterns

Decorative Patterns
This is a set of 8 decorative patterns, included both the PAT file and the seamless JPG files.

Colour Pattern Pack
A pack of 8 jpegs and a PAT file for Photoshop containing beautiful colourful patterns.

Coffee Patterns
This set contains coffee patterns (vector .PSD and .PAT). A great addition to your collection of free vector patterns!

Animal Patterns
This set contains some awesome animal skin, fur and feathers patterns.

Clocks Pattern
This set contains clocks pattern (vector) made in Photoshop. This stylish clock photoshop pattern is available in PSD (vector shapes) and PAT file formats.

Besida’s Patterns 01
This set contains 24 beautiful patterns by Besida.

10 Seamless Plaid Patterns
The patterns are available in both Illustrator and Photoshop format and can be imported as a .PAT file in Photoshop or as an .AI file in Illustrator.

Colorful Rainbow Marble Patterns
It contains four colorful seamless patterns. Made in Photoshop CS5.

A Free Google Plus Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This is a simple great striped Photoshop and Illustrator pattern based on the Google Plus colours.

Hand Drawn Summer Petal Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
A great hand drawn petal pattern available to be used within commercial and non commercial design projects. The pattern is free and available in two different colours which are black and white.

Colourful Abstract Geometric Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This colourful geometric pattern includes 6 different colour variations to be used in commercial and non commercial design projects.

3D Cube Patterns
A set of 8 high resolution Photoshop 3D cube based patterns. Feel free to use these as you want in personal and commercial projects.

Geometry Seamless Patterns
This set contains some seamless patterns absolutely for free. They can be a great addition to your beautiful designs and because they are all vector-shape layers, you can scale them as you’d like, and easily change their color.

100 Photoshop Zigzag Patterns
The download includes a PAT file with 100 zigzag pixel patterns with transparent background, vertical and horizontal.

Colorful Wooden Patterns
24 colorful wooden patterns, free for personal or commercial use.

WE LIKE STRIPED: 30 striped patterns
This set contains 30 free striped patterns. PAT file + gif images.

Photoshop Pattern for Packaging Designs: Abstract Circles
This set contains Photoshop patterns with abstract circles (.PAT file and photoshop vector pattern – circles shape layer in Photoshop). This free photoshop pattern is perfect for packaging designs – gift box & wrapping paper designs, book covers, tablecloth designs and much more.

Batik Overlay
This set contains 10 beautiful Batik Overlay patterns.

Photoshop Fabric Patterns: “My Favourite Socks” ))
This Photoshop fabric patterns set contains 7 knit fabric patterns in PAT file format. Download and use in your projects.

A Free Sunshine Cloud Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
This is a great summer pattern. The set includes hand drawn sun and cloud vector elements combined together to create a great pattern.

Wooden Patterns
2 wooden patterns, free for personal or commercial use.

16 Abstract Pattern
This set contains 16 abstract patterns.

Black & White & Tiled All Over Patterns
This set contains simple black and white seamless tiles.

Deluxive Snow Flakes Tile Patterns
Set of 10 + bonus tile patterns for Photoshop and other applications. Image files included.

Photoshop: 14 High Resolution Geometric Pattern
Here is a set of 14 geometric patterns for Photoshop in high resolution. Modules with geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, hexagons and the like.

Sea and Ocean Fish Vector Pattern
This set contains sea & ocean fish vector pattern (photoshop psd and pat files). This pattern will be a great addition to your collection of free Photoshop vector patterns.

Water Colour Pattern
The pattern is available in 2 different colours.

Starry Sky Photoshop Vector Pattern (PAT, PSD)
This set contains sky vector pattern for Photoshop with white stars and a transparent background, a valuable resource in your design tool box.

Free Dotted Photoshop Patterns
Nice pack of 29 dotted Photoshop patterns free to use.

22 Hexagon Photoshop Patterns (PAT)
Seamless hexagon photoshop patterns (or honeycomb patterns) with transparent background. There are 22 patterns in all in this PAT set, 11 white and 11 black ones. Enjoy!

