Mobile internet is an important channel to reach blogs, especially for popular ones. Instead of making mobile web sites, it is easy to change web interface into mobile. Such as you can access your blog admin by visiting m.wordpress.com, if your blog hosted on WordPress.com. But it is not enough, there are great tools to change blogs into a mobile interface.

In this post i covered applications and WordPress plugins which make possible to view and moderate blogs on mobile.  By these tools you can post, manage, and basically do everything you normally would do, and your visitors can discover your blog by their mobile gadgets with pleasure.  I eliminated inactive ones but if you know more than i found please comment them below the post.

1. WpToGo

Author: DanRoundHill

WpToGo is a simple WordPress app for the Android platform. This app allows you to access and post easily to any WordPress blog. WpToGo UI looks clear and it has cool features with its last version 1.9.0.

• Version 1.9.0
  – Tabs
  – Automatic saving of drafts
  – Support for large screen devices
• Version 1.8.1
  – Comment notifications

2. WpTouch

Downloads: 620,842 – Compatible up to: 2.7.1 or higher – Author: BraveNewCode

This plugin is really appreciated for touch screen mobile phones. Your WordPress blog looks cool when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android or BlackBerry Storm touch mobile device by WpTouch. WpTouch is more than just a plugin, it transforms your blog into a great experience.

• Supports some common social networking plugins
• Scaling photos, handling post and page styling all by itself — no extra code required.
• Thumbnails in the main view of WPtouch easily (With WordPress 2.9 and WPtouch 1.9.7+)
• Includes sprinkles of jQuery and Ajax visual effects
• Intuitive, polished admin panel and much more…

3. Wapple Mobile Admin

Compatible up to: 2.9.2 – Author: MobileWebJunkie

WordPress Mobile Admin is a WordPress control panel for your mobile. It works on every device and fully featured.  You can write and edit posts, moderate and reply to comments, update and manage tags, categories and pages.

• Add new posts from mobile
• Post pictures from your mobile phone and dictate where they appear on the post
• Post, Page, Tag and Category Management
• Comment Moderation – including replying to comments
• User Profile page – including colour schemes
• Support for gravatars

4. WordPress for Android

Compatible up to: 2.7.1 or higher – Author: Wordpress

The official WordPress Plugin for Android. With this plugin you can write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications. WordPress for Android version 1.0.2 has been released to Android Market. Here is the last version updates of Plugin;

• Support for https (including self-signed certs)
• Connection issue fixes for self-hosted WordPress sites
• Fix for local drafts not showing if the user had no posts/pages
• UI tweaks including a new loading bar in the tab view
• Better support for WordPress MU blogs
• Automatic detection of xmlrpc.php w/ fallback to manual prompt

5. WordPress for Blackberry

Compatible up to: 2.7 – Author: Wordpress

The official Wordpress plugin for Blackberry.  Last version of WordPress for Blackberry is v1.0.

• Ability to record and upload videos from your phone. We now support both 3gp and 3g2 formats on older generation BlackBerry devices
• Introducing support for the HD video service VideoPress
• Streamlined UI and functionality relating to comment moderation
• Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the app

6. WordPress for iPhone

Downloads: 31,018 – Compatible up to: 2.7.1 – Author: Wordpress

This is the official Wordpress plugin for iPhone. The plugin lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod touch.  New version 2.2 is in the App Store with improved comment moderation. You can find discussions on forum.

• Reply to Comments
• Edit Comments
• Highlighting the new items in the comment list

7. The WordPress Mobile Pack:

Downloads: 48,948 – Compatible up to: 2.9.2 Author: Assembla

The WordPress Mobile Pack is a useful plugin to mobilize your WordPress blog in different ways.

• Support for mobile widgets
• Mobile traffic analytics via Percent Mobile.
• Ability to list your site @ Mpexo(an online directory of mobile sites)
• Four different mobile themes (Color based)
• Wordpress Admin Mobile Interface with limited functions

8.MobilePress:

Downloads: 60,158 – Compatible up to: 2.8.6 Author: Aduity

MobilePress is a free WordPress plugin which turns your WordPress blog into a mobile friendly blog when viewed on a mobile phone.

