Fluid Everything Else

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We all know how to do responsive design, right? We use media queries. Well no, we use container queries now, don’t we? Sometimes we get inventive with flexbox or autoflowing grids. If we’re feeling really adventurous we can reach for fluid typography.

I’m a bit uncomfortable that responsive design is often pushed into discreet chunks, like “layout A up to this size, then layout B until there’s enough space for layout C.” It’s OK, it works and fits into a workflow where screens are designed as static layouts in PhotoFigVa (caveat, I made that up). But the process feels like a compromise to me. I’ve long believed that responsive design should be almost invisible to the user. When they visit my site on a mobile device while waiting in line for K-Pop tickets, they shouldn’t notice that it’s different from just an hour ago, sitting at the huge curved gaming monitor they persuaded their boss they needed.

Consider this simple hero banner and its mobile equivalent. Sorry for the unsophisticated design. The image is AI generated, but It’s the only thing about this article that is.

Hero banner displaying a meerkat standing on its hind legs next to a white heading to the right. A mobile version is next to thjat with the heading above the meerkat.

The meerkat and the text are all positioned and sized differently. The traditional way to pull this off is to have two layouts, selected by a media, sorry, container query. There might be some flexibility in each layout, perhaps centering the content, and a little fluid typography on the font-size, but we’re going to choose a point at which we flip the layout in and out of the stacked version. As a result, there are likely to be widths near the breakpoint where the layout looks either a little empty or a little congested.

Is there another way?

It turns out there is. We can apply the concept of fluid typography to almost anything. This way we can have a layout that fluidly changes with the size of its parent container. Few users will ever see the transition, but they will all appreciate the results. Honestly, they will.

Let’s get this styled up

For the first step, let’s style the layouts individually, a little like we would when using width queries and a breakpoint. In fact, let’s use a container query and a breakpoint together so that we can easily see what properties need to change.

This is the markup for our hero, and it won’t change:

<div id="hero">
  <div class="details">
    <h1>LookOut</h1>
    <p>Eagle Defense System</p>
  </div>
</div>

This is the relevant CSS for the wide version:

#hero {
  container-type: inline-size;
  max-width: 1200px;
  min-width: 360px;

  .details {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;

    top: 220px;
    left: 565px;

    h1 { font-size: 5rem; }

    p { font-size: 2.5rem; }
  }

  &::before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1;

    top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0;

    background-image: url(../meerkat.jpg);
    background-origin: content-box;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;

    background-position-x: 0;
    background-position-y: 0;
    background-size: auto 589px;
  }
}

I’ve attached the background image to a ::before pseudo-element so I can use container queries on it (because containers cannot query themselves). We’ll keep this later on so that we can use inline container query (cqi) units. For now, here’s the container query that just shows the values we’re going to make fluid:

@container (max-width: 800px) {
  #hero {
    .details {
      top: 50px;
      left: 20px;

      h1 { font-size: 3.5rem; }

      p { font-size: 2rem; }
    }

    &::before {
      background-position-x: -310px;
      background-position-y: -25px;
      background-size: auto 710px;
    }
  }
}

You can see the code running in a live demo — it’s entirely static to show the limitations of a typical approach.

Let’s get fluid

Now we can take those start and end points for the size and position of both the text and background and make them fluid. The text size uses fluid typography in a way you are already familiar with. Here’s the result — I’ll explain the expressions once you’ve looked at the code.

First the changes to the position and size of the text:

/* Line changes
 * -12,27 +12,32
 */
  
.details {
  /* ... lines 14-16 unchanged */
  /* Evaluates to 50px for a 360px wide container, and 220px for 1200px */
  top: clamp(50px, 20.238cqi - 22.857px, 220px);

  /* Evaluates to 20px for a 360px wide container, and 565px for 1200px */
  left: clamp(20px, 64.881cqi - 213.571px, 565px);
  
  /* ... lines 20-25 unchanged */
  h1 {
    /* Evaluates to 3.5rem for a 360px wide container, and 5rem for 1200px */
    font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 2.857rem + 2.857cqi, 5rem);
    /* ... font-weight unchanged */

  }

  p {
    /* Evaluates to 2rem for a 360px wide container, and 2.5rem for 1200px */
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 1.786rem + 0.952cqi, 2.5rem);
  }
}

And here’s the background position and size for the meerkat image:

/* Line changes
 * -50,3 +55,8
 */

/* Evaluates to -310px for a 360px wide container, and 0px for 1200px */
background-position-x: clamp(-310px, 36.905cqi - 442.857px, 0px);
/* Evaluates to -25px for a 360px wide container, and 0px for 1200px */
background-position-y: clamp(-25px, 2.976cqi);
/* Evaluates to 710px for a 360px wide container, and 589px for 1200px */
background-size: auto clamp(589px, 761.857px - 14.405cqi, 710px);

Now we can drop the container query entirely.

Let’s explain those clamp() expressions. We’ll start with the expression for the top property.

/* Evaluates to 50px for a 360px wide container, and 220px for 1200px */
top: clamp(50px, 20.238cqi - 22.857px, 220px);

You’ll have noticed there’s a comment there. These expressions are a good example of how magic numbers are a bad thing. But we can’t avoid them here, as they are the result of solving some simultaneous equations — which CSS cannot do!

The upper and lower bounds passed to clamp() are clear enough, but the expression in the middle comes from these simultaneous equations:

f + 12v = 220
f + 3.6v = 50

…where f is the number of fixed-size length units (i.e., px) and v is the variable-sized unit (cqi). In the first equation, we are saying that we want the expression to evaluate to 220px when 1cqi is equal to 12px. In the second equation, we’re saying we want 50px when 1cqi is 3.6px, which solves to:

f = -22.857
v = 20.238

…and this tidies up to 20.238cqi – 22.857px in a calc()-friendly expression.

When the fixed unit is different, we must change the size of the variable units accordingly. So for the <h1> element’s font-size we have;

/* Evaluates to 2rem for a 360px wide container, and 2.5rem for 1200px */
font-size: clamp(2rem, 1.786rem + 0.952cqi, 2.5rem);

This is solving these equations because, at a container width of 1200px, 1cqi is the same as 0.75rem (my rems are relative to the default UA stylesheet, 16px), and at 360px wide, 1cqi is 0.225rem.

f + 0.75v = 2.5
f + 0.225v = 2

This is important to note: The equations are different depending on what unit you are targeting.

Honestly, this is boring math to do every time, so I made a calculator you can use. Not only does it solve the equations for you (to three decimal places to keep your CSS clean) it also provides that helpful comment to use alongside the expression so that you can see where they came from and avoid magic numbers. Feel free to use it. Yes, there are many similar calculators out there, but they concentrate on typography, and so (rightly) fixate on rem units. You could probably port the JavaScript if you’re using a CSS preprocessor.

The clamp() function isn’t strictly necessary at this point. In each case, the bounds of clamp() are set to the values of when the container is either 360px or 1200px wide. Since the container itself is constrained to those limits — by setting min-width and max-width values — the clamp() expression should never invoke either bound. However, I prefer to keep clamp() there in case we ever change our minds (which we are about to do) because implicit bounds like these are difficult to spot and maintain.

Avoiding injury

We could consider our work finished, but we aren’t. The layout still doesn’t quite work. The text passes right over the top of the meerkat’s head. While I have been assured this causes the meerkat no harm, I don’t like the look of it. So, let’s make some changes to make the text avoid hitting the meerkat.

The first is simple. We’ll move the meerkat to the left more quickly so that it gets out of the way. This is done most easily by changing the lower end of the interpolation to a wider container. We’ll set it so that the meerkat is fully left by 450px rather than down to 360px. There’s no reason the start and end points for all of our fluid expressions need to align with the same widths, so we can keep the other expressions fluid down to 360px.

Using my trusty calculator, all we need to do is change the clamp() expressions for the background-position properties:

/* Line changes
 * -55,5 +55,5
 */

/* Evaluates to -310px for a 450px wide container, and 0px for 1200px */
background-position-x: clamp(-310px, 41.333cqi - 496px, 0px);

/* Evaluates to -25px for a 450px wide container, and 0px for 1200px */
background-position-y: clamp(-25px, 3.333cqi - 40px, 0px);

This improves things, but not totally. I don’t want to move it any quicker, so next we’ll look at the path the text takes. At the moment it moves in a straight line, like this:

Showing the path the heading travels as the hero banner goes from a desktop size to a tablet size to a mobile size.

But can we bend it? Yes, we can.

A Bend in the path

One way we can do this is by defining two different interpolations for the top coordinate that places the line at different angles and then choosing the smallest one. This way, it allows the steeper line to “win” at larger container widths, and the shallower line becomes the value that wins when the container is narrower than about 780px. The result is a line with a bend that misses the meerkat.

All we’re changing is the top value, but we must calculate two intermediate values first:

/* Line changes
 * -18,2 +18,9 @@
 */

/* Evaluates to 220px for a 1200px wide container, and -50px for 360px */
--top-a: calc(32.143cqi - 165.714px);

/* Evaluates to 120px for a 1200px wide container, and 50px for 360px */
--top-b: calc(20px + 8.333cqi);

/* By taking the max, --topA is used at lower widths, with --topB taking over when wider.
We only need to apply clamp when the value is actually used */
top: clamp(50px, max(var(--top-a), var(--top-b)), 220px);

For these values, rather than calculating them formally using a carefully chosen midpoint, I experimented with the endpoints until I got the result I wanted. Experimentation is just as valid as calculation as a way of getting the result you need. In this case, I started with duplicates of the interpolation in custom variables. I could have split the path into explicit sections using a container query, but that doesn’t reduce the math overhead, and using the min() function is cleaner to my eye. Besides, this article isn’t strictly about container queries, is it?

Now the text moves along this path. Open up the live demo to see it in action.

