Today I have put together the largest collection of free Photoshop patterns DesignM.ag has ever offered. Flowers Patters for Photoshop, Vintage Patterns,  Arabic Patterns for Photoshop, Seamless Paper Patterns, Grungy Abstract Squares Photoshop Patterns, Tileable Midnight Blue Grunge Patterns, Flat Grungy Summer Stripes Seamless Patterns, oft Pastel Abstract Light Patterns, Grungy Tileable Diamond Patterns, Damask Patterns, Micro Patterns…

Fractal Photoshop brushes  looks elegant and is attractive to look at. They look unique, and one can look at them in a lot of different perspectives. Fractals are also used as Photoshop brushes for designs and images, adding abstract element and depth to it.

Here, we are featuring 30 Best Fractal Photoshop Brush Sets which is free for you to download. So try out our collection of free fractal brush that is compatible with the type of Photoshop you are using.

We’re always on the lookout for great freebies to share with our readers, and today we’ve got some seamless patterns. Seamless patterns are a great way to add a lot of detail to a design and fill up a big area, such as a background. Here are over 200 patterns that are perfect for creating website backgrounds. You can use these as they are, or use them as a foundation to build upon.

Photoshop gradients  help to adds breadth to your designs. They can be use effectively as backgrounds, in web pages and even in photography and icons. Adding a touch of color to you designs makes it attractive and compelling to look at.

In this next post, we were able to come up with 20 Best Free Photoshop Gradients Ever Made. You can utilize these gradients to produce various effects according to your preferences. Aside of saving time and money, these are free, so make sure you check them out.

The power of Photoshop actions can many times be underestimated by designers and photographers. Once you learn how to make them and load them, you will discover a whole new powerful aspect of the Photoshop software. Actions can be used for almost any task and they will save you a lot of time too. By recording a set number of things that are done inside the software, you can do those things over and over with a single click instead of having to do every step on all of your photos/designs. Not only can you make photos look better, you can also use this for making frames, saving designs in various formats and almost all tasks imaginable.

This time we’ve put together a great collection of free actions that already have been made.

My name is Russell McGovern and I use Fireworks to design websites. There, I said it. I could be wrong, but it feels like I’m in a small minority; among web designers, the application of choice seems to be Photoshop.

Agencies send me PSD files at work and ask for them in return; design blogs are full of Photoshop tips, tutorials and templates; other designers request the Photoshop files that they assume I must have used to build elements.

It’s almost like being a second-class citizen. It’s like the only tool a truly professional designer would dream of using is Photoshop—the software equivalent of choosing a Mac over a PC.

Yet Photoshop is not the only option. I’ve used Fireworks for many years now and find it to be by far the easiest and fastest way to get ideas out of my head and into pixels on the screen.

Does Photoshop fascinates you but the road to master it seems difficult. Don’t worry,everything can be achieved by having a clear sense of purpose and direction. Its well said that beginning is half way done. Thus clearing your basics are utmost important to master this art. Photoshop can do wonders. So today we have come up with some Basic detailed guides to brush up our skills and thus making you confident enough to jump to advanced level with ease.

How often do you find yourself performing the same series of commands in Photoshop? When there are typical tasks that you perform on a regular basis, you have two choices; you can do things the hard way by performing each step every time you need to perform the task, or you can get smart and use an action.

Similar to macros in programs like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, Photoshop actions are recorded steps that you perform on an image; these steps can be saved and replayed on another image at a later date.

An essential compilation which consists of some good GUI elements which are useful design resources for designers, who are working on web design projects a great way to speed up the overall design process with some ready made design resources available to download for free of charge.

Photoshop custom shapes are useful, if you can’t create the shape yourself, don’t have the right brush or just need that element in high resolution and really sharp. Custom shapes are easy to use and edit. If you’re familiar with pen tool, you can easily create your own shapes. Shapes differentiate from brushes because they are actually created from vectors which will let you get them in really high quality and clean in all cases!

Photoshop patterns offer a quick way to enhance your project with a cohesive look. Here are a collection of absolutely beautiful photoshop patterns. Whether you use patterns to fill the entire background of your site or just a specific area of your design, you will definitely find these useful.