• Custom mobile themes for different handheld devices and mobile browsers such as the iPhone, Opera Mini and Windows Mobile
• Integrates with Aduity.com for ad serving and analytics
• Comes with a number of free themes optimized for normal handsets and also an iPhone specific theme

9.WordPress Mobile Edition

Downloads: 125,232 – Compatible up to: 2.9.2 - Author: CrowdFavourite

WordPress Mobile Edition shows your blogs interface designed for a mobile device on different mobile browsers. Mobile browsers are automatically detected by this plugin and it is possible to customize on the settings page.

• Compatible with WP Super Cache 0.9(using WP Cache mode)
• Support Google and Yahoo mobile search crawlers but if it is not enough, you can add any others by adding their user agents in the plugin’s settings page
• Customized interface for advanced mobile browsers and special styling to make things “finger-sized” for touch browsers.
• Recent posts shown on every page for easy access
• Customizable design as a WordPress theme

10. Mobify:

Mobify is a free(+premium) service that makes WordPress, Drupal and other websites mobile-friendly. It supports iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and 5000+ other devices.

It is a powerful solution to create a mobile layouts, capturing mobile traffic from social networks and enable regular ad servers (OpenX, DART, Google Ad Manager and others) to serve mobile ads according to the latest MMA standards.

11. W3C mobileOK Checker :

This is a bonus for you to check out if your mobile interface works well. W3C mobile checker is a specialized version of W3C.  It performs various tests to determine its level of mobile-usage.

Let us know if there is something we missed while preparing this article and we will be happy to update the article.:)

Grunge style has become a trend in design community so here is the ultimate collection of really nice and high quality grunge brushes. I am really hoping these brushes will help in Your work flow, as these do while I am designing. So play with them and bring your creativity to design community.

1.Abstract paint brush pack

Abstract paint pack contains 8 brushes up to 2500px. Brushes are compatible with PS7 and up.

2.3D abstract paint

This pack contains 27 brushes ( up to 2500px ) compatible with PS7 and up!

3.Splatter mania brushes

These 27 splatter mania brushes are free for personal use (Non-commercial).Will work with PS7 and versions up.

4.Chalk brushes

These brushes set includes chalk brushes in 3 sizes, blackboard brush and eraser brush…For photoshop CS.

5.Coffee happens reloaded

Coffee happens reloaded pack contains 15 big brushes up to 2500px.And it’s compatible with PS 7 and upper versions.

6.Crack brushes

Eight free set of crack brushes.Which are perfect for grunge designs and old style designs. You could even get creative with these cracks and turn them into design elements such as lightning with some Photoshop adjustments.These guidelines are by designer.

7.Texturitus brushes

A brush pack with a variety of different textures ranging from cotton to toilet paper to leather, quite random. Includes high-resolution, regular resolution and 3 random brushes which make even more cool textures. 37 brushes for personal use.

8.Fractalized grunge brushes

Combo pack of 5 high-resolution vintage fractalized grunge textures and a fractalized grunge Photoshop brush set.Come in resolutions of 2000 * 1500 pixels.

9.Grunge splatter brushes

Free set of 20 grunge splatter brushes for Photoshop. They were made from watercolor brush splatter, photographed, and then edited in Photoshop to get the effect of splatter paint brushes. As evident in this post image, you can also use them as blood splatter brushes (even though Halloween is already over).The grunge splatter brushes range in size (up to 537 pixels),Available for personal and commercial use, no attribution required.

10.Watercolor splatters

It’s a collection 250 watercolor grungy splatter brushes.

11.Fuzzies brushes

Made for PS7  with 7  fuzzy brushes. Hair-like texture. No commercial use without a license.

12.Grunge brushes

Eight grunge brushes for PS7 and CS versions of Photoshop. can be used for anything, commercial or noncommercial.

13.Halftone brushes

Halftone 2 pack contains 12 brushes. It’s compatible with PS7 and upper versions.

14.Grunge browny brushes

Grunge Brush is collection of 8 Grunge effect. made in PS-CS3.Free for personal and commercial use.

15.Grunge paint brushes

Large set of grunge paint brushes made in PS 7. You can use it for commercial use too.

16.Grunge alphabet

Fully grunge alphabet brushes.

17.Grunge brushes by keren

58 Brushes in it made with ps7, the smallest brush size is 296 px and the biggest brush size is 598 px.It was really exhausting to make them.

18.Just another grunge from Keren

30 brushes in this set. Made in PS7

19.13 Grunge brushes

These brushes were made in photoshop CS4 and may not be compatible with earlier versions. They are high resolutions. Free for commercial use.