Showing the path the heading travels as the hero banner goes from a desktop size to a tablet size to a mobile size. The path makes a sharp angle as it travels over the meerkat.

CSS can’t do everything

As a final note on the calculations, it’s worth pointing out that there are restrictions as far as what we can and can’t do. The first, which we have already mitigated a little, is that these interpolations are linear. This means that easing in or out, or other complex behavior, is not possible.

Another major restriction is that CSS can only generate length values this way, so there is no way in pure CSS to apply, for example, opacity or a rotation angle that is fluid based on the container or viewport size. Preprocessors can’t help us here either because the limitation is on the way calc() works in the browser.

Both of these restrictions can be lifted if you’re prepared to rely on a little JavaScript. A few lines to observe the width of the container and set a CSS custom property that is unitless is all that’s needed. I’m going to use that to make the text follow a quadratic Bezier curve, like this:

Showing the path the heading travels as the hero banner goes from a desktop size to a tablet size to a mobile size. The path makes a smooth curve as it travels over the meerkat.

There’s too much code to list here, and too much math to explain the Bezier curve, but go take a look at it in action in this live demo.

We wouldn’t even need JavaScript if expressions like calc(1vw / 1px) didn’t fail in CSS. There is no reason for them to fail since they represent a ratio between two lengths. Just as there are 2.54cm in 1in, there are 8px in 1vw when the viewport is 800px wide, so calc(1vw / 1px) should evaluate to a unitless 8 value.

They do fail though, so all we can do is state our case and move on.

Fluid everything doesn’t solve all layouts

There will always be some layouts that need size queries, of course; some designs will simply need to snap changes at fixed breakpoints. There is no reason to avoid that if it’s right. There is also no reason to avoid mixing the two, for example, by fluidly sizing and positioning the background while using a query to snap between grid definitions for the text placement. My meerkat example is deliberately contrived to be simple for the sake of demonstration.

One thing I’ll add is that I’m rather excited by the possibility of using the new Anchor Positioning API for fluid positioning. There’s the possibility of using anchor positioning to define how two elements might flow around the screen together, but that’s for another time.


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90+ Best Instagram Filters for Photoshop 2025

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Filters are one of the best features of Instagram. Everyone loves the idea of prettifying their photos in an instant and sharing them with their friends and family. But have you ever wanted a set of Instagram filters for Photoshop? I know I have.

The good news is, you don’t just need the Instagram app to apply filters to your photos. You can actually create even more beautiful photos with customizable filters using Photoshop actions and upload them to not just Instagram, but any other social network you want.

We handpicked a collection of free and premium Instagram Photoshop actions for creating creative and stylish Instagram filter effects in Photoshop. With a single click, you can apply these effects to your photos and customize them to your preference.

We’re also sharing our tips and advice on how to use Instagram filters in Photoshop.

Top Pick

Glamour Photography Photoshop Actions

Glamour Photography Photoshop Actions

Instagram mostly consists of lifestyle and fashion bloggers who regularly share glamourous photos of their lives. This is a pack of Photoshop actions made specifically for those users.

This pack includes 15 unique Photoshop actions that are designed for enhancing lifestyle portrait photos to make them more attractive and beautiful.

Why This Is A Top Pick

With this Photoshop actions bundle, you’ll be able to make your smartphone photos look just as good as photos taken with an expensive DSLR. All of the filter effects are non-destructive and fully customizable as well.

Vintage Film Effect Photoshop Filter

Vintage Film Effect Photoshop Filter

This Photoshop filter gives your photos an appealing, Instagram-style vintage look. This easy-to-use filter includes Smart Object layers for customization, making the whole process straightforward. Simply replace the placeholder with your image, save it, and revel in the modified artwork.

Grain Film Instagram Photoshop Filter

Grain Film Instagram Photoshop Filter

A unique Photoshop effect that can completely change the appearance of your images. Designed to convert your photos with a grainy film look, this filter lets you fully customize the look and feel with adjustment layers as well. Ideal for photos with resolutions between 1000 and 3000 pixels.

Prism Image Effect for Photoshop

Prism Image Effect for Photoshop

This is a dynamic Photoshop effect perfect for enhancing your portraits and selfies with a unique vibe. Ideal for influencers and content creators, this template offers simple-to-use, customizable effects with prism-like look.

Gradient Grunge Instagram Photoshop Filter

Gradient Grunge Instagram Photoshop Filter

Inject a touch of trendy grunge into your images with this Photoshop filter. It offers a distinctive digital art-like look mixed with duotone colors. This high-resolution, customizable template is tailored for Photoshop, providing fast editing via smart objects and an editable color background.

Oil Painting Photo Effect for Photoshop

Oil Painting Photo Effect for Photoshop

A creative Photoshop effect that enhances your Instagram images into mesmerizing, high-quality works of art with just a few clicks. With Smart Object layers for full customization and easy-to-use features, you can simply add your graphics, save, and watch as your designs transform.

Dreamy Sparkle Instagram Photoshop Filter

Dreamy Sparkle Instagram Photoshop Filter

This Photoshop filter offers a captivating way to enhance your images with a dreamy sparkling look. This creative asset includes 2 high-quality PSD files with a resolution of 4500 x 3000 px and 3000 x 4500 px, at 300 dpi, plus a helpful guide.

Bronze Instagram Effect Photoshop Actions

Bronze Instagram Effect Photoshop Actions

This Photoshop action enhances your visuals with a bronze-gold glow. Ideal for portraits, landscapes, and Instagram selfies, these actions can be applied with a single click, making your editing process efficient. Catering to photographers, influencers, and graphic designers alike, the package includes Lightroom presets, Photoshop actions, and camera raw presets.

Retro Glitch Acid Photo Effect for Photoshop

Retro Glitch Acid Photo Effect for Photoshop

This is a Photoshop template that comes with a cool acid photo-style retro glitch effect. It’s one of the most unique filters on our list that will help you transform your regular selfies and photos into unique designs. You can use smart objects to apply the filter to your photos with just a few clicks.

Old Sepia Burn Photo Effect for Photoshop

Old Sepia Burn Photo Effect for Photoshop

If you prefer classic vintage filters for adding a nostalgic look to your photography, then this Photoshop effect is a must-have for you. It features a realistic-looking sepia burn effect. This template also comes with organized layers and smart objects for easy editing.

Matte Look Instagram Filters Photoshop Action

Matte Look Instagram Photoshop Action

This Photoshop action features a creative matte effect that’s ideal for enhancing your Instagram photos. The PS action is designed by a group of professional photographers and it has a subtle retro-vintage style filter that’s ideal for outdoor photography.

Urban Vintage Instagram Filter Photoshop Action

Urban Vintage Instagram Filter Photoshop Action

Your outdoor portraits and selfies will look much more attractive with this Photoshop filter. It features an urban vintage effect that adds a classic nostalgic look to your photos. The PS action is easy to use and has customizable features.

Lens Distortion Free Instagram Filter PSD

Lens Distortion Free Instagram Filter PSD

You can download this Instagram filter for free to add a subtle lens distortion effect to your photos. It comes as an editable Photoshop template with smart objects. You can easily replace the photo in the PSD file to apply the effect.

Fisheye Lens Photo Effect Template

Fisheye Lens Photo Effect Template

This Photoshop photo effect template offers a unique way to transform your images with a fisheye lens-style effect. Ideal for photographers, digital artists, and graphic designers, it provides a dynamic twist to your projects using glitch, blur, and grunge effects.

Colorful Exposure Photo Effect PSD

Colorful Exposure Photo Effect PSD

This Photoshop photo effect can transform your photos into vibrant pieces of art in a few clicks. It features smart object layers for seamless customization and versatility. Replace the placeholder shot with your graphic, save, and see your creation come to life.

Grain Film Photo Effect for Photoshop

Grain Film Photo Effect for Photoshop

This Photoshop photo effect is perfect for a multitude of images including fashion, lifestyle, and moody product shots. It adds a unique vintage-style grainy film look to your photos. The download includes a PSD file and a helpful guide.

Painted Canvas Photoshop Effect

Painted Canvas Photoshop Effect

This Photoshop template allows anyone to create a painted canvas look on any image easily and quickly. It uses smart object layers for user-friendly customization, letting you add your own graphics just by opening a specific layer. The package includes two PSD files in high resolution.

Smudged Scan Line Photocopy Effect

Smudged Scan Line Photocopy Effect

Perfect for photographers and graphic designers, this Photoshop photo effect comes in Photoshop action that creates an alluring aesthetic look with just one click. Compatible with all Photoshop CC versions, it’s a straightforward way to elevate your photos, particularly for Instagram.

Cartoonist Avatar Photoshop Action

Cartoonist Avatar Photoshop Action

A handy Photoshop photo effect for photographers and graphic designers, enabling them to apply cartoon-style effects to portraits with just one click. Suitable for use with Photoshop CC and later versions, it offers a range of effects including HDR, oily and portrait oil effects, and even a classic oil painting effect.

Retro Vintage Photoshop Film Effect

Retro Vintage Photoshop Film Effect

This is an excellent Photoshop photo effect for photographers and graphic designers. It provides an easy way to achieve the beautiful, nostalgic look seen in many classic photos. It offers a convenient one-click editing solution that’s perfect for enhancing your everyday or Instagram photos.

Bokeh Lights Effect for Photoshop

Bokeh Lights Effect for Photoshop

This Photoshop bundle empowers graphic designers and photographers with professional actions. It helps achieve a sought-after aesthetic look for photo posts with just a quick click. Ideal for enhancing Instagram photos and taking everyday pictures to the next level.

Halftone Image Effect for Photoshop

Halftone Image Effect for Photoshop

This is a photo effect that allows you to produce beautiful, high-quality halftone images. It uses Smart Object layers for full customization simplicity. It’s as easy as deleting the placeholder photo, inserting your graphics, and letting the design magic unfold.

