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50 Awesome Examples Of Out Of Bounds Photos

AN Jay — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:42:57 +0000

Lets talk about Out of bounds photos (OOB). These are the photos in which the content of the photos are taken outside the boundaries and presented in 3D perspective. This 3D effect will give the photos a real touch and an ability to mesmerize its viewer. Here We are presenting 50 dazzling Out of Bounds Photos. These are the wonder creations of designers who used their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

You are welcome to share if you want to share more out of bounds photos for creative inspiration that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken.

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Train by LikwitSnake

Kids Out Of Bound By Lorenzo Pasqualis

Barco by Jacilopesdossantos

Guy by Gali

The final frame by just.K

Reaching out to my friends By Jeff Engelhardt

UM DIA NO PARK by ARTES NO PHOTOSHOP

Bigfoot oob by Serrator

Delfiner by Moccadonna

klaus-og-den-røde-sodavand by Moccadonna

REALISMO by ARTES

PAZ by ARTES

Fair Fun by Micah A. Ponce

Ain’t Lion by Micah A. Ponce

Your Timing Out by eddie gunn

Itsy Bitsy by Micah A. Ponce

Yaoworat Road, Bangkok by Mike LaPalme

Welcome to the Great Wall of China by edhelien

Reaching out of Bounds by Xverzo

Put Me in the Picture by pennyeast

Sisters for DP Review by Andre W

Margaret Harkerville by Andre W

Horsedrive by Andre W

Lady Bird by Alin B.

My first by kallerhult

Kirsten Diving by uncle_rich0101

Daaaaad! I’m stuck by Von_Ryan

SWIMMMING AT KEI MOUTH by Andre W

Chiiron by Chiiron

Amatola Waterfall by Andre W

Hold No Boundaries by chocolatepuppy

Margaret Outeniqua Road by Andre W

Izak & Irene Fish River Canyon by Andre W

Dino Fun by Serrator

DUC Crossing by Charlie

Horsedrive by Andre W

Love by Sclark14

Píla out of bounds By Ice_ace

Fish by Sahfofa

Ready for Launch Sir by dela7

Handing back to Mum By Rubyblossom

Interactive by MarkSheinin

Maria Chiara By Il_Madmax

La Fragua de Vulcano by Agustin C. Barranco

Out of Frame ‘65 Impala by Josh Sommers

To the Spitfires by PG63

Reaching by Kizotina

Swing by sillycelly

Motorcycle show and Shine by 2bitphoto

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Triple Engine+Triple Add-ons=Lunascape

AN Jay — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:53:56 +0000

Few days ago, we have discussed about Lunascape. Today we are covering it again because Lunascape is now compatible with the expanding array of Firefox add-ons in addition to the already supported Internet Explorer add-ons and Lunascape plug-ins. Transferring your add-ons from Firefox 3.5 is very easy.

In the above screenshot, you can see Firefox add-ons FoxTab and Firebug used with Lunascape 6 Beta gecko engine but officially they do not ensure the quality of each add-on.

Lunascape6 Beta achieves the utmost extensibility without compromising one of the fastest speeds in the market. You can browse fast while enjoying ample add-ons.

A new interface mode, ORION, comes with version 6. This sleek minimalist interface has all the basic functions and will get you going in no time. In addition, we have created a simple yet highly functional add-on toolbar. All of your add-ons will be organized neatly in appropriate places without impeding your Web browsing.

Now that you can operate tabs with various split displays, it is easier than ever for Web designer and developers to check their creation side-by-side to ensure browser compatibility.

The revamped floating sidebar of Lunascape can be really handy. For example, if you use two monitors, you can show the sidebar in another monitor. You can also use multiple Firefox sidebar add-ons at a time.

Lunascape 6 is currently released as beta version that is still in development stage and made available to obtain user feedback to further develop the official version of the product.

Key new features include:

Firefox Add-on Compatibility – Firefox add-ons can be used seamlessly with Lunascape’s gecko engine. It is easy to transfer existing add-ons and add new ones to Lunascape. A smart add-on organizer has also been added to the toolbar to prevent clutter.
Refined User Interface – Newly added design, Orion, is sleek and simple yet has all the basic functions users would need to get started right away.
Split Tab Display – A web page can now be shown in 3 different rendering engines side-by-side for easy comparison. Web designers and developers in particular will benefit both from this feature as well as the ability to use the ample set of development add-ons for Firefox. (e.g. Greasemonky, Firebug, etc.)
Sidebar 2.0 – The floating sidebar can handle multiple sidebar add-ons (e.g. minimap) at a time and can be separately displayed anywhere including another monitor.