20.Grunge brush set

40 high resolution grunge brushes. These items have been created in Photoshop CS3 starting from grunge and concrete textures. You can use them to dirty your works or to create horror styled images.

21.Grungeness brush

These brushes are for PS 7.

22.Graphactory grunge set

It's fresh, useful, and free. grab it and smash some dirt and scratches onto your creations. It's fun.

23.Grungestract brushes

24.Hightech reloaded

Please send your request to designer if you want to use this for your commercial work.It’s compatible with PS7 and done using coreldraw.

25.Hot fuzz dynamic brushes

26.New set of grunge brushes

Includes 53 grunge brushes for photoshop 7 version.

27.Paint borders

28.Painted flowers

Free set of natively painted flowers for that folksy look. 28 in the set, created in Photoshop CS. For personal use only, or If you'd like to use them commercially you have to buy a license.

29.Part liquid grunge brushes

There is only 6 brushes and probably two have a liquefy effect.

30.Quadgrunged

Quadgrunged pack contains 10 grungy abstract brushes compatible with PS 7 and up!. For commercial use please give your request to designer.

31.Scratchy grunge

Collection of 29 brushes Made in CS2.please check out the rules for you use them.

32.Smokey fire brushes

Brand new pack called SMOKEY – fire brushes for Photoshop. This HUGE pack contains 50 brushes compatible with PS 7 and up.

33.Soft grunge brushes

34.Spray paint brushes

Brushes made with Paint Spray. Brush sizes range from 887px – 1195px.Hope everyone like this grunge type spray.

35.Starry grunge

Starry Grunge set for Photoshop 7 and higher versions. This set has 10 brushes, some grunge like, others more blood like. It is set out to create an abstract set, but it turns out it’s more grungy.

36.Starry grunge

36 brushes,sizes 371-1017 pixels, For Ps7 users.

37.Stylish grunge

Brand new abstract pack – stylish grunge.  18 (BIG!) brushes for Photoshop 7 and newer versions.  Great for smudge tools and eraser, pretty nice effects.

38.Valley of the dry bones3

Brushes 10,Resolution: Mid resolution (arround 1500 px), For all Photoshop CS  Grungy and rusty look .Terms of use: Free (everything).

39.Watercolor reloaded

Some fresh brushes called WaterColor Reloaded. This HUGE pack contains 83 (resolution about 700 – 1200px) brushes compatible with PS 7 and higher.

40.Wg splatter -1

A splatter set, both brushes and vectors, that can be used to give a touch of grunge to your works. The set contains 15 pieces. All brushes are high-resolution (around 2500×2500 px). The set is free for both personal and commercial use. Attribution is not required. Distribution is prohibited without written permission.

41.Wg splatter -2

second volume of watercolor brushes series. This set contains 30 high-resolution brushes (around 1500px). Use them  for any work such as posters, business cards, site design  and more. Since edges are the interesting part of these items, I recommend to use the sharpen edges Photoshop filter when working with these brushes.

Having played around with Photoshop for about ten years, I have found that a good way to learn is to just dive into some of the great tutorials that are out there.
In this article I will show you 35 tutorials where you will learn to recreate various effects related to well-known movies. Enjoy!

Did you ever wonder how the pros make it look so easy when they remake movie-effects? No need to wonder anymore. These 35 tutorials will help you in making it happen! Not only will you learn how to make the mentioned effects, but you will most likely learn some new tricks that you can use for other projects as well :)

Click the headlines/images to open up the tutorials in a new window.

1. Star wars text effect

Learn how to make a Star Wars text effect here. You can even download the authors finished .psd if you want.

2.  Sin City Style Poster

Learn how to recreate this visually inspiring movies “feeling” – using Illustrator to create the text and perspectives, then finishing it off in Photoshop. Try to play around a bit with the settings to make your own look.

3. X-men Logo

In this video tutorial, well-known Photoshop master Corey Barker shows you how to create your own X-men Logo in a matter of minutes.

4.  Indiana Jones

In this highly detailed and easy to follow tutorial you will learn how to create an Indiana Jones promotional logo.

5.  Pirates of the Caribbean

Another good video tutorial from Corey Barker. Converting text layers to paths and adding layer-styles are the key words here.

6. The Bee Movie

This CGI-animated movie from 2007, co-written and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, appealed to both adults and children. Here you will learn how to recreate that shiny text effect used in the promotion of the movie.