Triangle Prism Photo Effect for Photoshop

Triangle Prism Photo Effect for Photoshop

With Smart Object layers for seamless customization, this Photoshop photo effect lets you transform your images into high-quality captivating visuals. The package includes 2 PSD files with fully customizable layouts and high-quality prismatic effects.

Ultra HDR Instagram Filter Photoshop Action

Ultra HDR Instagram Filter Photoshop Action

With this Photoshop action, you can add a realistic ultra HDR look to your everyday photos. It will simply make your photos look sharp and detailed, just like a photo taken with a DSLR camera.

Painted Art Photoshop Filter for Instagram

Painted Art Photoshop Filter for Instagram

Just as the name suggests, this Photoshop action allows you to completely transform your photos into painted art. It works perfectly for portrait photos, especially for indoor photography. The effect itself can be customized to your preference.

Film Grain Photo Effect Instagram Filter

Film Grain Photo Effect Instagram Filter

Use this Photoshop template to apply a retro filter to your Instagram photos. It comes with a nostalgic film grain effect that will make your selfies and portrait photos look extra special. The PSD file includes organized layers and smart objects.

Old Times Photo Filter for Instagram

Old Times Photo Filter for Instagram

Make your modern photos look like vintage black and white portraits with this Photoshop photo filter. It features a realistic-looking filter that applies a vintage weathered effect to your photos.

Free Oil Painting Instagram Filter for Photoshop

Free Oil Painting Instagram Filter for Photoshop

This free Photoshop action will make your photos look like oil paintings. It features a highly detailed effect that works best with portrait photos. The effect can be customized to your preference as well.

Asian Cinema – Instagram Photoshop Actions & Presets

Asian Cinema - Instagram Photoshop Actions & Presets

This Photoshop action pack features a beautiful cinematic effect inspired by Asian cinema. It’s perfect for giving a colorful warm look to your Instagram photos. The filters are available in both Photoshop action and Lightroom preset formats.

Glitch Effect Photoshop Action for Instagram

Glitch Effect Photoshop Action for Instagram

This action will come in handy when creating unique and promotional posts for Instagram. It allows you to create a cool glitch effect using your portrait photos. The action is very easy to use and it’s compatible with Photoshop CC.

Double Exposure – Instagram Photoshop Action

Double Exposure - Instagram Photoshop Action

Easily create a stylish double exposure effect with your photos using this Photoshop action. It features an easily customizable effect that you can use to combine photos to create cool double-exposure filters for Instagram posts.

Avocado – Natural Instagram Photoshop Actions

Avocado - Natural Instagram Actions & Presets

Inspired by natural color tones, this Photoshop action pack allows you to enhance your portraits and outdoor photos with proper lighting and exposure with just a few clicks. There are 7 different Photoshop actions and Lightroom presets in this bundle.

Cine – Cinematic Instagram Photoshop Action

Cine - Cinematic Instagram Photoshop Action

A Photoshop action made for professional photographers. This action comes with a stylish cinematic filter that gives a Hollywood movie look to your ordinary photos. The effect can be customized to your preference.

Rustic – Free Instagram Photoshop Action

Rustic - Free Instagram Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action will instantly give your Instagram photos a dreamy look and feel. It has a rustic-theme effect that enhances the colors to bring out a retro look in your photos.

Soft Painting – Photoshop Action for Instagram Portraits

Soft Painting - Photoshop Action for Instagram Portraits

Want to make your Instagram portrait photos look like paintings? Then give this Photoshop action a try. It allows you to easily create a soft painting look for your selfies. It works with Photoshop CS3 and higher.

HDR Sports Instagram Filters for Photoshop

instagram filters for photoshop

Here we have a collection of 50 Photoshop Instagram filters that lets you create incredibly amazing photos in mere minutes. The actions are non-destructive, work well with Photoshop CS4 and above versions, and are very easy to use. Try it out today!

Modern Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Wanting to give an appealing look to your pictures? Look no further than this premium Photoshop Action for Instagram that is sure to create an impression and make you Instagram famous overnight.

Stylish Photoshop Instagram Filters

Use this pack of Instagram filters for Photoshop and make your feed scroll-worthy. It comes with a range of professional Photoshop Actions that will give a complete makeover to your pictures and blow your followers away.

Insta Blogger – Free Photoshop Instagram Filters

Ideal for amateurs and professionals alike, this collection of Photoshop Actions will help you achieve beautiful tones and make your pictures Instagram-ready in just a few easy mouse clicks. The best part? The presets are available for free download.

CineStock Moody Photoshop Actions

CineStock Moody Photoshop Actions

CineStock is a collection of professional Photoshop actions that feature 18 different filters you can use to add a moody toning effect to your outdoor landscape photos and nature photography.

Beach Vibes 25 Photoshop Actions

Beach Vibes Photoshop Actions

Make your beach photos look even more beautiful and professional using this bundle of Photoshop actions. It includes 25 different actions with various Instagram-like filter effects.

Selective Color Creative Photoshop Action

Selective Color Creative Photoshop Action

Selective color is a popular design technique used mostly in promotional materials for luxury and jewelry brands, especially for highlighting products. This Photoshop action will allow you to create the same effect in your photos to create better marketing graphics to promote your brand on Instagram.

Infrared IR – Instagram Photoshop Actions

Infrared IR - Instagram Photoshop Actions

Infrared IR is a collection of modern and creative Photoshop actions that features a set of effects similar to the filters you use on Instagram. This bundle includes 12 different Photoshop actions with smart filters, allowing you to easily customize the effect however you like.

Lightleaks Photoshop Instagram Filters

Create a beautiful effect on your photos using this Photoshop Action that comes with a range of color filters, light leaks, plus a video tutorial to help you make the most of the effect. Test it out for your Instagram pictures!

Free Photoshop Instagram Filters

Transform your pictures into a summer dream with the help of these professionally crafted Instagram filters for Photoshop. It’s an expansive package containing 50 Photoshop Actions each working to bring out the tropical vibe in your photographs.

Oil Painting Instagram Photoshop Action

Oil Painting Instagram Photoshop Action

Have you ever wished there was a Prisma-like filter available on Instagram? Well, you don’t have to use any of those apps if you get this Photoshop action. This PS action will instantly transform your photo into a painting with a realistic effect.

Free Greece Instagram Photoshop Actions

Free Greece Instagram Photoshop Actions

This is a premium-quality Photoshop action that features a filter effect inspired by the beautiful locations of Greece. It’s perfect for enhancing your outdoor landscape and travel photos.

Free Cats Love Photoshop Actions

Free Cats Love Photoshop Actions

Want to make your cat photos look even cuter for Instagram? Then use this free Photoshop action to add more color and vibrance to your adorable cat pictures.

50 Matte Photoshop Actions

50 Matte Photoshop Actions

The matte effect is perfect for enhancing all kinds of Instagram photos from your selfies to photos of adorable dogs. That’s why this bundle comes with 50 different Photoshop actions with the matte effect.

50 Vintage Photoshop Actions

50 Vintage Photoshop Actions

If you’re a fan of the vintage-style filters, use this bundle of vintage Photoshop actions. It includes 50 different vintage effects ranging from subtle retro look to classic vintage effects.

Streetographie – Cinematic Photoshop Actions

Streetographie - Cinematic Photoshop Actions

Give a colorful look and feel to your cityscape photos with this pack of Photoshop actions. This bundle comes with 7 filters that enhance the colors of your city and street photos to create an incredible look and feel.

Color Festival Photoshop Action

Color Festival Photoshop Action

The colored powder effect is a popular effect used in poster and flyer designs. But this effect can also be quite useful for Instagram users, especially when promoting products and fashion designs. With this action, you can generate a similar colored dust and powder effect with just a few clicks.

Cyber Poster Photoshop Action

Cyber Poster Photoshop Action

This is a unique Photoshop action that allows you to create a stylish poster-like effect to give a colorful and futuristic look to your photos. This filter is perfect for fashion and lifestyle brands to promote their products on Instagram. The action comes with brushes, shapes, and patterns as well.

Nude Instagram Filters for Photoshop

instagram filters for photoshop

If you’re looking to add nude tones to your pictures, keeping them as natural as possible, this collection of 10 Photoshop actions can do it easily enough. Given that the actions can be used for a variety of photos, we recommend you give these Photoshop Instagram filters a try.

Free Newborn Instagram Filters for Photoshop

photoshop instagram filters

Here we have a set of 2 Photoshop actions, with each working to provide your pictures a soft glow, enhancing your facial features with a beautiful pastel effect. These Photoshop Instagram filters are great for improving the overall appeal of your pictures and will save you a lot of time.

Cartoonize Photoshop Action

Cartoonize Photoshop Action

Want to stand out from your fellow Instagram bloggers? Then this Photoshop action will help. It allows you to transform your photos and make them look like cartoon sketches. This action is most suitable for portrait photos and selfies. It works with Photoshop CS3 and higher.

Duotone Pro Photoshop Actions

Duotone Pro Photoshop Actions

The duotone effect is everywhere. It fits right in with almost any type of photo and graphic and as a result, everyone loves it. With this collection of 50 Photoshop actions, you can easily add a high-quality duotone filter to your Instagram photos with just one-click.

Free Vintage Heaven Photoshop Action

Free Vintage Heaven Photoshop Action

With this free Photoshop action, you can add a stylish vintage filter and make the photos look colorful at the same time. It works well with both portraits and landscape photos. But it’s most suitable for outdoor photos.

Hologram Photoshop Action

Hologram Photoshop Action

Your cat and pet Instagram photos will never look the same with this amazing Photoshop action. With this action, you can add a stylish hologram-like effect to make your photos look more futuristic and stylish. It includes 6 different color variations as well.

Nighty Photoshop Actions

Nighty Photoshop Actions

Nighty is a modern Photoshop action bundle that features a dark and gritty effect. These actions are perfect for giving a moody look and feel to your photos. The bundle includes 9 different actions that work great with both portraits and landscape photos.