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7 Apps That Could Be Really Useful At Work

AN Jay — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:37:57 +0000

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find few of the useful online tools and could be very helpful for you when you want to get your work done. I hope all of you will like this list if you are office worker, designer, developer, a manager, a supervisor, a student, a home user, etc. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features. This is the list of 7 Apps That Could Be Really Useful At Work. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.

You are welcome to share more useful web tools that will be helpful for web designers and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

Mockingbird

Mockingbird is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application.

VeoProject

The easy way to manage your projects online. You can organize tasks, issues, messages, and shared files with this secure and easy to use project management application.

Lockbin

Lockbin is a free service for sending private email messages. You can use it to send things like credit card information or confidential information.

Clipperz

Clipperz is a free and anonymous online password manager. Local encryption within the browser guarantees that no one except you can read your data and there is nothing to install.

ShowDocument

ShowDocument is a free service for online meetings with fully synchronized co-browsing of any document. It is a quick and simple way to share a document with other people at the same time. It is a web collaboration platform that lets individuals have a free online meeting. It is an alternative to various commercial desktop sharing applications. One can easily upload any file and during the session mark it up with a pen or a highlighter tool in addition to a text box tool and eraser.

Draw Anywhere

DrawAnywhere is an online diagramming website, where you can draw, modify and share flowcharts and other diagrams, with the look & feel of a desktop application. It runs on any browser with Flash 9 installed. There is no need to download and install any custom software. It runs entirely on the web, and thus it is an always-on-access-anywhere solution. It meets all your diagramming needs without installing, maintaining and purchasing expensive software.

Go2Convert

Go2Convert is a set of free web based tools that allow you to convert, resize a picture without having to install any software on your computer. It is not meant to be a complete Image editing software package. It is meant to be an easy to use solution to convert, resize your pictures and digital photos without the need to learn a complex software package. Once you convert, resize an image, you can choose to copy image’s URL or download it directly to your computer – It doesn’t get easier than that.

User guides (In Adobe PDF format)
http://www.drawanywhere.com/doc/dauserguide.pdf

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Three Easiest Tools To Help You Create Stunning Slideshows

AN Jay — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:19:23 +0000

Today, we are listing Three Easiest Tools To Help You Create Stunning Slideshows. If you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc but we hope that these are worth checking for all of you. They are really amazing in respect to their features. And yes! all of these are absolutely free to use. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.

You are welcome to share more easy to use free slideshows tools that will be helpful and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

PhotoSnack

With PhotoSnack it’s easier than ever to upload photos, create great photo slideshows, and share them with your friends and family. And by the way, it’s free.

Slideroll

Slideroll™ is a photo slideshow maker that you can use to create slide shows with your photos. Publish your slideshows on the internet, put them on MySpace or YouTube, and e-mail them to friends.

Slide

Slide delivers your favorite digital content to your desktop or Web site in the form of a simple, sleek and beautiful Slide show. Whether you want personal photos, stuff to buy or news and entertainment, this would be best for you.

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Now BudgetPulse Can Help You Control Your Personal Finance On The Web

AN Jay — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:30:03 +0000

BudgetPulse personal finance software is the perfect solution for managing your finances. You can organize your cash flow, expenses and bank accounts in one place. And easy to understand charts and graphs enable you to visualize how you’re spending your money month-to-month. This enables you to track your progress, discover where you can make savings and improve how you manage your money. Budgetpulse is absolutely free, online budgeting service for all users. In the current economic climate, this is one of the best budgeting tool available on the web.

BudgetPulse also makes it easier for you to achieve larger financial goals. You can create goals and then share with friends and family. They can then track your progress and make donations, using PayPal or Amazon, to help you reach them. Personal fundraising has never been easier.

Always knowing your overall financial status is a powerful feature and your BudgetPulse dashboard displays a complete picture in a single place. Showing budget status, net worth details, current cash flow status, and more, the dashboard presents your single entry point into your personal budgeting system.

Knowing your current AND upcoming transactions at all times ensures that you are well-prepared to pay your expenses on time, thus avoiding punishing late fees and unnecessary penalties. No more forgetting to pay a bill or risking your credit rating. Your income and expenses are at your fingertips at all times.

You can track income and plan for expenses using easy categories to tag each item. Budget multiple accounts to monitor your spending habits and begin to set spending limits and savings goals.

You can create an automatic schedule of income and expense transactions so you always know what’s coming up financially. Knowing what is coming gives you the ability to plan better and ensures you don’t miss payments, which only create additional expenses.