15 Seamless Pixel Patterns
This set includes 15 seamless pixel patterns for creating visually subtle effects for your design backgrounds.

10 Tileable Photoshop Patterns
This set includes 10 tileable patterns for Photoshop. These patterns can help you enhance your design visuals. And of course they are quick and handy!

Summer Sunflower
This is a great sunflower pattern to be used in commercial and non commercial design projects.

A Great Simple Abstract Pattern
A great simple abstract Photoshop and Illustrator pattern. The pattern comes in two different colours to give you a few more options.

Simple Decorative Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern
A simple but decorative pattern. The pattern is available for Photoshop and Illustrator and in two different colours.

14 Abstract Patterns
This set contains 14 basic abstract patterns.

Abstract Squared Curved Photoshop And Vector Pattern
A cool abstract squared curved pattern which reminds one of a mosaic effect. This pattern is available in five different colours and alongside a Photoshop pattern file which can imported directly into Photoshop.

Beige Grunge Free Patterns
A set of 10 Photoshop seamless beige grunge patterns that you can be use for adding texture to your projects.

32 Photoshop Patterns: Subtle Pixels
This set contains 32 super subtle, Photoshop pixel patterns.

A Glossy Diamond
A glossy diamond Photoshop and Illustrator pattern. The pattern is also available in 2 different colours.

Tileable and Repeatable Pixel Perfect Patterns
A set of seamless and repeatable PSD pixel patterns. More than 60 patterns ready to use with a simple .PAT file. Just change the background color and you will have unlimited possibilities.

15 Abstract Patterns
A beautiful pack of 15 amazing abstract patterns.

Blue Stripes 1 Pattern Set
30 various stripe patterns with bluish gradients for Adobe Photoshop. Some stripes are horizontal, some are vertical, and some are at angles.

Gold Free Pattern
A wonderful set of six Photoshop patterns for your golden artworks, cards or websites. There is one Photoshop .pat file and six individual and seamless .jpg files. The patterns are made on PS CS5.

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One of the most important tasks for any online business is the thorough analysis of their traffic. It helps them understand why they have or hadn’t had success within a given period and helps them plan for the future. It’s not just a matter of counting how many page impressions or unique visitors your business has had in the last month (though these are important metrics).

Web Analytics, as it is known, is the measurement and analysis of every factor that contributes to your websites success. It allows you to track your visitor activity and show where visitors are coming from, what keywords and search terms they used to find your website, how long they stayed on your website, what page they exited your website from, what links they clicked, what pages are getting the most traffic and much more. It also shows where they come from, what browser or device they used to visit your website and what language they speak. Other sources such as leads, email campaign responses, heat maps etc can be tracked too.

All of this data can be used to analyse where your sign ups, sales and affiliate conversions are coming from. It helps expose areas of your website that need addressed and plays a major part in planning future projects and strategies.

Today we will be showing you a large collection of free and premium web analytics scripts and services that you can use to track your traffic, monitor your goals and plan your next move. Before we do so, let’s look at how web analytics software works.

How Web Analytics Work

There are two main methods of collecting data on a websites traffic. The first method is called ‘Logfile Analysis’. This is when software such as Webalizer is installed on your server to analyse your servers log files. Most starter to medium sized hosting packages usually have Webalizer, AWStats and/or Analog installed, all of which can be viewed via your hosting admin area (usually cPanel).

The second method of tracking involves placing a piece of Javascript code on each page. When a page is viewed on someones browser the inserted tracking code sends data to another server to analyse the collected data. This is known as ‘Page Tagging’. Page tagging is one of the most popular ways of tracking data on the internet. The service is usually hosted by a third party so all you have to do is add the tracking to your site (usually into the header or footer). There are self-hosted page tagging scripts available too.

Page Tagging Vs Logfile Analysis

As logfile analysis takes place on your own server, it is the cheapest and most convenient way of tracking traffic for many businesses. It is apparently more reliable for tracking search engine traffic too as many Javascript based trackers don’t load when a search engine spider loads a page.

