發現有不少外國朋友看我的blog,爲保他們也有東西可看,特附英文在下。大家也可趁機複習下English。
也許你和我一樣只能使用windows進行網頁設計開發工作,而設計時常用的操作諸如顏色選擇,創作字體,編輯圖片,或是測試效果是否都必須麻煩地打開新的軟件窗口呢?這篇文章將告訴你一堆有用的網絡應用,解除設計師的煩惱。
When it comes to design, there’s a plethora of free web-based tools to help you accomplish tasks such as color palette selection, creating unique fonts, editing images, and testing typography.
In this article, you’ll find a bunch of handy online utilities for designers.
kuler是Adobe公司創造的web應用。你可以用它創作你的色彩搭配並與他人分享。你可以多次使用那些他人提交的色彩主題,或者使用其中的工具爲網站自己搭配顏色。
kuler is a web-based application by Adobe that helps you create and share color themes. You can peruse theuser-submitted color themes or create your own color themes with the kuler Create web tool.
pixlr是擁有Photoshop般效果的在線編輯應用,它有層,濾鏡或是圖章等常用功能。可以一試。如果任嫌不足,可以留言和我聯繫。
pixlr is a web-based image editor with a Photoshop-like user interface; pixlr has similar features like layers, filters, and even a Clone Stamp tool. For more image-editing web tools, check out this list of web-based image editors.
Wellstyled’s Color Scheme Generator也是個在線顏色搭配應用。不過它的界面更簡潔直接。而且現在還有了新的版本。不過似乎老版本更清爽些
Wellstyled’s Color Scheme Generator is a simple web tool that helps designers produce color themes. It has an intuitive interface and the ability to bookmark generated color themes.
Typetester 允許你做關於各種關於字體的在線測試,可以用你輸入的文字同時做比較測試,甚至可以使用你自己電腦上安裝的字體。強力推薦。
Typetester allows you to test, tweak, and compare screen typography. It has a variety of typefaces that include web-safe fonts like Arial and Verdana - but it can also use your personal fonts.
TypeNavigator是幫助你找尋心目中希望使用的字體的在線好工具,特別是外文字體。
TypeNavigator is a very clever web tool that can help designers identify typefaces. It’s great for hunting down a font you saw that you’d like to use on your own designs.
BGPatterns是在線製作圖案的工具,可以自己製作,修改,或是使用他人制作的好圖案。多爲你的ps庫準備點東西吧。
BGPatterns is a web tool for generating tiled patterns. Its intuitive (yet robust) user interface will allow you to tweak, edit, and resize a wide range of patterns.
Dabbleboard是個方便的在線協作繪圖工具,界面簡潔易用,最關鍵是可以多人合作。如果你喜歡這種合作模式,可以在這裏找到更多。就可惜是英文。
Dabbleboard is a convenient web-based collaborative drawing tool that’s designer-friendly. Create web layouts, design user interfaces, or draw freehand with other fellow designers. For more web-based collaboration tools, check out this list.
PicMarkr是個在線水印製作工具。如果你不想你的設計被輕易copy,那麼試試這個吧。和flickr相似的界面,強力推薦。
PicMarkr is a web-based custom watermarking tool that you can use to protect and prevent design theft. It’s great for mockups or copyrighted designs that you publish online.
favicon.cc是個相當快捷的在線像素圖創建工具,除動手畫外,你還可以從你的電腦裏直接上傳圖片轉換。
templatr是個創作網站模版的在線工具。不但極其好用,還能下載中文版源碼,自己安裝用。超強力推薦。
templatr is a handy web application for creating web page templates. It has a very simple user interface, making itself an excellent tool for quick-and-dirty mockups of web layouts.