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5 little known free URL tools

Jerry — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:38:30 +0000

Sicked of long URLs? Here’s how you can turn an ugly long URL into a shorter version for free.

Flat URL

Simple and ads-free tools for those who wish to shorten long URLs. Visit FlatURL online.

Cligs

Short URL shortening tools. Analytics tools provided for registered users. Visit Cligs online.

Spedr

Simple and fast loading URL tool. Service available in form of FireFox extension – which is a huge plus. Visit Spedr online.

esyURL

URL tool that comes along with free file hosting. Visit esyURL online.

URLpass

Free service that allows you to shorten cumbersome URLs. Visit URLpass online.

PhotoFunia

Jerry — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:05:06 +0000

PhotoFunia uses Faces Detection technology and enables users to create funny pix with their own faces. The free web tool is quite a stunner and it turned popular a few years back where Facebook users will upload their funny pix and promote their service via word of mouth.

I already had a bunch of wicked photos with PhotoFunia and I think you should do the same too. Visit PhotoFunia online now.

Block Poster

Jerry — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:58:53 +0000

Dream about bringing your desktop wallpaper alive as wall poster? Block Poster can helps. The website offers the ability to create any size wall posters from any size images and it is absolutely free of use. There are tons of stunning posters made using this free tool and you can view some of the greatest in their web gallery.

To start making fun with your personal image collection, visit Block Poster online.

Friday Fix: Color Scheme Designer

Jerry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:41:56 +0000

Need help in producing the right color themes? Then Color Scheme Designer is the right web tool for you. Theweb tool has an intuitive interface and the ability to bookmark generated color themes. From website designs to avatar models, Color Scheme Designer is a brilliant tool for those who are selecting colors and sketching out their initial (whatever) designs.

Visit Color Scheme Designer.

IconLook

Jerry — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:05 +0000

Having trouble with icon designs? Why sweat on icon designs when you can get free icons *legally*. Here’s a website every web designer should have in their bookmark – IconLook, a website that offers tons of well designed icons. What’s more is that all these graphics are ‘searchable’ thus speeding up your finding process.

Textorize your image

Jerry — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:41:38 +0000

Tired of using the same old graphics? While here’s a way to create something fresh with the same photo: Textorizer.

Textorizer is a nice piece of web application that allows you to create cool graphics using text of your choice. The tool takes jpeg, png, gif, or xpm file less than 128K in length and produces an SVG file which reconstructs the original image using parts of the text scattered around.

Here’s my creation out for the three web giant’s logo.

You too can have some fun! Visit Textorizer.

Flickr search by colours

Jerry — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:05:19 +0000

How often can you search images online based on the image colour? I believe ‘never’ is the answer that most will reply.

Don’t you wish you can categorize images based on its colours? You bet.

With Idee’s Multicolr Search Lab, you don’t have to skim thru another 3,581 images before reaching to your ideal choice. Multicolr Search Lab extracted the colours from 10 million of the most “interesting” Creative Commons images on Flickr and allow its users to navigate the collection by colour.

Here’s the Multicolr Search Lab in action – definitely a heavenly tool for lazy web designer like me.

Start searching with colours at Idee’s Multicolr Search Lab.