Anaglyph Photoshop Actions

Anaglyph Photoshop Actions

Anaglyph Photoshop action is designed to add a glitch-style effect to your portraits and selfies. It comes with more than 10 different filters you can easily apply to your photos with just a few clicks. The effect is easily customizable.

Realistic Cartoon Instagram Filters for Photoshop

instagram filters for photoshop

Give your pictures an authentic cartoonic look with these Photoshop filters for Instagram, and knock the socks off your audience in style. These filters provide you with a unique way to stay relevant on Instagram without having to put an extra effort at all.

Free Professional Instagram Filters for Photoshop

instagram filters for photoshop

Set your eyes on this extensive collection of Photoshop filters for Instagram that virtually has every effect you might ever need to amp up your social media game. It consists of a whopping 300 filters ranging from HDR and matte effects to retouching, and winter filters.

True Watercolor Photoshop Action

True Watercolor Photoshop Action

Want to make your Instagram photos look like a watercolor painting? Then try this Photoshop action. It lets you add a realistic painting effect to your portrait and landscape photos and make them look more creative.

Free Subtle Matte Photoshop Action

Free Subtle Matte Photoshop Action

Add a subtle faded look to your selfies and portrait photos using this free Photoshop action. This filter is perfect for your regular and everyday lifestyle photos. You can apply the effect with just one click.

50 High Contrast Photoshop Actions

50 High Contrast Photoshop Actions

This is a massive bundle of Photoshop actions that includes a set of filters for adding a high-contrast effect to your photos. It’s perfect for optimizing your photos taken in low-light conditions before uploading them on Instagram.

Into The Jungle – Instagram Photoshop Filters

Into The Jungle - Instagram Photoshop Filters

Instagram bloggers are known to take a lot of selfies and photos outdoors. This pack of Photoshop actions is a must-have for those Instagram users. It includes 10 filters that will enhance your outdoor photos with the perfect combination of a retro-effect and mood.

Landscape Instagram Photoshop Actions

Landscape Instagram Photoshop Actions

If you’re a fan of travel photography, use this set of Photoshop actions to enhance your photos to make them look extra special before uploading them to social media platforms. This bundle comes with 20 different filters with various styles of effects.

Imagine – Free Instagram Photoshop Action

Imagine - Free Instagram Photoshop Action

Imagine is a free Photoshop action that allows you to optimize your Instagram selfies by adding a colorful and retro-inspired filter. It can be used with both portrait and outdoor landscape photos.

Free Friends Forever Photoshop Actions

Free Friends Forever Photoshop Actions

Make all the photos you take with your friends look more professional using this free Photoshop action. It will also work well for enhancing your portrait photos and selfies as well.

100+ Duotone Photoshop Action Bundle

100+ Duotone Photoshop Action Bundle

The duotone effect is quite popular among all Instagram users. This massive bundle comes with more than 100 different styles of duotone Photoshop actions. You can use these filters with all kinds of photos.

Anaglyph Photoshop Actions

Anaglyph Photoshop Actions

This unique Photoshop action lets you create a stylish anaglyph effect with just a single click. This filter will help you create unique photos that stand out from the crowd.

Dark Photography Photoshop Actions

Dark Photography Photoshop Actions

Give your Instagram selfies and photos a dark and gritty look and feel using this pack of Photoshop actions. This pack comes with 10 professionally crafted filters you can instantly apply to your photos with just a few clicks.

Light Monochrome Free Instagram Photoshop Action

Light Monochrome Free Instagram Photoshop Action

Want to give a washed out look to your Instagram photos? This Photoshop action will help. This filter applies a light monochrome effect to your photos to give them a unique and washed out look.

Free California Lightroom & Photoshop Actions

Free California Lightroom & Photoshop Actions

This free Photoshop action features a beautiful filter that adds the same warm color tone of California landscape to your photos. The effect is also available as a Lightroom preset.

Instant Hipster – 27 Photoshop Instagram Filters

Instant Hipster – 27 Photoshop Instagram Filters

Instant hipster comes with a collection of 27 different Photoshop actions that allows you to create the same Instagram-style effects in Photoshop with just a single click. The actions feature warm, cool, retro, and many other types of effects. Each action can also be easily customized to adjust the effect for different types of photos as well.

Insta Blog – Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Insta Blog Photoshop Instagram Filters

This is a collection of Photoshop actions that have been made for social media users who just love taking photos of everything everywhere they go. It features several different actions with various effects for adding more style to your selfies and travel photos.

Faded Films – 75 Photoshop Film & Retro Effects

Faded Films come with 75 different Photoshop actions that allow you to give a unique look to your photos with a stylish faded color effect. The bundle includes 75 different actions, featuring 11 Instagram faded effects, 31 film effects, and 25 SparkleStock faded effects, that are also customizable.

25 Lifestyle Instagram Photoshop Actions

25 Lifestyle Instagram Photoshop Actions

This set of Instagram Photoshop actions feature effects that have been optimized for improving your everyday selfies, lifestyle photos, travel photos, and fashion photography. It includes 25 different actions that are compatible with Photoshop CS5 and above.

Comic Oil Paint Photoshop Actions

Comic Oil Paint Photoshop Actions

The Prisma app was quite popular among social media users for the filter that turned ordinary photos into paintings. With this Photoshop action, you can achieve the same effect with better customization options. It includes 10 different variations for giving a unique oil painting look to your photos.

Free Matte Photoshop Actions

Free Matte Photoshop Actions

Make your fashion and glamour photos look more professional using this bundle of free Photoshop actions. It includes a stylish matte filter effect made specifically for improving fashion photos.

11 Free Instagram Filters For Photoshop Actions

11 Free Instagram Filters For Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of free Instagram-style effects that includes several unique retro and matte-style filters. The Photoshop actions create non-destructive and customizable effects.

45 Free Instagram Filters For Photoshop

45 Free Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Featuring a collection of retro, vintage, matte, and many other Photoshop actions, this bundle comes with 25 creative Photoshop actions. You can download the pack for free to create your own Instagram filters.

Duotone Master Kit – Photoshop Instagram Filters

Duotone Master Kit - Instagram Photoshop Actions

The duotone effect is quite popular among Instagram users and Pinterest users. With this bundle, you can create as many duotone effects as you like while combining many different colors. It includes 66 different Photoshop actions for creating editable duotone effects.

Toy Camera – Instagram Photoshop Actions

Toy Camera - Instagram Photoshop Actions

Give your landscape and portrait photos a unique and colorful look with this collection of Photoshop actions. This bundle comes with 16 Instagram filter effects inspired by toy cameras.

Vintage Film – Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Vintage Film - Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Create an authentic vintage film effect to make your photos look even more amazing with 1 unique Photoshop actions. This pack comes with a set of actions that will make your photos look as if they were taken with an old-school Fujifilm, Agfa, or Kodak camera.

Indie Camera – Instagram Photoshop Actions

Indie Camera - Instagram Photoshop Actions

If you’re a fan of pastel colors and colorful effects, this collection of Photoshop actions are perfect for you. It includes 17 different Instagram filter effects with 110 gradient maps and 21 PNG light leak overlays for customizing the effects however you like.

50 Free Summer Photoshop Instagram Filters Actions

50 Free Summer Photoshop Instagram Filters Actions

A massive bundle of free Photoshop actions inspired by Instagram filters. You’ll get plenty of choices with this pack as it includes 50 different effects. The actions are compatible with Photoshop CS3 and above.

Free Elegant B&W Photoshop Actions Set

Free Elegant B&W Photoshop Actions Set

Sometimes a black and white filter is the perfect choice for giving your Instagram photos a natural and vintage look. This free Photoshop action will help you create the perfect B&W effect for your photos.

Free Faded Cross Process Photoshop Instagram Filter

Free Faded Cross Process Photoshop Instagram Filter

This free Photoshop action is perfect for improving your selfies and portrait photos that you take on low-light conditions. It will instantly enhance your photos to look more professional.

Double Exposure – Photoshop Action

Double Exposure - Photoshop Action

The double exposure effect is not one of the Instagram filters, but it should be. This effect allows you to combine two photos into one to make an amazing piece of art. Use this Photoshop action to create photos that stand out from the crowd.

22 Soft Pastel Photoshop Instagram Filters

22 Soft Pastel Photoshop Instagram Filters

This bundle comes with 22 beautiful Instagram filter effects that are perfect for adding a colorful look to your selfies and travel photos. The Photoshop actions in this pack are non-destructive and are easily customizable.

Suburbia – Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Suburbia - Instagram Filters For Photoshop

Suburbia is a collection of Photoshop actions that allows you to optimize and improve your outdoor portrait and landscape photos using 6 different Photoshop actions. These are perfect for improving your outdoor fashion photos, wedding photos, and nature photos as well.

HDR Pro – Photoshop Instagram Filters

HDR Pro - Photoshop Instagram Filters

You don’t need an expensive DSLR camera to make your photos look HDR. With these Photoshop actions, you can make your smartphone photos look just as good. The bundle includes 10 HDR effects in various styles.

Night to Twilight – Photoshop Instagram Actions

Night to Twilight Photoshop Actions

This set of Photoshop actions are designed to make your nighttime photos even more beautiful by giving a twilight effect to the photos. It includes several variants of the action and allows you to edit the effect to your preference as well.

Orange and Teal Pro – Photoshop Instagram Filters

Orange and Teal Pro - Photoshop Instagram Filters

This unique Photoshop action lets you create a stylish orange and teal effect to make your photos look like a scene from the Blade Runner movie. It comes with 16 different Photoshop actions and Lightroom varients of the actions as well.

30 Free Instagram Photoshop Filters Actions

30 Free Instagram Photoshop Filters Actions

This bundle comes with 30 different Photoshop actions for recreating the same Instagram filter effects in Photoshop. The pack is perfect for adding effects to outdoor and landscape photos.