One of the major drawbacks of using logfile based analytical data is caching. On average caching is responsible for around one third of page impressions. If a visitor loads a page from their cache then it is not recorded by the server in the log files. This is one reason why page tagging has become more popular over the last 10 years.

With page tagging, a visitor is counted every time the tracking code is loaded, therefore traffic should be more accurate. There are some metrics that page tagging can track too that logfile analysis can’t do (visitors screen sizes etc).

Confusing Traffic Reports

Due to the different ways that different scripts and services analyse traffic, there can be discrepancies when the statistics from 2 or more web analytics programs are compared for the same website, particularly the number of page impressions and page visits.

Another confusing web analytics problem when tracking unique visitors is referred to as ‘The Hotel Problem’; a term that was coined by Rufus Evison to refer to the issue of monthly unique visitors not equalling the sum of unique visitors for each day of that month.

The problem is explained by considering a hotel with 2 rooms:

In the example above, there was only 3 unique visitors over the course of 3 days however the stats show 2 unique visitors for Room A and two unique visitors for Room B. If you count the number of visits per day, the total number of visits is shown as 6. Web analytics report this problem correctly which is why the sum of daily unique visitors for a given month does not match the total.

More confusion arises because stats show that new visitors and repeat visitors does not equal the total visitors. The confusion comes around because of how the visitor is tracked. For example, consider a person who visits your website and then returns on the same day. Are they a new visitor or a repeat visitor? They’re both; however for that day the web analytics software would correctly track one unique visitor.

You shouldn’t concern yourself too much about these issues though you should have a brief understanding of how web analytics software services work as it will help you when you start planning ahead.

Let’s move forward and look at the most popular web analytics scripts and services on the web :)

Free Web Analytics Scripts & Services

The list of web analytics programs has been split into two main categories: Free and Premium. Programs are then categorised again according to the type of program they are such as log analysers and hosted services.

Below you will find a list of useful web analytics that won’t cost a penny!

Log Analysers

The following scripts analyse data by analysing the data collected on your server. As such, they need to be installed directly on your server.

1. Webalizer

A fast, free log analyser that produces reports in HTML format. Arguably the most popular log analyser available for website owners.

2. AWStats

A useful log analyser that can analyse log files from all major servers. Collects a lot of data that similar scripts don’t such as visitor location and search engine robots.

3. JAWStats

Works in conjunction with AWStats to provide an enhanced interface when viewing stats.

4. Analog

A basic log analsyer that hasn’t been updated in several years. It provides some useful traffic data but seems very outdated and isn’t very user friendly. Some of you may prefer this simple approach to data reporting.

5. W3Perl

A perl based log analyser that can be accessed via a command line or via the web. Reports can be produced in HTML or PDF format.

Self Hosted Page Tracking Scripts

The following scripts have to be installed on your website in order to collect data about your traffic.

6. Grape

A basic program that shows visits, referrers and the operating system of your visitors.

7. SlimStat

A simple stats program that is optimised for viewing on iPhones.

8. FireStats

A basic stats program that is free for non-commercial usage.

9. Open Web Analytics

A beautiful stats program that collects data on geo-location, page details and visitors actions. It also shows a heatmap for your site.

10. Piwik

A program that aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics. Collects a lot of useful data which is displayed in a user-friendly interface.

11. TraceWatch

A realtime web stats program that is fast loading and multi-language friendly. One of its best features is Path Analysis; an interesting report that shows you exactly what pages each visitor viewed on your site and in what order. This allows you to analyse how visitors are navigating around your website.

12. CrawlTrack

A stats program that collects a lot of data about your search engine presence.

Hosted Page Tracking Services

The following services are free. To start collecting data all you need to do is sign up and insert the appropriate tracking code into the header or footer of your website. Many services also have a premium version if you want additional features.

