design tools

The evolution of mobile creative workspaces has been defined by an unending tug-of-war between portability and productivity. Laptop users—designers, video editors, developers, and business power users alike—have historically faced a dispiriting bottleneck: the single, limited display. In coffee...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern workplace at a relentless pace, shifting from a niche interest to a foundational expectation across industries. As employers adapt to the evolving digital landscape, mastery of key AI tools is now considered a significant asset—sometimes even a...

For years, Microsoft’s Snipping Tool has been an essential yet oddly incomplete utility in Windows—a familiar friend for quickly capturing snippets of the desktop, but one that always seemed content to leave users wanting just a little more. While its basic functionality is lauded for ease of...

Few features divide the Windows community quite like the Snipping Tool. In the realm of productivity and design, even the smallest improvements can be game-changers, and Microsoft’s latest update to this humble utility is a textbook example. The introduction of a built-in color picker to Windows...

Microsoft has once again demonstrated its relentless pace of innovation with the latest update to one of its most modest yet widely used utilities: the Snipping Tool. With version 11.2504.38.0, now rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders, the longstanding screenshot tool gains transformative...

Finding the precise color code of a particular pixel on your screen is a deceptively simple yet crucial task for designers, developers, content creators, and anyone invested in digital work. For years, Windows users relied on third-party utilities or open-source tools like PowerToys to...

Windows users have long relied on the Snipping Tool for its simplicity and directness—a flagship utility that has evolved from a basic screen capture accessory to a multi-purpose tool integrated with modern productivity. Now, Microsoft is further enhancing the Snipping Tool in Windows 11...

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology and global trade, recent developments have sent ripples across industries, from the implementation of new tariffs by President Trump to significant advancements in artificial intelligence and visual communication tools. Let's dive into these pivotal...

Microsoft Kills Off 35-Year-Old Publisher: The End of an Era for Office Design For decades, Microsoft Publisher has been a staple in the Office suite—a charming, if somewhat clunky, tool that empowered countless users to design newsletters, flyers, and invitations with a few simple clicks...

PowerToys Run’s New Twist: Download SVG Logos on the Fly In a bold move that reinforces its commitment to enhancing productivity and creativity simultaneously, Windows 11’s PowerToys Run is set to introduce an exciting new feature: the ability to download SVG logos for virtually any company...

In today's digital world, the accuracy of color representation is crucial for designers, artists, and developers. Windows 11 provides various tools to identify and use color values effectively. Whether you're editing an image, designing a webpage, or simply curious about a color you like...

It’s a big day today – after a year of public preview, Adobe released Adobe XD 1.0 on Windows 10 and Mac: a new tool for user experience creators to design, prototype and share interactive designs for apps and websites. Link Removed When it comes to designing anything, it’s important to have...

Link Removed We build Surface for people whose ideas are their currency. We want to empower people to create without limits by designing Surface to disappear into the background so that creators can immerse in their creative process. Whether it’s the high-resolution PixelSense displays that...

In today’s post, we’re going wrap up this series by combining everything we’ve learned so far and take you through the steps in creating a custom material. We also have an amazing new tool to show you that empowers anyone to design a custom material. To see how you can use these custom materials...

In this post, we’ll introduce you to a text technology called color fonts. We’ll discuss what color fonts are, when they can be useful and how to use them in your Windows 10 apps. What are color fonts? Color fonts, also referred to as “multicolor fonts” or “chromatic fonts,” are a relatively...

Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta) or Adobe XD, is a new creative tool from Adobe for designing high-fidelity prototypes of websites and mobile apps. You can try a new public preview released today of Adobe XD on Windows 10. Why Adobe XD? A well-designed app often starts out with a sketch, a...

Link Removed What is your favorite color? Most of us have been asked this question for as long as we can remember. And for most of us, this decision probably marked our first and foundational experience with having an artistic preference. Color matters. Previous posts have touched briefly on...

Link Removed If design can be said to have one big secret, something that makes designers what they are and distinguishes them from coders, it is sketching. At the same time, it is an easy skill to learn—though not to master—and you have probably been doing it all of your life without realizing...

Windows App Studio Beta is a free online app creation tool that gives everyone the ability to create an app, regardless of experience. It is designed to help people easily bring an app idea to life by applying text, web content, images, and design concepts to a rich set of customizable...

Link Removed on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use Visual Studio 11 and JavaScript to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. In this episode, Kirupa Chinnathambi shows us how to use Blend for Visual Studio to create good looking apps. He demonstrates how Blend is an...