Free Portrait Instagram Photoshop Filter

Free Portrait Instagram Photoshop Filter

This free Photoshop action is designed to improve your photos by adding an Instagram-like faded color filter effect. It’s easily customizable and you even get to choose the settings for the effect strength as well.

Free Autumn Instagram Photoshop Filter Action

Free Autumn Instagram Photoshop Filter Action

Another free Photoshop action that transforms ordinary photos by making them look more vibrant with enhanced colors. The effect is easily customizable and works with Photoshop CS3 and above.

Cinnamon Instagram Photoshop Filter Actions

Cinnamon Portrait Actions

Cinnamon features 6 creative fantasy toning actions for Adobe Photoshop. Wild, mysterious, and enigmatic, Cinnamon actions can be used to process your portrait, fashion, editorial, or fine-art imagery.

Liquidum Instagram Photoshop Filter Action

Liquidum - Transparent Painting Photoshop Action

Here we have a unique Photoshop action to transform your photo into a transparent “camouflage” object with color painting elements. It provides a highly detailed result, a lot of possibilities to easily customize and improve. Video tutorial included.

Carbonium Instagram Photoshop Filter Action

Carbonium - Black & White PS Actions

This is a huge collection of Black & White grading actions presets from vintage look to modern touch of photography.

Premium Instagram Photoshop Actions

Instagram Photoshop Actions

Here we have a set of Photoshop actions that are sure to make your everyday dull pictures Instagram-worthy. The product comes packed with a detailed instructions guide on how to effectively use the actions, ensuring you make the most out of your purchase.

10 Instagram Photoshop Actions

Instagram Photoshop Actions

If you’re on the hunt for the best Instagram Photoshop actions, this product must make it to your shortlist. It comprises 10 actions, each designed with attention to detail so you’re able to create photos that instantly grab eyeballs.

Wedding Instagram Photoshop Actions

Instagram Photoshop Actions

Make your wedding pictures stand out with this bundle of 10 orange and teal Photoshop actions. Easy to use for both amateurs, and professionals alike, this product will instantly add a beautiful cinematic effect to your photos, and impress your friends, relatives, and followers.

Double Light Instagram Photoshop Action

Instagram Photoshop Actions

This is an incredibly unique Photoshop action that adds a breathtaking double light effect to your images, making them look more appealing, and enthralling. It works well on PC and MAC and comes with a video tutorial, walking you through each and every step of installing and customizing the action.

Real Estate Instagram Photoshop Actions

Instagram Photoshop Actions

If you want to advertise your real estate pictures in the best light possible, this collection of 25 Photoshop actions is well worth checking out. The actions will give your pictures a sharp, clear, and detailed look that’s guaranteed to entice potential buyers.

How to Use Instagram Filters: 3 Useful Tips

Unlike the filters on the Instagram app, when using Photoshop to add Instagram filter effects to your photos you’ll have all the freedom in the world to customize the effect and make adjustments however you like. Just make sure to follow these simple tips before getting started.

1. Use Non-Destructive Actions

The first and the most important thing to remember when using Photoshop actions is to use non-destructive actions.

Some Photoshop actions apply effects and flatten the image without leaving any adjustment layers for you to customize the effect. Try to avoid such filters and use Photoshop actions that create editable and non-destructive effects.

2. Choose the Right Filter Effects

Most Photoshop actions are also designed for improving specific types of photos. For example, there are actions for enhancing outdoor portrait photos and different actions for optimizing travel photos.

When choosing filter effects for your photos, make sure to pick Photoshop actions that are designed for the type of photos you’re working on.

3. Customize the Effect

Photoshop actions are quite easy to use. In fact, you can run the action and apply an Instagram filter to your photos with just a single click.

However, don’t forget that you can customize the filter effect afterward. Use the adjustment layers to optimize the filter effect and adjust the strength of the filter to match your photo.

Looking for cool post ideas to share on your Instagram? Then check out our feature on Instagram templates.

60+ Best PowerPoint Portfolio Templates 2025

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The main purpose of a portfolio is to show off your skills and experience. Usually, it’s done by showing examples of your work. But, when it comes to portfolio presentations, you need to think about the design of the slideshow as well.

The layout and the design of your portfolio presentations play a key role in making a great first impression. Of course, you don’t have to spend days trying to come up with a great slide design. That’s what PowerPoint templates are for!

We handpicked a collection of PowerPoint portfolio templates to help you find the perfect design for your presentation. There are designs to cover all types of portfolio presentations from creative agency portfolios to fashion lookbooks and more.

Have a look. There are a few free templates on the list too.

Modern Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Modern Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This is an impressively designed PowerPoint template for creating eye-catching brand portfolios. Featuring 16 editable slides, the template makes use of free recommended web fonts, Google fonts, and provides resizable graphics. It’s designed with a wide screen ratio of 16:9 and incorporates master slides for easy editing.

Resume Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Resume Portfolio PowerPoint Template

An ideal PowerPoint template for job seekers and professionals looking to showcase their skills, work, and data in an appealing format. Its modern and professional design features 35 customizable slides, incorporating charts, graphs, and easy-to-use image placeholders for visual content.

Aesthetic Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Perfect for a multitude of professions, including artists, job seekers, and developers, this PowerPoint portfolio template boasts a sleek, professional design. Its unique feature set includes 35 customizable slides, drag-and-drop image placeholders, and numerous charts and graphs for presenting data.

Minimal Photography Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Minimal Photography Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This is a sleek, professional portfolio PowerPoint template designed primarily for the visual arts sector. This user-friendly template optimizes the display of your photographic portfolio or creative projects, emphasizing their beauty and impact. Its customizable graphics, drag and drop image placeholders, and widescreen proportions make it versatile and easy to use.

Agency Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Agency Portfolio PowerPoint Template

A versatile PowerPoint template suited for professional portfolios. Ideal for agencies, businesses, or for personal use, features include editable graphics, easy color changes, and customizable master slides. Its 16:9 wide screen ratio, picture placeholder, and simple editability make it a reliable choice.

Bold Modern Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Bold Modern Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This PowerPoint template offers a comprehensive layout for presenting important aspects of your brand portfolio. Including 20 versatile, full HD slides suitable for showcasing your best work and clients, the slideshow includes editable colors, fonts, and graphics as well.

Grafica – Modern Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Grafica - Modern Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This modern, colorful, and creative PowerPoint template has the perfect design for crafting a convincing presentation that highlights your skills and services. There are 25 fully customizable slide layouts to choose from with editable graphics.

Creative Tan Black Orange Photography Portfolio PPT

Creative Tan Black Orange Photography Portfolio PPT

The combination of the tan, black, and orange colors gives this PowerPoint template a very creative look and feel. It’s ideal for making portfolios for photographers, studios, and for various other businesses. The template includes 27 different slides.

Gofolio – Simple PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Gofolio - Simple Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Gofolio is a simple PowerPoint template that comes with a set of clean slide layouts. You can choose from 30 unique slide layouts to craft a professional presentation for showing off your skills. The template can be easily customized to change colors and fonts as well.

Hilam – Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Hilam - Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Another minimal and clean PowerPoint template for professionals. This template is made with designers and photographers in mind. There are 30 elegant slide layouts in this template with editable vector graphics, image placeholders, and more.

Free Lead Designer Portfolio Infographics PPT

Free Lead Designer Portfolio Infographics PPT

This PowerPoint template includes a set of infographics for showcasing your skills, talent, and experience in a unique way. It’s ideal for freelance designers for creating an effective portfolio slideshow. The template has 32 different slides.

PRONTO – Photography Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PRONTO - Photography Portfolio PowerPoint Template

If you’re a fan of colorful slide designs and bold layouts, this PowerPoint template is perfect for you. It will help you design a professional portfolio presentation to showcase your photography skills. There are 31 unique slides in this template.

Wako – Elegant PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Wako - Elegant PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Wako is a minimal PowerPoint template that comes with an elegant slide design. It’s ideal for making presentations for showcasing interior design, architecture, and fashion portfolios. The template includes 44 fully animated slide designs.

JSON – Freelancer Portfolio Powerpoint Template

JSON - Freelancer Portfolio Powerpoint Template

This PowerPoint portfolio template is most suitable for web designers and developers. It includes 24 unique slides for showcasing your programming and design skills like a pro. The slideshow also comes in both light and dark design themes.

Picxellence – Photography & Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Picxellence - Photography & Portfolio Powerpoint Template

You can use this PowerPoint template to craft a beautiful portfolio presentation to showcase your photography skills. The template has 30 different slides with large image placeholders that highlights your photos above all else.

Free Boho Style PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Free Boho Style PowerPoint Portfolio Template

This free PowerPoint template comes filled with beautiful doodles and drawings to give a personal touch to your slideshow. It uses a boho-style design across the presentation as well. The template includes 25 slides.

MELVIA – Creative Portfolio PowerPoint Template

MELVIA - Creative Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Melvia is a multipurpose PowerPoint template that comes with a sleek and modern content design. It can be used to create different types of portfolios for agencies and creatives. As well as for making business profiles and product showcase presentations. The template includes 30 unique slide layouts.

Photography Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Photography Porfolio PowerPoint Template

If you’re a photographer or studio promoting your services, this PowerPoint template will allow you to showcase your portfolio in a professional way. It lets you choose from more than 60 unique slide layouts to craft an effective portfolio presentation. Each slide includes image placeholders for easy drag and drop editing.

Legacy – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Legacy – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Legacy is a modern PowerPoint template you can use to create professional portfolio presentations. It’s perfect for corporate businesses as well as freelancers. The template comes with a total of 39 slides featuring editable layouts and vector graphics.

Furman – Product Portfolio PowerPoint Template

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Check out Furman, a gorgeously designed PowerPoint template that allows you to showcase your products in the best light possible. It comes with 30 multipurpose slide designs that can be customized to suit any business or industry under the sun.