13. Google Analytics

The industry standard for web analytics. It boasts a lot of great features such as alerts, goal tracking and integration with Google Adwords. The services 50 website limit should be sufficient for most website owners.

14. Yahoo Web Analaytics

A customisable web analytics service that features advanced PPC management, click path analysis, custom reports and more.

15. Site Meter

One of the oldest hosted web analytics services online, SiteMeter looks a little dated compared to alternatives that are available though it does show interesting stats such as who’s online right now and traffic prediction.

16. GoStats

A basic web analytics service that shows the number of visits over set periods.

17. W3Counter

A great looking service that provides over 30 free web analytical reports such as visitor locations, screen resolutions and click overlay.

18. StatCounter

A simple stats service that features keyword analysis, returning visit information and the ability to magnify users to find out more about them.

19. Clicky Web Analytics

Produces easy to read reports online. The service is also optimised for use on iPhone and other mobile devices.

20. Woopra

A stats service that has gained popularity for it’s easy to use interface and unique features such as a live map of your online visitors.

21. ShinyStat

A basic stats service that shows you information about your website visitors.

22. Blog Tracker

A simple stats service that was designed specifically for blogs. There is no reason why you couldn’t use the service on other types of websites though.

23. Koego

Targeted towards blogs, Koego provides over 40 free reports. It also tracks activity of your Twitter and FriendFeed accounts.

24. TraceMyIp

Don’t be put off by the outdated grey design, TraceMyIp is actually a pretty useful stats service that provides a lot of useful stats.

25. HiStats

A free service that provides lots of interesting reports such as users online, referring websites, geo-location and much more.

Checking Your Competition

26. Alexa

Whilst not always the most reliable way of monitoring traffic on smaller websites, it’s still a useful way of comparing your own website to your competition.

Click Tracking

27. MouseFlow

A great free service that shows click heatmaps, movement heatmaps and link analytics.

Premium Web Analytics Scripts & Services

All of the scripts and services listed in this section charge on a monthly basis to use their service or a large fee upfront to download and use their script. Many services, particularly those who offer packages under one hundred dollars, offer a free trial for up to 30 days before you commit to a recurring payment.

Log Analysers

28. Deep Log Analyzer – $199.95

An advanced logfile analyser that provides over 40 reports. The program costs $199.95 and allows you to use the script on an unlimited number of domains.

29. WebLog Expert – $99+

A premium logfile analyser that produces traffic statistics and click overlay reports. A standard license retails for $99 however a lite version exists with a reduced number of features.

Self Hosted Page Tracking Scripts

30. Urchin – $9,995

The feature rich software that Google Analytics is based on. A standard license retails for a whopping $9,995 and is valid for 1,000 domains.

Hosted Page Tracking Services

31. Sawmill – $99+ per month

A powerful analytical application for serious businesses. For one website (profile), the lite version retails for $99, the professional version for $199 and the enterprise edition for $699.

32. NextStat – $9.95+ per month

A professional real time analytics service. Prices start from $9.95 per month for 20,000 page views with additional website programs costing an additional $5 per month.

33. OpenTracker – €19.95+ per month

Advanced real time visitor monitoring and search term analysis. Prices start at €19.95 per month for up to 100,000 page views.

34. HitsLink – $9.95+ per month

A professional web analytics service that is used by many large internet companies. The professional account retails for $9.95 per month and the enterprise account costs $14.95 per month. The platinum account costs $499.95 per month and includes one million page views. Each additional one million page views costs another $100 per month.

35. ReInvgorate – $10+ per month

A professional web analytics service that allows you to stream traffic information on your desktop. It also shows heatmaps so you can see where users clicked are clicking on your website. Up to 500,000 page views for $10 per month.

36. Extreme Tracking – €5+ per month

A basic stats service that has a bafflig pricing plan. A free tracker is available but it’s only allowed on one page. For up to 100,000 page impressions per month they charge 5 euros every month. For over 900,000 impressions per month they charge around 150 eurors per month (the prices depend on whether you pay monthly, quarterly or yearly).

