I really don't understand how some of this stuff is actually free in today's video and if you're
like me a designer who loves to make the most out of free resources You're Gonna Love today's
selection starting with something I actually didn't even know was possible until today image
upscaling it's official we're in the future and it's right here in front of your very eyes this
website can take your low resolution garbage images or designs not that you or I make bad
designs anyway right and then it uses artificial intelligence to enhance said image or designs in
terms of resolution and sharpness just take a look at this low resolution B and people keep saying
we need to save the bees so let's save this one right here and upscale the pollen right out of it
you can clearly see how much of an improvement we have in the second image the AI has managed to
create the fine detail on the hairs of the bee's abdomen and it's managed to even pick out detail
on the plant material as well as sharpen those pixelated edges now this is really awesome and I
didn't know it was even possible I'm pretty sure some of you out there did but do you know about
this open source selection of fonts use modify has a relatively large selection of fonts but here's
the kicker they're all open source meaning you can use them on designs from anything from corporate
branding projects to making a funny birthday card for a relative also you're allowed to
modify the fonts as well which is really cool now I like to head into the keyword section
and browse topics up here such as Sans serif you can find a nice amount of typefaces that offer a
lot of different fonts for example look how many weights can be found in this one just right here
yes there's going to be some obvious garbage to look through but there are a lot of free
gems to grab and download from this website do you need more free fonts probably not but yeah
I do have an addiction and I'm probably not too proud of it but it is what it is but yeah this is
a great resource to bookmark and come back to now and again to see what typefaces have been
added to the selection also of course everything is just open source so that's the main appeal here
I think have you ever had to design something for social media accounts maybe for your own
social media accounts or for a client project now it can be annoying trying to figure out or
research what dimensions you should be using for each design asset but this is where social
sizes.io comes into play let's say I'm designing something for LinkedIn I can just click right here
and then choose between the download types and it is really nice to have this kind of choice
open to me but let's rock with our photoshop on this one so once downloaded and opened we
have all of the relevant canvases which are also labeled and at the correct Dimensions now I can
just simply go on with my project without wasting time researching for specific dimensions and then
just manually creating all of the artboards or canvases who doesn't love gradients this website
allows you to directly copy the CSS of hundreds of different gradients which will then allow you or
your web developer to quickly use them on your web projects you can also use options I've got skirt
or PSD and also download the gradients as jpegs as well pretty nifty and there's not much more
to it to be honest but it is worth bookmarking in your freebies folder you do have a freebies
folder right something else you should bookmark into that folder is this gem right here open
source icons now you can choose between outlined filled or sharp edged and remember these are open
source so you can edit them and use them freely as you so wish also in addition to the hundreds
of different icons we actually have some logos as well it's just really nice to have access to
this kind of thing and have it readily available for any projects for those who don't use Adobe or
other kind of design programs and you're not very pleased with canva this one might just be for you
create Vista is a free to use design option that has a ton of built-in templates for all kinds of
design projects I mean take this poster template right here that does actually look pretty cool as
a design tool it's pretty easy to use and if we go ahead and check out the pricing we can see the
free plan does have some perks actually and that being said the pro version hardly breaks the bank
either and just for disclosure I'm not affiliated with anything in today's video I just thought some
of you might find this one to be very useful moving on something I use on a weekly basis and
that is HTTP stair now I've mentioned it before with a different video but I want to mention it
again for those who have missed it because you'll soon realize why I do use it so much this web
site showcases some of the most unique and Visually appealing and functional websites
out there I don't design websites so why should I even care about this well because firstly it
offers a ton of inspiration scrolling and browsing over the websites we can pick up on some really
neat and cutting-edge graphic design but also we can see what sort of techniques and styles
are being used in the design industry right here today so basically it allows us to keep up to date
with the kind of Direction the design industry is heading in but yeah it's also pretty much just eye
candy for us graphic designers and this guy right here has not only crafted some awesome typefaces
but also the website is pretty cool as well so bookmark this one for inspiration and see what
you can find that will trigger some creativity within yourself but if you want to grab yet More
Design freebies just click a video on screen guys and until next time design your future today peace