Christopher – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

portfolio ppt

Next up we have Christopher, a modern and professional PowerPoint template purpose-built to show off your photography portfolio in an impressive fashion. It offers 35 unique slides, creative infographics, timelines, free fonts, and a lot more.

Minvio – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

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Minivo is a minimal, eye-catching portfolio template for PowerPoint that equips you with everything you need to prepare a praise-worthy presentation, saving you hours of work. It has 50 beautiful, fully animated slides, a range of color themes, and much more.

Free Portfolio PowerPoint Template

portfolio ppt

If you are looking for a minimal and sophisticated portfolio presentation that still manages to bring a unique personality to the table, consider this PowerPoint template featuring 25 clean and organized slide designs. It’s free and up for grabs!

Imaginary – PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Imaginary - Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This PowerPoint template features a highly visual slide design with lots of space for showcasing your portfolio items with images. There are 50 unique slide layouts you can use to craft a professional portfolio slideshow. Each slide is easily customizable as well.

MOSOKSE – Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

MOSOKSE - Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

You can use this PowerPoint portfolio template to design a simple and minimal presentation to showcase your portfolio. It includes fully editable slides featuring image placeholders, device mockups, free fonts, and much more.

Hire – Business Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Hire - Business Portfolio Powerpoint Template

This PowerPoint portfolio template is made specifically for creative and freelance professionals. It lets you create a presentation highlighting your best work and promoting your services. The template includes 30 unique slides with transition animations, master slide layouts, and much more.

Ordinaire – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Ordinaire is a clean and modern PowerPoint template that is perfect to use for a photography portfolio or your own portfolio with a modern layout.

Clevio – Personal Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Portfolio Template

If you are wanting a gorgeous looking PowerPoint template for your personal portfolio, look no further than Clevio. It’s a creatively crafted template consisting of 40 slides that you’re surely going to have a great time customizing to your heart’s content.

Creative Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Portfolio Template

This is a professional, modern, and uniquely designed slide template, where each slide is created with attention to detail. Each slide is editable and can easily adapt to your project purpose. This product will save you time, as it’s a whole lot quicker than trying to design a deck from scratch.

Free Fashion Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Here we have a beautiful and lovely portfolio template for the creative presentation of your design projects. You can use this awesome template for your works such as branding, fashion designer, photographer, business feed, and more!

The New – Free Portfolio PowerPoint Template

PowerPoint Portfolio Template

The New Powerpoint template is a multipurpose option that can be used for any type of presentation: business, portfolio, corporate, branding, advertising, etc. The template is divided into several categories: (opening slides, our team, our services, portfolio, and many others).

Windy – Modern Portfolio PowerPoint Presentation

Windy - Modern Portfolio Powerpoint Presentation

Windy is a bright and attractive PowerPoint template you can use to showcase portfolios for creative brands and agencies. It comes with 30 slides filled with vivid colors, stylish fonts, and creative shapes. Everything in the template is fully customizable to your preference.

Honey – Fashion Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Honey - Fashion Portfolio Powerpoint Template

If you’re looking to create a PowerPoint portfolio with a modern and visual-centric design, this template is perfect for you. It comes with a highly visual design where you can showcase your portfolio items using large images. The template itself contains easily customizable slides with editable vector graphics, image placeholders, icon packs, and more.

Designer Portfolio Free PowerPoint Template

Designer Portfolio Free PowerPoint Template

This is a free PowerPoint template you can use to create a high-quality portfolio for all types of designers. It includes 11 unique slides with editable layouts. The template is also available in Google Slides version.

Free Photographer Portfolio Template

Wanting to get your hands on a free PowerPoint template to display your photography portfolio in style? Look no further than this colorful ppt that will surely make a solid impression on your clients, and get you the project you’re after.

Old School – Free Creative PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Old School - Free Creative PowerPoint Portfolio Template

This free PowerPoint template comes with a very unique style of slide design. It uses a vintage-themed slide layout where you can showcase your best work in a creative way. It’s perfect for illustrators and tattoo artists.

Kintel – Modern Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Kintel - Modern Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Kintel is a PowerPoint portfolio template that’s most suitable for creative professionals and agencies. The template comes with a modern slide design giving images the center stage. You can choose from more than 75 unique slides to create a killer portfolio presentation.

Personas – Personal Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Personas - Personal Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Personas is a portfolio presentation template with a clean and visual design. It’s designed with freelancers, artists, and individual professionals in mind. The template includes 40 different slides with fully customizable layouts. As well as master slide layouts and image placeholders.

Polariz – Colorful Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Polariz - Colorful Portfolio Powerpoint Template

If you want to show off your creativity alongside your portfolio showcase, this PowerPoint template is perfect for you. It comes with a very colorful and attractive slide design where you can present your portfolio with large images. There are a total of 36 slides included with this template.

Portfolio – Fashion Lookbook PowerPoint Template

Portfolio - Fashion Lookbook PowerPoint Template

This PowerPoint template is most suitable for creating fashion lookbook-style portfolios and showcase presentations. It comes with a set of unique slides featuring editable graphics, icons, and shapes. You can customize each slide to change colors and replace images quite easily as well.

UNIGRAPH – Elegant PowerPoint Portfolio Template

UNIGRAPH - Elegant PowerPoint Portfolio Template

An elegant PowerPoint template with a dark color theme. This portfolio presentation features dark backgrounds that will make your visual content more highlighted in each slide. The template includes lots of vector shapes, infographics, charts, timelines, master slides, and much more.

Toritie – Photography PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Toritie - Photography Powerpoint Portfolio Template

Creating PowerPoint portfolios for professional photographers will get much easier when you have this template. It comes with 40 slides with master slide layouts you can use to showcase a portfolio full of images and visuals. Each slide can be customized to change colors, sizes, and images to your preference.

Free Clean PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Free Clean PowerPoint Portfolio Template

This clean and minimal PowerPoint portfolio comes with more than 20 unique slide layouts. Each slide can be easily customized to showcase your work in a professional way. The template is free to use with your personal projects.

Free LookBook PowerPoint Template

Free LookBook PowerPoint Template

You can use this free PowerPoint template to create a trendy fashion lookbook presentation. It comes with 20 unique slides featuring image placeholders, editable shapes, and master slide layouts.

Posh – Fashion Showcase Powerpoint Template

Posh - Fashion Showcase Powerpoint Template

A stylish fashion-themed PowerPoint template you can use to craft presentations to showcase fashion catalogs and design portfolios. The template features 30 unique slides with transition animations, editable shapes, image placeholders, and much more.

Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Brand Portfolio PowerPoint Template

This colorful and creative PowerPoint portfolio template is designed with modern brands and startups in mind. It comes with a set of trendy slide designs that allows you to show off the creative side of your brand. The template includes unique slides complete with image placeholders, editable colors, graphics, and more.

CAPTIS – Portfolio Powerpoint Template

CAPTIS - Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Captis is another great PowerPoint portfolio template made for professional photographers and studios. The template includes 30 unique slides that you can easily customize to change fonts, text, and replace images. You can also use the template to create business profile and service showcase presentations as well.

PORTO – Creative Powerpoint Portfolio Template

PORTO - Creative Powerpoint Portfolio Template

This PowerPoint template features a stylishly minimal content design. It will allow you to create a modern portfolio presentation while showing off your best work as well as your services in a creative way. The template includes 30 unique slides with 50 different pre-made XML color schemes to choose from. As well as light and dark color themes.

Lexus – Modern Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Lexus - Modern Portfolio Powerpoint Template

At first glance, you can tell that this PowerPoint template is a perfect choice for making small business and corporate portfolios. It features a very professional slide design with easily editable layouts. You can choose from 30 different slide layouts to create your own portfolio presentations.

Resume – Free PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Resume - Free PowerPoint Portfolio Template

This is a PowerPoint template done in the style of a resume. It features all the necessary slides for showcasing your professional services, skills, and portfolio in a slideshow presentation. The template is free to use with your personal projects.

Hyphes – Free Modern PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Hyphes - Free Modern PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Filled with colorful shapes and abstract geometric elements, this PowerPoint template allows you to craft modern portfolio slideshows with ease. It includes 24 fully editable slides. And it comes in Google Slides version as well. All for free!

Card – Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

Card - Minimal PowerPoint Portfolio Template

A modern and minimalist PowerPoint template that’s ideal for showcasing the portfolios of creative brands and startups. This template features 40 different slide designs. Each slide contains editable and resizable shapes, changeable colors, and drag and drop image placeholders.

Profil – Personal Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Profil - Personal Portfolio PowerPoint Template

Create a simple and professional portfolio to showcase your professional career and freelance services using this PowerPoint template. It comes with 40 unique slide layouts featuring master slides, editable shapes, icons, and image placeholders for easily customizing the slideshow.

Pixelatte – Photography Portfolio Powerpoint Template

Pixelatte - Photography Portfolio Powerpoint Template

You can create an incredible photography portfolio slideshow using this stylish PowerPoint template. It comes with 30 unique slide layouts with fully customizable designs. The template also includes 5 pre-made color schemes in both light and dark themes.

Iconic – Lookbook Fashion Powerpoint Template

Iconic - Lookbook Fashion Powerpoint Template

This PowerPoint template is perfect for designing an elegant fashion lookbook presentation. It’s especially suitable for luxury fashion and clothing brands. The template features easily editable slides with infographics, editable vectors, icons, and more.

Focalism – Portfolio PowerPoint Template

portfolio powerpoint template

Focalism is a modern, and stylish photography PowerPoint template that will surely make a solid impression on your clients. With 36 customizable slides, free fonts, a drag and drop picture placeholder, and a 16:9 widescreen ratio, Focalism is one of the best PowerPoint photography templates on our list.

