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This post is a collection of latest community news submitted on tripwire magazine by readers and other blog owners.  Most new posts in the web design and development community is included making this regular post a really fast and easy consumable overview of what is going on just now.  You can find more community news here.

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There are thousands of free themes for Wordpress in any color, structure etc. you may like. Still there is a growing industry for selling premium themes for wordpress and one may wonder why… Basically if you are serious about your blog/magazine or your business and you consider to use Wordpress to improve your on-line presence then premium themes may be worth considering. The price on premium themes is normally quite low (20-150$) but in most cases you will need to make some customizations to avoid that your sites look and feel is identical with other sites using the same theme. Premium themes are usually build with customization in mind and if you’re not a experienced PHP and Wordpress developer yourself the support and customization options offered with premium themes may be your life line. This post provides a list og 11 new Wordpress Themes all released in January 2010.

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This Article provides a collection of high-quality Photoshop smoke effect tutorials and brushes. Smoke effects can be useful in different types of design and artwork. Please drop a comment if you know a tutorial or brush set I have not listed.

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This post is a collection of latest community news submitted on tripwire magazine by readers and other blog owners.  Most new posts in the web design and development community is included making this regular post a really fast and easy consumable overview of what is going on just now.  You can find more community news here.

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Creating the illusion of water and rain in designs using Photoshop can be a bit really difficult. If the right techniques and textures are not applies the effect may look unrealistic and fake. This article provides a collection of great tutorials and brush collections focused on the most needed water effects like rain, drops, reflection etc. Please drop a comment if you know a good tutorial or brush.

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Using textures in web design have become quite popular. Textures are great for giving the design a more realistic look and feel but should be used with caution. Adding too much texture risk making the design too messy and it easily becomes a bit grunge’ish. I personally like simple textures or simply noise that break the colours a bit and gives depth and brings the design to life when used right. This post brings 25 sites with different use of textures for your inspiration. Drop a comment and share if you like some of them or if you know others I should add.

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This post is a collection of latest community news submitted on tripwire magazine by readers and other blog owners.  Most new posts in the web design and development community is included making this regular post a really fast and easy consumable overview of what is going on just now.  You can find more community news here.

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Spending hundreds of dollars on a text editor or IDE may give you a great tool with loads of nice features, regular updates, great documentation etc…. It’s an option but actually there are very useful and completely free alternatives. In this article tripwire magazine provides a list of more than 25 free Editors and IDEs useful for most developers on a tough budget. Please drop a comment if a great tool was missed in the post.

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This post is a collection of latest community news submitted on tripwire magazine by readers and other blog owners.  Most new posts in the web design and development community is included making this regular post a really fast and easy consumable overview of what is going on just now.  You can find more community news here.

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Software for creating screencasts have become essential and the products available are being used intensively for creating thousands of new videos every day. Screencasts are like all over the place now and were almost at a point where people start to expect them to be. Videos are simply great to deliver a message in a very short time and for most people bandwidth is not a problem any more. As a potential buyers of lets say a online software products it is quite important to see how it works when used before buying it. It give us trust and we are more likely to open our wallet. Bloggers use video feeds a lot to improve their presence and be more personal to their readers. youtype.com have millions of videos created and uploaded by users (actually youtube.com have an alexa.com rank of 4, which means it is in the top five of most visited websites in the world…). So lets agree that being able to create screencasts is a must. If you have not already found your favorite tools this post will help you make the choice.

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