37. VisiStat – $49.95+ per month

A professional web analytics service that can track your email, PPC and other marketing campaigns. Prices start from $49.95 per month.

38. FoxMetrics – $9.95+ per month

An event driven analytical service that has a lot of great features such as conversion funnels and grouping website visitors into logical groups. Plans start from $9.95 per month.

39. KissMetrics – $29+ per month

Their bootstrap starter package costs $29 per month for up to 100,000 events. Up to 500,000 events costs $79 per month with more expensive packages available for bigger businesses.

40. LuckyOrange – $7+ per month

A professional service that offers a live dashboard, heat mapping, online polls and much more. Packages start at the very affordable $7 per month for up to 1 million page impressions.

41. OneStat – $125+ per year (just over $10 per month)

A professional service that is used by a lot of major companies throughout the world. Their entry ‘OneStat Pro’ package starts at $125 per year though more expensive packages are available that offer more features. A free stats service is also available.

42. Mint – $30 per website

An extensive web analytics program that has a user friendly interface. The service costs $30 per website.

43. ChartBeat – $9.95+ per month

A premium service that shows real time data. Alerts can be sent to your mobile or email inbox and the service is optimised for use on the iPhone. Plans start at $9.95 per month for 5 websites and 1,000 concurrents (1,000 concurrents means 1,000 people are viewing your website at a given time).

44. Performancing Metrics – $FREE+ per month

A premium blog analytics service with unique features such as Feedburner integration and stats via RSS feeds. The service is free up to 3,000 page views per day with 10,000 page views and 30,000 page views costing $6.99 and $9.99 respectively. A super pro and custom packages are also available.

45. RealtimeStats – $9.95 per month

Realtime analytics for web, social media, mobile and eCommerce traffic. It costs $9.95 per month for traffic reporting and an additional $10 per month for eCommerce tracking.

46. GoSquared – $9.95+ per month

A useful service that shows what is being viewed on your website right now. Whilst the first 10,000 page impressions are free, the standard package is $9.95 per month and allows up to 150,000 page impressions over 3 websites. 500,000 page impressions costs $24.95 per month and 1,000,000 page impressions costs $49.95 per month. An extreme package is available which allows up to 2,500,000 page impressions.

47. Bango Mobile Analytics – $49 per month

A premium solution that tracks mobile traffic and mobile marketing campaigns. The standard package retails for $49 per month though an advanced package exists for $499 per month.

Checking Your Competition

48. Compete – $199+ per month

The leading service for monitoring your own website against the competition. The starter package costs $199 per month. More expensive packages show more data such as demographic metrics and incoming and outgoing traffic.

Overview

Tracking your websites performance is one of the most important aspects of running a successful website. Granted, checking your stats too much can be counter productive if that means spending less time working on other aspects of your business. Though there is no denying that the more information you have at your disposal, the better position you will be in to analyse your success and move forward.

What services you use depends on what type of business you run and what you are looking to achieve in the future. If a free stats service does everything you need then there is no need to pay for analytics. However, don’t be afraid to spend money on a good service if it means getting the edge over your competitors. Bear in mind though, a company that charges for their analtics service doesn’t guarantee that their service is any better than free alternatives are available so make sure you take advantage of 14 day and 30 day trials before entering your credit card details.

We hope you have found this brief explanation of web analytics and collection of great free and premium traffic services useful. If you know of any other great services that haven’t been covered in this article, please feel free to share them in the comment area.

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As almost any web designer worth their salt, and a large percentage of web developers will tell you, to be fully considered a web designer you have to have some background in code. Not to the depth that full on developers must, but it really is unfair to the rest of those working on a website with us if we do not have some knowledge in a handful of key areas. Which is where these web design tutorials come in.

In this post we have gathered a handful of useful tutorials from these various areas of code that designers should have their hands in. We have standard CSS and CSS3 tutorials, HTML5 and also Javascript tuts as well. A little something for all three of the main code branches that web designers need to always be improving their grasps on. We hope that you find these web design tutorials helpful in your next or current project!

