Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

Preshit Deorukhkar is the former Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Pixels. He is now a Freelance Consultant, Principal at iXyr Media & SharpShutter Media. You can reach him on Twitter @preshit

Mac

Watermarker is a nifty Mac utility app that lets you add watermarks to your photos or images. Packaged in a very straightforward UI, Watermarker allows anyone to use the feature-set it offers in a very hassle-free way. The app has been around for a couple of years now and today, the developer, Don Southard, has released Version 2.0 — a major release that was rewritten from scratch to take advantage of the newer APIs in OS X 10.10. Watermarker 2 features a completely redesigned UI compared to its previous versions. The app now uses a dark palette, although the new…

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A lot of products and services available today offer the tools that make it super simple to create your own website. There’s all kinds of designs and layouts that your website can sport today and modern web technologies have long push the boundaries of what’s possible. However, all this still doesn’t help if you’re in a rut or just don’t know where to begin. Thankfully, our friends at Squarespace have teamed up Skillshare to released a free, online video class called ‘Creating a Website to Build Your Online Brand’. Lasting just an hour, you can learn how to create and…

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Ever found yourself in a position where you’re with a group of people and there’s a payment to be made? Keeping track of who’s paying how much and who’s paying for someone is not an easy task. There are quite a few apps out there on the App Store that let you split your bill equally with friends, but Equal is one app that we’ve come across that does a superb job of keeping track of group expenses and debts. Equal sports a beautiful UI and allows you to split your bills with friends, share the costs and at the…

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Adobe Stock has introduced a stock content service that’s directly integrated into creative tools and workflows. Approximately 85% of creatives who buy stock use Adobe tools; and over 90% of stock sellers use Adobe’s tools to create their images. Adobe is working with buyers and sellers to create a streamlined experience that makes the flow of content more efficient for buyers and increases the opportunities for sellers. For stock buyers, Adobe Stock reduces the friction of buying and using stock content. First, 40 million pieces of content for print, web and mobile app projects are available—photos, illustrations and graphics, covering…

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“Wait, again? Didn’t you just…” “Yes, we know!” Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on a new project — sort of an auxiliary site to Beautiful Pixels and today, we’re incredibly excited to announce The Platter. The Platter is a site that features exceptional content related to apps in the form of links to new app releases, notable updates to existing apps, price drops, apps on sale, links to interesting product announcements, articles from app developers, quotes & other miscellaneous content that you might typically be interested in. And if you’re reading this, we’re positive that you’ll love…

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Ever since Google announced Material Design with Android 5.0 Lollipop, we’ve seen a lot of 3rd party apps adopt those design guidelines for their User Interface. While some apps have transformed their old boring design into a somewhat refreshing new look, we’ve been especially happy looking at apps that have been built from the group up with Material Design in mind. Phonograph (previously called Gramophone) is one such music player app for Android that is absolutely gorgeous to look at. Phonograph’s gorgeous user interface has been intricately crafted keeping the Material Design guidelines in mind. It doesn’t just look good,…

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