As you make changes to your accounts, add assets, and track expenses and income, BudgetPulse shows you your net worth, which is automatically and immediately updated at all times.

To quickly and easily pre-load your BudgetPulse data, you can import data files from a variety of sources into your budget tracking for an easy start to a complete budget view. Import MS Money and Quicken files. Import QIF, QFX, and OFX data files from banking and credit institutions. Import spreadsheets too.

While BudgetPulse supports all manner of budgeting, including graphs and charts to display where you are spending your money, you can still export your budget data, including all transaction details, to spreadsheets for examination and use in other tools, when necessary. Export and print all graphs and reports as PDF files for storing and later retrieval or sharing with others.

Quickly and easily set up your savings goals for something you have been dreaming of. Have something you are trying to save for and want to motivate yourself to commit to? A savings goal will keep you on track and you can view your progress as you inch closer to reach your financial goal. Colorful charts show your saving progress and how much you contribute over time. With everything organized in one place, you will reach your goal in no time.

Is the goal just for you or would you like to collect money from a group of people? You have the ability to keep the goal private or can directly receive collections from people you request financial help from. Either way you choose will be the first step to reaching that iphone, car, trip, party or any financial goal you have been dreaming of.

BudgetPulse is a kind of ‘view-only’ web service that lets you organize and analyze your finances, but does not let you directly move money into or out of your private bank and credit accounts. No one outside of you will ever know what your budget looks like, and no one – not even you — has access to your accounts through BudgetPulse

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Make A Promise To Save The Environment In Your Own Way And Get 500GB File Hosting Account For Free

AN Jay — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:08:09 +0000

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. If we do nothing to stop it, climate change will cause severe water shortages, rising sea levels will swallow cities, and pest outbreaks will sicken people and kill crops. One of the early signs we are already experiencing is an increase in extreme weather events such as destructive storms, drought and floods.

SmashingApps and FileBanker are teaming up to do their part for the environment. Average American consumes more than 700 pounds of paper per year, highest compared to anywhere else in the world. Hundreds of thousands of trees are cut down per day to support the consumption of paper that can be easily avoided.

SmashingApps believes that we can change that by helping people save and share their documents electronically instead of printing them out each time. We do not want you to print so much so we are offering 500 GB file hosting accounts for free at FileBanker. You will need to enter “smashingapps” in the promo code field. You can use these accounts to share all your documents without ever having to print anything.

Climate Change is a global issue and adapting green habits is good for the environment, but who knew it can get us great deals too. Here are some great environmental benefits for us if we always remember these to follow in our daily life.

Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money and energy.
Plant trees to shade your home.
Use solar power for home and water heating.
Ask your employer to consider flexible work schedules or telecommuting.
Install a low-flow shower head.
Copy and print on both sides of paper.
Unplug seldom used appliances.
Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence.
Buy products that you can reuse.
Buy rechargeable batteries for devices used frequently.
Buy the right amount of paint for the job.
Use a ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.

All you have to do to get your free 500 GB file hosting accounts is to suggest that how to stop Climate Change by going Green and make a promise to follow this. When giving your suggestion and making a promise please post a link to this post. You can make it in any of the following ways…

Post it on Twitter, post it on your blog, or post a video of it on YouTube, or create a picture and post it on Flickr. Actually the promise is to do one green thing and share that message with all their contacts. You can make your promise anyway you like as long as we can verify it and don’t forget to follow us on twitter.

Once you have made the pledge post the link to your promise in the comments below and sign up for your free file hosting account using this form you will need to enter “smashingapps” in the promo code field. The last date to create your free account will be Friday, November 13, 2009.

Here are some sample promises you can post on twitter

* I promise to turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use. Do you?
* I promise to copy and print on both sides of paper. Do you?
* I promise to buy recycled paper if printing is really necessary. Do you?
* I promise to avoid miss-printing and if happens I will keep that pages for rough drafts. Do you?
* I promise to use e-mail instead of paper correspondence. Do you?

My Promise

I promise to turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use. Do you? http://twitter.com/SmashingApps/status/5573822809

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If we do nothing to stop it, climate change will cause severe water shortages, rising sea levels will swallow cities, and pest outbreaks will sicken people and kill crops.

One of the early signs we are already experiencing is an increase in extreme weather events such as destructive storms, drought and floods.

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3D Portraits That Make You Say ‘Wow’

AN Jay — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:14:34 +0000

This is a post in which we are listing down some 3D Portraits That Would Make You Say ‘Wow’. These are some of the beautiful digital artwork and illustration examples. These are the wonder creations of designers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

You are welcome to share if you want to share more Digital Art And Illustration For Creative Inspiration that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken.