CSS Tutorials

30 CSS Best Practices for Beginners – CSS is a language that is used by nearly every developer at some point. While it’s a language that we sometimes take for granted, it is powerful and has many nuances that can help (or hurt) our designs. Here are thirty of the best CSS practices that will keep you writing solid CSS and avoiding some costly mistakes.

6 Ways To Improve Your Web Typography – Typography on the web is anything but simple, and for many, it is a troubling mystery. Today, we’re going to review six ways that web designers and developers can improve the typography of the sites they create.

3 Easy and Fast CSS Techniques for Faux Image Cropping – This article is a summary of a 3 fast and easy CSS techniques you can use to display only a portion of an image in your content. All techniques explained here actually need only couple of lines of CSS.

Build Multi-level Multi-column Multi Menus with pure CSS – works perfectly in most browsers, including IE 6, using absolutely no javascript

CSS Absolute Positioning: Create A Fancy Link Block – some tricks to create a fancy link block that make our links more attractive.

How to Create a Beautiful Dropdown Blogroll Without JavaScript – Dropdown menus are a great way of including a long list of links without cluttering up your page. The issue though is that they can be hard to style, but look quite ugly if you don’t. There isn’t a lot of flexibility with HTML’s select tags.

CSS3 Tutorials

CSS3 Minimalistic Navigation Menu – a simple CSS3 animated navigation menu, which degrades gracefully in older browsers and is future-proofed to work with the next generation of browsers.

CSS3 Tutorial: Sleek Card Pockets using CSS Only – learn how to create web card pockets using some great new CSS3 techniques.

CSS3 Animated Vignette Buttons – This tutorial uses a patterned background and places vignette-style .pngs over the top which are animated using transition.

CSS3 Music Player Menu – This tutorial maximizes power of CSS3 to create a CSS Music Player Menu with a Photoshop-like effect.

3D Animation Using Pure CSS3 – This tutorial uses the perspective property to create the 3d effect and transform and transition, to animate it.

Create a Swish CSS3 Folded Ribbon in 5 Minutes – Take one line of markup, a couple of CSS3 rules (no images), and you can have yourself a swish folded ribbon effect in five minutes.

HTML5 Tutorials

HTML5 : The Basics – This tutorial introduces HTML5 and its basic features as well as explains the key differences from HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 so you can start preparing yourself and your sites for the transition.

Have A Field Day With HTML5 Forms – Take a look at how to style a beautiful HTML5 form using some advanced CSS and latest CSS3 techniques.

Preparing for HTML5 with Semantic Class Names – A brief introduction to the new structural elements in the HTML 5 Working Draft, and how to use semantic class names in HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 markup that correspond to the names of those structural elements.

Drag and Drop – This tutorial will teach you how to create a HTML 5 page that uses the new drag and drop feature.

How to Make an HTML5 iPhone App – This tutorial will show you how to create an offline HTML5 iPhone application, specifically, a tetris game.

Create Vector Masks Using the HTML5 Canvas – This tutorial looks at how to use the canvas tag and clipping to create images that aren’t so rectangular.

Javascript Tutorials

Javascript – An easy introduction – Javascript is used to add interactivity and functionality to a site. It has many uses, from detecting the viewers web browser to validating form input.

Nested Arrays in Javascript – Like most programming languages, JavaScript lets you create arrays inside arrays, known as nested arrays. In a nested array, the elements of one array are themselves arrays.

jQuery for Absolute Beginners – Fifteen video tutorials that teach you EXACTLY how to use the jQuery library. Start by downloading the library and eventually work up to creating an AJAX style-switcher.

iPhoto-like image resizing using Javascript – This tutorial uses the script.aculo.us slider control to capture input values, then converts those values into something useful.

Learn How To Detect Browser in Javascript – In this tutorial you will learn how to detect the browser in javascript so that you can then serve the suitable information.

Words Validation with Javascript – This tutorial will explain you how to filter out inappropriate words from being updated or sent from your website.

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