十个极其有用的在线网站设计工具

发现有不少外国朋友看我的blog，为保他们也有东西可看，特附英文在下。大家也可趁机复习下English。

也许你和我一样只能使用windows进行网页设计开发工作，而设计时常用的操作诸如颜色选择，创作字体，编辑图片，或是测试效果是否都必须麻烦地打开新的软件窗口呢？这篇文章将告诉你一堆有用的网络应用，解除设计师的烦恼。

When it comes to design, there’s a plethora of free web-based tools to help you accomplish tasks such as color palette selection, creating unique fonts, editing images, and testing typography.

In this article, you’ll find a bunch of handy online utilities for designers.

kuler Create

 

kuler是Adobe公司创造的web应用。你可以用它创作你的色彩搭配并与他人分享。你可以多次使用那些他人提交的色彩主题，或者使用其中的工具为网站自己搭配颜色。

kuler is a web-based application by Adobe that helps you create and share color themes. You can peruse theuser-submitted color themes or create your own color themes with the kuler Create web tool.

pixlr

pixlr是拥有Photoshop般效果的在线编辑应用，它有层，滤镜或是图章等常用功能。可以一试。如果任嫌不足，可以留言和我联系。

pixlr is a web-based image editor with a Photoshop-like user interface; pixlr has similar features like layers, filters, and even a Clone Stamp tool. For more image-editing web tools, check out this list of web-based image editors.

Wellstyled Color Scheme Generator

Wellstyled’s Color Scheme Generator也是个在线颜色搭配应用。不过它的界面更简洁直接。而且现在还有了新的版本。不过似乎老版本更清爽些

Wellstyled’s Color Scheme Generator is a simple web tool that helps designers produce color themes. It has an intuitive interface and the ability to bookmark generated color themes.

Typetester

 

Typetester 允许你做关于各种关于字体的在线测试，可以用你输入的文字同时做比较测试，甚至可以使用你自己电脑上安装的字体。强力推荐。

Typetester allows you to test, tweak, and compare screen typography. It has a variety of typefaces that include web-safe fonts like Arial and Verdana - but it can also use your personal fonts.

TypeNavigator

 

TypeNavigator是帮助你找寻心目中希望使用的字体的在线好工具，特别是外文字体。

TypeNavigator is a very clever web tool that can help designers identify typefaces. It’s great for hunting down a font you saw that you’d like to use on your own designs.

BGPatterns

 

 

BGPatterns是在线制作图案的工具，可以自己制作，修改，或是使用他人制作的好图案。多为你的ps库准备点东西吧。

BGPatterns is a web tool for generating tiled patterns. Its intuitive (yet robust) user interface will allow you to tweak, edit, and resize a wide range of patterns.

Dabbleboard

 

Dabbleboard是个方便的在线协作绘图工具，界面简洁易用，最关键是可以多人合作。如果你喜欢这种合作模式，可以在这里找到更多。就可惜是英文。

Dabbleboard is a convenient web-based collaborative drawing tool that’s designer-friendly. Create web layouts, design user interfaces, or draw freehand with other fellow designers. For more web-based collaboration tools, check out this list.

PicMarkr

 

PicMarkr是个在线水印制作工具。如果你不想你的设计被轻易copy，那么试试这个吧。和flickr相似的界面，强力推荐。

PicMarkr is a web-based custom watermarking tool that you can use to protect and prevent design theft. It’s great for mockups or copyrighted designs that you publish online.

favicon.cc

 

favicon.cc是个相当快捷的在线像素图创建工具，除动手画外，你还可以从你的电脑里直接上传图片转换。 

favicon.cc is a favicon design tool. With the favicon.cc, you can either create favicons from scratch or upload and edit images from your computer. For more favicon tools, check out this list of web-based favicon generators and resources.

templatr

 

 

templatr是个创作网站模版的在线工具。不但极其好用，还能下载中文版源码，自己安装用。超强力推荐。

templatr is a handy web application for  creating web page templates. It has a very simple user interface, making itself an excellent tool for quick-and-dirty mockups of web layouts.