74 Great Web Apps for Web Designers we have forgotten about

March 30, 2008 - 42 Comments
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The amount of Web Based Apps available are phenomenal, some we forget about…some we are glad we forgot about…others are handy to bookmark for another day…
Anyway here are 74 Great Web Apps for Web Designers we have forgotten about.

Formatpixel
Create paper presentations for mags, brochures,catalogues anything you like, really.

Letterpop
Creating newsletters using an Ajax interface.

Draw Anywhere
Create diagrams, flowcharts…

PimpMyIcon
Buddy icons and Avatars with your pictures.

Online Icon Maker
Create 16×16 icons.

Mr. Picassohead
Creat your own Picasso art using eyes, ears, noses and placing them on the canvas. Good Fun.

YUVA Studio
Drawing app for kids to create artwork and convertthem into e-cards.

RoundedCornr
Generates HTML/CSS code for rounded corners.

SignBot
Animated scrolling text LED generator.

Web 2.0 Logo Maker
Create Web 2.0 logos.

Warning Sign Generator
Create warning signs for your site.

FormLogix
Create web forms directly with a WYSWYG tool.

Cumulate Draw
APP for flowcharts and diagrams.

Motivator
Create motivational posters.

Empressr
Application that lets you create, share and store presentations online.

PDF Pad
Generates graphs, calendars etc. into PDF format.

Color Palette Generator
Generates a color palette that matches a selected image.

Gickr
Create an animated GIF.

PictureCloud
Create a 360 degrees image.

Ajaxload
Create your own AJAX loading animated GIF.

Textorizer
Takes an image file and some user-specified text and produces an SVG file.

LiThA – Paint
Graphic editor built with Javascript. (worth a look)

E-Mail Icon Generator
Create a graphical button of your email address.

Buttonator
Create buttons for your website.

Background Image maker
Create background images for your site.

Snipshot
Web-based image editor.

Personalized CD/DVD cover creator
Create your own DVD cover.

ButtonMaker
80×15 button maker.

gliffy
Another site for creating flowcharts.

Morphases
Try this, its excellent.

Ultimate Banner Generator
Create web banners.

Color Scheme Tool
Color scheme generator.

E-Mail Icon Generator
It does what the title says.

Custom Sign Generator
Generates logos, buttons, banners, labels, e-cards etc.

Web Based Banner Generator
Generate your own web banner by entering some text and selecting the color and font.

BannerBreak.com
Another banner maker.

WebSketch
Simple sketch-and-paint application. You can load, save and print your drawings.

Random Stripe Generator
Generator for random stripe patterns.

GSig
Generates buttons for your GMail address.

Typetester
Compare up to three typefaces with sample text.

GIFWorks
GIF image editor.

Gradient Image Maker
Gradient images generator.

Online Image Optimizer
Optimize your GIFs, JPGs, PNGs… image files. (for quicker page loading).

FavIcon Generator
Create a favicon for your website.

WebFX
Add effects to your image.

4096 Color Wheel
A color picker.

colr.org
Creates color schemes from images.

Button Maker and Generator
Yet another one. Not bad, though.

CSS Generator
CSS code Generator.

Google Logo Maker
Google-style logos.

Icon Grabber
Grab the shortcut icon of any URL.

ColorMixers
Color palette generator.

BitfontMaker
Create bitmap fonts.

Color Scheme Generator 2
Yet another…

Color Schemer
…and another…

ColorMix
..and another…

Color Match 5K
…yes it is another… (this one I really like)

Color Palette Creator
…one more, honestly.

Image Embellisher
Special effects for your images.

Buddy Icons
Create your own Buddy Icon.

GIF Text
Change text into GIF images.

BlendGif
Combine several single-frame GIF files into a new, animated GIF file.

WhatTheFont
Very handy tool for finding out about a particular font.

My Brochure Maker
Create a brochure or flyer.

fontBROWSER
Preview your own font collection.

CoolText
Logo generator.

My Newsletter Maker
Create a newsletter in minutes.

My Card Maker
Create custom cards.

Button Maker
Create blogging buttons.

80×15 Brilliant Button Maker
80×15 buttons.

Rasterbator
Create large rasterized images from your picture.

Graph Paper Generator
Generate your own graph paper online in PDF format.

Business Card Creator
Create business cards.

Animated GIF MovieMaker
Convert your images into an animated GIF.

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Michael Castilla
30 Mar, 2008

Hey I don’t think any of the links are working properly.

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admin
30 Mar, 2008

Thanks Michael, I formatted ALL (yes, ALL) the links badly. I won’t do that again. What a tube.

Thanks again.

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mach1000
30 Mar, 2008

There is an online color scheme creator at you may find useful.

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Tyler
30 Mar, 2008

Very nice list of services. Some of these may come in handy sometime, Thanks.

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liam
7 Apr, 2008

Wow, brilliant list!

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Kelly Martin
10 Apr, 2008

wow great links thank you
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Daniel Foley
4 Jun, 2008

Thanks for the great sites.

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alex
19 Jul, 2008

most of this are more like tools for the noob webdesingers…

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Oyunlar
24 Jul, 2008

Very good resources, thanks.

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TheGuyPc
30 Aug, 2008

There is a GREAT button maker at http://www.buttonboost.com
It creates buttons of all types & it’s free.

Peace!
TheGuyPC

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free online image editor
5 Sep, 2008

usefull tools… thanks for this list!
Also recommend some generators:
edit pictures online
make your avatar
animated gif create
forever stamp

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YUVA Studio
9 Oct, 2008

Thank you bringing to attention our efforts at YUVA Studio. Just so you know, we have now opened up YUVA Studio completely to all users.

All features and swatches previously available only to paid, premium members have been opened up. The blog at http://yuva-studio.blogspot.com/ is kept updated with our offerings. Do watch this space for new and exciting features.

Thanks for your review again and do check out the improved website again,

YUVA Studio Team.

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Ed
15 Nov, 2008

You forgot The Effect Generator http://www.effectgenerator.com which is great for quickly creating and publishing Flash effects!

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