Cheetah3D is relatively unknown in the web design world, it’s one of my favourite apps to play around with and packs a hell of a punch for it’s price (currently $149). I figured it was probably about time I wrote a post about it…

I bought Cheetah3D a few years back now when I decided I wanted to try my hand at a bit of 3D. Most of the industry standard apps cost thousands of pounds and that is a massive outlay if you’re just trying some software out. I know most apps offer a 30 day trial but to the novice 3d user that’s nowhere near enough time to decide if you want part with that amount of cash. Step forward Cheetah3D. I downloaded the demo had a play around and within an hour or so I’d made the purchase. I loved the Mac style interface, the learning curve seemed about right and the quality of the renders I’d seen on the website and in the forum convinced me it would be a wise decision. (more…)

I recently created a PSD containing some of the elements that are common to a lot of the designs that I work on to speed up my design process. Too often I was screen grabbing things like radio buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns or having to visit lipsum.com for a couple of paragraphs of lorem ipsum. So far it’s been really handy so I thought I’d post it for others to download and use as they see fit. If you have any requests of things that I could/should include on it, or indeed want to make any additions to it yourself I’d love to hear/see them.

All the elements are on a transparent background so you should be able to drag and drop them straight onto your own designs.

You can download my web design elements psd right here.