Suspicious Minds by DCSMC

Frankenstein by Anto Juriči

Naked by IamUman

PRF Commander2 by Staticcurve

EVIL WITCH by Sven Geruschkat

The IRIN Project by RainfeatherPearl

The silent killer by TheMhpe

Pixologic Superhero by jeff miller

Santa by GrandPa

Clio by Damon27

Chimpanzee by

Grandma by Beleleu

Sapphire by kolakis

Old Guy Finished by m3maqs

5 Most Reliable And Feature Packed Free Web Hosting Services

AN Jay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:19:46 +0000

Most people are still in the search of reliable and best free web hosting sites. Some web hosting sites are really handy and make uploading the website is very easier and simpler. By the time, demand of php and MySQL are also increasing. Here is a list of some great free web hosting sites that make uploading a website a cakewalk.

You are welcome to share if you know more free web hosting services that are really useful and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

FortuneCity

At FortuneCity, You can get 1 GB of storage, web and FTP access, an easy blogging tool, online file manager, unlimited bandwidth on Fast and reliable servers.

110mb

110MB free No-Ads hosting account to create and host your personal and business websites. It has PHP 5 support, detailed site traffic statistics, 600+ file type support, XML support and much more.

Zymic

Zymic is one of the most reliable and feature packed free web hosting services on the net. This free hosting features include PHP/MySQL, free domain names, Ad-free hosting and an overly generous disk and transfer allowance. Zymic.com’s free web hosting is ideal for personal and business websites.

Tripod

Tripod’s entry-level plan lets you discover the fun of site-building for free. With 20 MB of disk space and 1 GB of monthly bandwidth this could be your best web hosting. You can build and publish your pages using the popular Microsoft editor and Choose from over 10,000 images, including photos, clipart and other site essentials that are all free to use.

Brinkster

If you are tired of Google ads and all other outsourced solicitations on your free website? Brinkster would be the best choice as free web hosting. Whether you’re a homemaker, a small business owner or a savvy developer you can have a free website.

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13 Excellent Mac OS X Apps That Could Be Really Useful

AN Jay — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:12:01 +0000

This is the post where we are listing out few great free apps for Mac Operating System, this is an exclusive post for our those readers who are the Mac users. But our other readers will also enjoy this post. Don’t forget to bookmark this post for your future reference as it has few most useful application that will be helpful for you when you are on your Mac system. This is absolutely a great list of 13 Simple, Useful And Free Mac OS X Apps That Could be Really Useful.

You are welcome to share if you know more free mac apps that are really useful and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

Picturesque

Picturesque is a simple app with a simple goal to make images more beautiful. Whether you are in web or print, your images can benefit from a touch of Picturesque magic.

iStat pro

iStat pro is a highly configurable widget that lets you monitor every aspect of your Mac, including CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, temperatures, fans, load & uptime and processes.

DoIt

Do It is a small application to manage categorized to do lists. to do item can be linked witha a file on your computer, a url, such as the address of a website, or a contact from your address book. The linked item can be opened directly from the Do it window. To do items can also include notes, priorities and deadlines, which can be set as reminders in iCal.

Think

Think will help you to limit your attention to one application—any application—at any time, you can bring other apps up quickly if you need them, and lets you put them out of sight again just as quickly.

VLC media player

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

HandBrake

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Seashore

Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X’s Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP’s technology and uses the same native file format.

smcFanControl

smcFanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. So you can increase your minimum fan speed to make your intel mac run cooler.

Transmission

Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client. It uses fewer resources than other clients. Transmission has the features you expect in a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web interface, peer exchange, DHT, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, web seed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.

Fluid

Fluid includes Tabbed Browsing, built-in Userscripting (aka Greasemonkey), URL pattern matching for browsing whitelists and blacklists, bookmarks, auto-software updates via the Sparkle Update framework, custom SSB icons, a JavaScript API for showing Dock badges, Growl notifications, and Dock menu items, and more.

Perian

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.

SuperDocker

SuperDocker gives a full access to Mac OS X hidden functions and lets you rediscover your system in a unique way. You can take advantage of SuperDocker’s powerful export and import features to share your creations as well.

Sequential

Sequential is an image viewer for Mac OS X. It was originally designed for opening a folder of images and displaying them in order. It works well for viewing comics and manga. Sequential can display folders and archives (ZIP, RAR, CBZ and CBR) of images (including JPEG, PNG, and GIF) and PDF files. It is able to load images on the internet from a page or image URL.

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80+ High Quality And Useful Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In October

AN Jay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:41:21 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 80+ High Quality And Useful Resources For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of October which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.

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