7.  Twilight

A very good tutorial from Tutvids. Twilight was the first movie to be released from the vampire-series written by Stephenie Meyer. Here you will learn how to recreate the characteristic text effect. Great practice!

8. Transformers 2 Wallpaper

In this tutorial you will learn to draw the Transformers 2 logo, and how to create effects that can be applied to many other types of wallpapers you may want to make.

9. Terminator

Corey Barker is back to show you how to take a stock photo of a human skull and turning it into a terminator robot.

10. Iron Man (view interface)

If you have seen the Iron Man movie, there’s a good chance that you got impressed by some of the visual effects they used. Here is a tutorial that shows you how to recreate some of that cool stuff :)

11. X-Men movie poster

This tutorial takes you through the steps of creating your very own customized X-Men movie poster.

12. Lord of The Rings poster

Learn how to make your own epic fantasy movie poster with this tutorial.

13. James Bond logo

Yet another high quality video tutorial from Corey Barker. This time he is recreating the famous James Bond logo.

14. Rambo

The creation of a Rambo style poster has never been easier. Psd-files available for download aswell.

15. Transformers text

This Transformers text effect can be applied to many different designs. In this tutorial the author also gives you the option to download the final psd plus the font that was used. All to make it easier for you.

16. Land of the Lost

Recreate the 3D text effect from this action filled comedy using this video tutorial.

17. Scarface

When this bestselling movie from 1983 was released, everyone wanted to be Tony Montana. With some Photoshop magic you can now recreate the movie poster and put your own picture in it if you want ;)

18. Angels and Demons

Video tutorial that shows you how to recreate the title graphics of the movie Angels and Demons.

19. Ice Age acorn

In the Ice Age animated movies, poor Scrat keeps looking for enough acorns to survive the ice age. Too bad he didn’t have Photoshop as this can be done there following this high quality video tutorial ;)

20. G-Force logo

Learn how to recreate the logo of the awesome guinea pigs that star in this spy-fi comedy film. The effects in this video tutorial are also great for use in other projects.

21. G.I. Joe

Video tutorial recreating a G.I. Joe title effect.

22. 2012

Learn how to make the logo from this very popular sci-fi movie released in 2009.

23. New Moon

This video tutorial is very easy to follow and can definitely be tried out no matter what your current skills with Photoshop are. You will learn how to recreate the text effect from the New Moon movie that was the second movie in the Twilight series. Watch out for vampires.

24. The Matrix

When The Matrix was released back in 1999 it had some very groundbreaking effects. The code that is “the matrix” itself is frequently shown as falling green characters. Here you will learn how to make your own version of this very cool effect.

25. Harry Potter

The Harry Potter movies are the highest grossing film series of all times. Learn how to make your own version of the movie titles, and the good part is that you can write whatever you want ;)

26. I know what you did last summer

Make your own creepy horror movie poster with tricks learned from this tutorial.

27. Superman style text

This American iconic cartoon superhero, created back in the 1930s, has his own very characteristic text style. Now you can make it your own with this very easy tutorial!

28. Cars

Recreate your own chrome style logo inspired by the animated movie Cars, released back in 2006.

29. Spiderman 3 – metallic text

Only your own imagination will set the limitations for all the possible uses of this shiny metallic text inspired by the movie Spiderman 3. Easy to follow and usable for oh so many creative projects.

30. Na’vi Avatar Photo Manipulation

This great tutorial uses only basic Photoshop tools, making it very easy for you to follow. The result is fun and can be tweaked and used for many fun purposes. The movie Avatar probably doesn’t need much introduction, so we will leave it there.

31. Casino Royale (James Bond)

This tutorial shows you how to make a James Bond poster-like design inspired by the fighting vector characters in the intro to the movie. Looks good and can be used in many types of designs.

32. Batman – the dark knight

Make your own sparkly Batman logo with this tutorial. Easy and fun!

33. Kill Bill style poster

This Quentin Tarantino two-volume action thriller series has been inspired by several earlier film genres. Now you can be inspired to make your own poster highly influenced by this bloody revenge drama that captured movie lovers back in 2003-2004.

34. Wall-E wallpaper

Learn how to make your own cartoon-like wallpaper from the 2008 movie Wall-E.

35. Kung Fu Panda wallpaper

Make your own Kung Fu Panda wallpaper using a collage of graphic elements.

Those were the 35 tutorials, I hope you found some inspiration and learned a new trick or two.

Feel free to leave your own favorites in the comments section below :)