Flopy – PowerPoint Portfolio Template

portfolio powerpoint template

Scouring the internet for a nice photography composition PowerPoint template? Check out Flopy. It’s a clean, and eye-catching magazine style presentaion template featuring 34+ unique slides, fully personalizable to your needs. Don’t hesitate to take this amazing PowerPoint photography template for a spin.

One – Photography Composition PowerPoint Template

portfolio powerpoint template

One is a simple, and modern photography presentation template that allows you to showcase your portfolio in the best way possible. It provides you with 20 slides in each of the 6 templates, 3 color themes, and a seamless customizability. Free PowerPoint photography templates are usually not so impressive.

Modern Portfolio PPT Template

portfolio powerpoint template

The above-featured product is a great choice for anyone looking for an elegant photo presentation template. It will take only a couple of minutes for you to personalize this template. Just download it, fill it in with text, and photos, and voila; you’re all ready to wow your clients.

Drone X – Aerial Photography PowerPoint Template

portfolio powerpoint template

Wanting a professional, and ultra-modern template for your upcoming aerial photography and videography presentation? Look no further than Drone X. Featuring 44+ slide designs to customize, this Photography ppt template is designed with attention to detail, and a strong focus on typography and usability.

Check out our best animated PowerPoint templates collection for more inspiration.

The Ultimate Collection of Free Typewriter Fonts

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If you’re craving that classic typewriter charm for your next project, you’re in luck! Whether you’re designing a vintage-themed flyer, adding a touch of nostalgia to a personal letter, or simply exploring new fonts, typewriter fonts deliver a unique character that’s hard to beat. There’s just something about the slightly uneven, mechanical feel of these fonts that brings text to life in a way that’s both retro and authentic.

These free typewriter fonts come in handy for a range of creative ideas. Want to capture the essence of old-school journalism, detective novels, or WWII-era telegrams? Or maybe you’re looking for a quirky, DIY vibe for a zine or blog? The right typewriter font can give your work that distinctive edge without the expense of specialty typography.

What Font Do Typewriters Use?

The original typewriters, especially vintage ones, usually featured monospaced fonts where each character occupied the same width. This classic look is captured in fonts like Courier and American Typewriter, but with today’s digital tools, the options are nearly endless. While some modern fonts mimic this exact spacing, others take creative liberties, adding a touch of elegance, roughness, or even a worn texture for that extra bit of personality.

This collection is hand-picked to include the very best typewriter-inspired fonts that are completely free. So, if you’re ready to elevate your designs with an authentic, old-school feel, dive into our list of free typewriter fonts that capture the mechanical beauty of yesteryear.

X Typewriter Monospaced Font

X Typewriter Monospaced Font

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Harting – Typewriter Font

Harting Typewriter Font

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Radio Newsman Font

Radio Newsman Font

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TT2020 – Typewriter Font

TT2020

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Jackwrite Font

Jackwrite Font

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RM Typerighter Old Font

RM Typerighter old Font

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Noir Lullaby Font

Noir Lullaby Font

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Special Elite Typewriter Font

Special Elite Typewriter Font

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CarbonType

CarbonType

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Gabriele Font

Gabriele Font

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Hermetico Typeface

Hermetico Typeface

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Royal Quiet Deluxe Font

Royal Quiet Deluxe Font

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Bygonest – Old Typewriter Font (Premium)

Bygonest

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Courier Prime Typewriter Font

Courier Prime Typewriter Font

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Mencary – A Old Typewriter Font (Premium)

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Adler Font

Adler Font

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TypedeerMono – Typewriter Stamp Display Font (Premium)

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Drafting Mono

Drafting Mono

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OldTyping – Typewriter Sans Font (Premium)

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Elite Math Font

Elite Math Font

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Veteran Typewriter Font

Veteran Typewriter Font

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Metacopy Font

Metacopy Font

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Tranfer – A Typewriter Font (Premium)

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Xerography Font

Xerography Font

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Gelato Typewriter – Minimal Vintage Stamp Font (Premium)

Gelato Typewriter

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Sears Tower

Sears Tower

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TheCase – Typewriter Font (Premium)

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Underwood Champion Font

Underwood Champion Font

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Mom’s Typewriter

Mom's Typewriter

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Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website

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This article is a sponsored by DebugBear

We’ve all had that moment. You’re optimizing the performance of some website, scrutinizing every millisecond it takes for the current page to load. You’ve fired up Google Lighthouse from Chrome’s DevTools because everyone and their uncle uses it to evaluate performance.

After running your 151st report and completing all of the recommended improvements, you experience nirvana: a perfect 100% performance score!

Time to pat yourself on the back for a job well done. Maybe you can use this to get that pay raise you’ve been wanting! Except, don’t — at least not using Google Lighthouse as your sole proof. I know a perfect score produces all kinds of good feelings. That’s what we’re aiming for, after all!

Google Lighthouse is merely one tool in a complete performance toolkit. What it’s not is a complete picture of how your website performs in the real world. Sure, we can glean plenty of insights about a site’s performance and even spot issues that ought to be addressed to speed things up. But again, it’s an incomplete picture.

What Google Lighthouse Is Great At

I hear other developers boasting about perfect Lighthouse scores and see the screenshots published all over socials. Hey, I just did that myself in the introduction of this article!

Lighthouse might be the most widely used web performance reporting tool. I’d wager its ubiquity is due to convenience more than the quality of its reports.

Open DevTools, click the Lighthouse tab, and generate the report! There are even many ways we can configure Lighthouse to measure performance in simulated situations, such as slow internet connection speeds or creating separate reports for mobile and desktop. It’s a very powerful tool for something that comes baked into a free browser. It’s also baked right into Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool!

And it’s fast. Run a report in Lighthouse, and you’ll get something back in about 10-15 seconds. Try running reports with other tools, and you’ll find yourself refilling your coffee, hitting the bathroom, and maybe checking your email (in varying order) while waiting for the results. There’s a good reason for that, but all I want to call out is that Google Lighthouse is lightning fast as far as performance reporting goes.

To recap: Lighthouse is great at many things!

  • It’s convenient to access,
  • It provides a good deal of configuration for different levels of troubleshooting,
  • And it spits out reports in record time.

And what about that bright and lovely animated green score — who doesn’t love that?!

OK, that’s the rosy side of Lighthouse reports. It’s only fair to highlight its limitations as well. This isn’t to dissuade you or anyone else from using Lighthouse, but more of a heads-up that your score may not perfectly reflect reality — or even match the scores you’d get in other tools, including Google’s own PageSpeed Insights.

It Doesn’t Match “Real” Users

Not all data is created equal in capital Web Performance. It’s important to know this because data represents assumptions that reporting tools make when evaluating performance metrics.

The data Lighthouse relies on for its reporting is called simulated data. You might already have a solid guess at what that means: it’s synthetic data. Now, before kicking simulated data in the knees for not being “real” data, know that it’s the reason Lighthouse is super fast.

You know how there’s a setting to “throttle” the internet connection speed? That simulates different conditions that either slow down or speed up the connection speed, something that you configure directly in Lighthouse. By default, Lighthouse collects data on a fast connection, but we can configure it to something slower to gain insights on slow page loads. But beware! Lighthouse then estimates how quickly the page would have loaded on a different connection.

DebugBear founder Matt Zeunert outlines how data runs in a simulated throttling environment, explaining how Lighthouse uses “optimistic” and “pessimistic” averages for making conclusions:

“[Simulated throttling] reduces variability between tests. But if there’s a single slow render-blocking request that shares an origin with several fast responses, then Lighthouse will underestimate page load time.

Lighthouse averages optimistic and pessimistic estimates when it’s unsure exactly which nodes block rendering. In practice, metrics may be closer to either one of these, depending on which dependency graph is more correct.”

And again, the environment is a configuration, not reality. It’s unlikely that your throttled conditions match the connection speeds of an average real user on the website, as they may have a faster network connection or run on a slower CPU. What Lighthouse provides is more like “on-demand” testing that’s immediately available.

That makes simulated data great for running tests quickly and under certain artificially sweetened conditions. However, it sacrifices accuracy by making assumptions about the connection speeds of site visitors and averages things in a way that divorces it from reality.

While simulated throttling is the default in Lighthouse, it also supports more realistic throttling methods. Running those tests will take more time but give you more accurate data. The easiest way to run Lighthouse with more realistic settings is using an online tool like the DebugBear website speed test or WebPageTest.

It Doesn’t Impact Core Web Vitals Scores

These Core Web Vitals everyone talks about are Google’s standard metrics for measuring performance. They go beyond simple “Your page loaded in X seconds” reports by looking at a slew of more pertinent details that are diagnostic of how the page loads, resources that might be blocking other resources, slow user interactions, and how much the page shifts around from loading resources and content. Zeunert has another great post here on Smashing Magazine that discusses each metric in detail.

The main point here is that the simulated data Lighthouse produces may (and often does) differ from performance metrics from other tools. I spent a good deal explaining this in another article. The gist of it is that Lighthouse scores do not impact Core Web Vitals data. The reason for that is Core Web Vitals relies on data about real users pulled from the monthly-updated Chrome User Experience (CrUX) report. While CrUX data may be limited by how recently the data was pulled, it is a more accurate reflection of user behaviors and browsing conditions than the simulated data in Lighthouse.

The ultimate point I’m getting at is that Lighthouse is simply ineffective at measuring Core Web Vitals performance metrics. Here’s how I explain it in my bespoke article:

“[Synthetic] data is fundamentally limited by the fact that it only looks at a single experience in a pre-defined environment. This environment often doesn’t even match the average real user on the website, who may have a faster network connection or a slower CPU.”

I emphasized the important part. In real life, users are likely to have more than one experience on a particular page. It’s not as though you navigate to a site, let it load, sit there, and then close the page; you’re more likely to do something on that page. And for a Core Web Vital metric that looks for slow paint in response to user input — namely, Interaction to Next Paint (INP) — there’s no way for Lighthouse to measure that at all!

