Designers Toolbox has very nice resources for designers like banner, paper, envelope sizes, etc.

Besides them, you can find PSD image files of form elements for Firefox, Safari & Internet Explorer. As the looks of form elements differ between operating systems, Designers Toolbox provides images of both Windows & Mac environment.

Like this Mac OS X Scroller Image in Firefox:

And this buttons in Windows & Internet Explorer

Using real form element images makes it easier to imagine what will it be when converted to HTML. So, definitely give it a try.

PSDfreebee is a website presenting free PSD files which you may find helpful while designing websites & applications.

You can find PSD logos, website layouts, icons & more. It is a fresh website where there are already 25+ quality files and new ones are added frequently.

There are lots of JavaScript color pickers which work great but there are few which are similar to the Photoshop’s color picker.

This JavaScript color picker has HSB and RGB options, uses Prototype and compatible with all major browsers.

This script can be a solution for users who are looking for an advanced color picker in their applications.

Designing with grids is very common as it helps creating identical, measured layouts.

960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development (for rapid prototyping and for production environments) workflow by providing commonly used dimensions , based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.

Why 960 pixels?

All modern monitors support at least 1024 × 768 pixel resolution. 960 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This makes it a highly flexible base number to work with.

What is in the package?

In the download package, you can find PDF grid paper, templates for Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Photoshop & Visio, and CSS framework with demo HTML .

Photoshop snowflake brushes collection consists of many nice brushes.

WebResourcesDepot have collected these brush sets to help you with the winter season’s design jobs – both online & print – which require many snow & snowflake effects.

http://hawksmont.com/blog/photoshop-brushes-snowflakes/
Gimp snowflake brushes: http://hawksmont.com/blog/gimp-brushes-snowflakes/
Package includes 20 snowflake brushes.

http://ro-stock.deviantart.com/art/Snowflakes-54335091
Package includes a Photoshop snowflake brush set with 20 brushes.

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Photoshop heart brushes collection is what will help designers for the Valentine’s Day, anniversaries and similar special occasions.

WebResourcesDepot have collected these many beautiful Photoshop heart brush sets:

http://hawksmont.com/blog/photoshop-brushes-hearts/

Set: 24 Photoshop heart brushes
Includes: heart clusters brushes, heart brushes with arrows, broken hearts brushes, heart borders brushes, heart "bar" dividers, lacy hearts brushes, flowered hearts brushes, and even hearts made up of hearts!
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/sets/hearts.htm

Set: 26 Photoshop heart brushes
Includes: grungy hearts, heart outlines, hearts with swirls, patterned hearts, glittery hearts, basic hearts, a broken stone heart brush (with a bandaid!), a checkered heart brush, a tribal heart, a dripping heart brush, a heart with splatters, and more!
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/sets/heartsII.htm

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Creating icons (.ico files) inside Photoshop is not supported by default.

With this small yet easy to use plugin it is possible to import and export them with Photoshop.

In addition to Adobe Photoshop, the plug-in can work with Elements, AfterEffects, Premiere, PhotoDeluxe, Corel PhotoPaint, PaintShop Pro, Painter, and Photo.

This is a brush set including 28 flowers with reasonable resolutions.

The set is created by hawksmont.com.