It’s the same deal for a metric like Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) that measures the “visible stability” of a page layout because layout shifts often happen lower on the page after a user has scrolled down. If Lighthouse relied on CrUX data (which it doesn’t), then it would be able to make assumptions based on real users who interact with the page and can experience CLS. Instead, Lighthouse waits patiently for the full page load and never interacts with parts of the page, thus having no way of knowing anything about CLS.

But It’s Still a “Good Start”

That’s what I want you to walk away with at the end of the day. A Lighthouse report is incredibly good at producing reports quickly, thanks to the simulated data it uses. In that sense, I’d say that Lighthouse is a handy “gut check” and maybe even a first step to identifying opportunities to optimize performance.

But a complete picture, it’s not. For that, what we’d want is a tool that leans on real user data. Tools that integrate CrUX data are pretty good there. But again, that data is pulled every month (28 days to be exact) so it may not reflect the most recent user behaviors and interactions, although it is updated daily on a rolling basis and it is indeed possible to query historical records for larger sample sizes.

Even better is using a tool that monitors users in real-time.

Data pulled directly from the site of origin is truly the gold standard data we want because it comes from the source of truth. That makes tools that integrate with your site the best way to gain insights and diagnose issues because they tell you exactly how your visitors are experiencing your site.

I’ve written about using the Performance API in JavaScript to evaluate custom and Core Web Vitals metrics, so it’s possible to roll that on your own. But there are plenty of existing services out there that do this for you, complete with visualizations, historical records, and true real-time user monitoring (often abbreviated as RUM). What services? Well, DebugBear is a great place to start. I cited Matt Zeunert earlier, and DebugBear is his product.

So, if what you want is a complete picture of your site’s performance, go ahead and start with Lighthouse. But don’t stop there because you’re only seeing part of the picture. You’ll want to augment your findings and diagnose performance with real-user monitoring for the most complete, accurate picture.

25+ Web Design Trends to Watch in 2025

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The average life of a website is three years. And design elements – such as color and typography – often get updated more frequently than that. That’s why it is so important to keep up with web design trends.

Doing this allows you to make small tweaks to your design today so that it won’t be out of date tomorrow.

This guide will help you create an on-point design plan all year long, incorporating some of the best trends for 2025.

1. AI-Assisted Web Design

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The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI have made huge impacts in every industry, including web design. Soon, AI-powered tools will take a big role in your web design process and change the way you design websites.

Many website builders already utilize innovative AI-powered features. Platforms like Wix and Framer allow users to create entire websites by entering simple prompts. Divi has also integrated AI tools into its WordPress website builder, which allows you to generate images, text, and even modules using AI.

Even if you don’t use website builders in the process, you will (eventually) be using AI tools to make your work more effortless. ChatGPT will help write copy for your websites and Midjourney will help generate unique art, icons, and illustrations for the site design.

Surely, we will see more AI-generated art across many different types of websites as well as AI-made videos, animations, interactive elements, and much more throughout this year.

2. 3D Experiences

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Websites are no longer just about sharing information or promoting a business, they are also about delivering an immersive and memorable experience to each and every visitor.

Many big brands are now investing heavily in building websites with immersive 3D experiences that allow users to experience their shops, products, and services in a more virtual-like environment.

These new 3D web experiences have two major benefits. First, they make websites much more memorable for the users. Visitors are more likely to remember such websites for a long time and share it with friends and family.

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The second benefit is giving users a more interactive feel of the business and its products. IKEA’s new Favoritos 3D Store website and Puma’s product landing page for Deviate Nitro 2 are great examples that show how brands are leveraging 3D and interactive web designs to their advantage.

This year, the websites that utilize 3D experiences will have a good advantage over the traditional static websites. And it will especially give brands and businesses a competitive edge.

3. Retro and Nostalgic Designs

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Soon, AI art and 3D websites will be everywhere. All these new design trends and technologies will also have people craving a dose of nostalgia and the good old days.

This offers a great opportunity for designers to craft websites with classic nostalgic website layouts, like from the early 2000s. As well as to take inspiration from designs from the early 90s to create websites that transport visitors back to much simpler times. While also integrating modern design trends, of course.

This style of retro-themed web design will be a popular trend this year and it will create a healthy balance in the industry to avoid filling the entire web with AI-generated websites.

4. Better Web Accessibility With AI

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Many designers have mixed feelings about the impact of AI in the industry. But, if there’s one thing we can all agree on, is how AI will help improve web accessibility.

Unfortunately, making websites more accessible to disabled people is still a struggle. The adoption rate of accessibility features by business websites is still low and some aren’t even aware of the laws related to accessibility. Surely, things will improve with the help of AI.

Platforms like AccessiBe are already using AI and machine learning to improve their web accessibility tools. And have introduced AI-powered screen readers and keyboard navigation tools to improve websites and make them more accessible to everyone.

We can only imagine how big of an impact AI will have on web accessibility. Hopefully, soon, AI-powered browsers will automatically optimize websites according to a user’s needs. Or even have AI assistants for websites to help guide users with disabilities.

5. Illustrative Storytelling

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Over the years, websites slowly evolved from being a hub of information to mediums for telling stories. Today, many brands and businesses use websites to offer more memorable experiences to users and storytelling takes a key role in that process.

Storytelling in websites is nothing new but we’ve been seeing a new trend in web design that uses illustrations to tell stories that are able to connect with the audience on a much deeper level.

These illustrations are most useful in creating the scene to present big stories while allowing you to capture and maintain the attention of the user.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. And that same rule applies to this trend as well as it helps to convey sophisticated ideas, messages, and concepts in a much more accessible way.

6. Innovative Content Loaders

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Back in the day, we used to hate pre-loading screens. Staring at that same old boring spinning circle while waiting for a website to load was a true test of patience and was also a big reason for leaving a website before it even fully loaded.

Well, those content loaders are making a comeback, but in a good way. Many websites have been utilizing these website pre-loaders, or content loaders, as a way to arouse interest in the visitor.

By ditching the basic spinning circle design and replacing it with more innovative and creative content-loading screens, these websites make the wait more exciting. In fact, these unique content loaders give a unique and memorable identity to websites as well.

7. Gamified Experiences

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Gamification has long been a part of website design. Most websites incorporate micro-interactions and animations as a way to keep the visitors hooked on exploring more of the website. However, web designers are now going far beyond those elements to create more attractive gamified experiences through websites.

A great example is the Dubai, Always website developed by the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai. Instead of using the traditional travel-themed website layout with a bunch of links and images, this website has created a gamified experience that encourages visitors to explore the tourist activities available in Dubai just like playing a point-and-click video game.

While this strategy may not work for all types of websites, it shows how relevant a website can be in offering not just information but an engaging experience to users.

8. Soft Colors

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We went through many different design styles and color schemes over the years, starting with flat design colors to gradients, bright neon colors, and material design. The latest trend to join this lineup is the soft pastel colors.

Using soft colors is not just about creating designs that are easy on the eyes. These soft colors also have a big impact on offering soothing experiences that evoke emotions. Whether it’s to convey a sense of calmness, growth, sadness, or even romance, these soft colors are much more effective at influencing the user’s mind.

Lately, we’ve been seeing many small businesses and even big brand websites switch over to these new soft and pastel color schemes. And it will likely be a popular choice in web design this year.

9. Trippy Animations

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Website animations have evolved beyond simple transitions and hover effects into much bigger and more creative forms of engagement. Much like staring at an animated GIF, these unique animations make users stop and stare to experience something new and different.

The Panelki website is a great example of this new style of trippy and mind-bending animations on web design. When you click on a button on this website, a huge boulder swings across and smashes into the building. And then it offers an option for you to rebuild the structure, which also prompts another cool animation.

Another example is the JUNNI Corporate website. It has some of the most unique hover and scroll animations we’ve seen, which almost feels like a hallucination.

It’s inspiring to see web designers and developers coming up with these unique styles of animations and effects to create more engaging experiences for users.

10. Engaging Interactive Elements

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Recent studies have found that users spend about 45 seconds on a website on average. But with the many distractions in the digital realm, the attention span of people seems to be dropping to all-time lows. This makes it much more of a challenge to maintain the attention and engagement of users on a website.

One of the effective ways designers are tackling this problem is by including more interactive elements on websites. With interactive elements, users are encouraged to engage and interact with parts of the website in order to explore more. This makes browsing a website feel like an activity that users can participate in, rather than having to mindlessly scroll down on a page.

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While it’s not always the ideal approach for designing websites, making websites more interactive is the best way to help users learn and consume information more effectively. The fire safety awareness website, Escape Plan is a great example of that.

11. Dynamic Layouts

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For many years, website designs were made with specific guidelines and rules in mind. Almost every website used grids or columns to keep content structured and organized by dividing them into left and right sides.

This traditional method of website layout design is evolving and turning into more dynamic layouts. We saw this change slowly happening over the last year and soon this will be the norm for website design.

With dynamic layouts, content is spread across the page rather than neatly stacked into strict grids or columns. This greatly enhances the user experience by giving them the freedom to explore the website on their own terms.

12. Neon Glows

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Neon glowing backgrounds are making a comeback. Even though it’s not an entirely new trend, we saw many new websites adopting this trend, especially to make headers look more colorful and attractive.

Adding a neon glowing effect is a great way to fill the background of a website header while also creating a strong contrast between the text and the background.

Some designers took this even further to create cool interactions and animations using neon glowing effects.

13. Intricate Illustrations

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If you want to add an artistic or more personal touch to your website design, this is the trend for you. Intricate illustrations add a level of detail and authenticity to website designs that connect with users immediately.

These designs can be beautiful, engaging, and time-consuming to create because they often contain fine lines, hidden details, gradients, patterns, or massive scenes.

We like this design trend as a full site aesthetic, but it can be used for a single image, iconography, or even team photos. What’s interesting is that styles can vary widely with one commonality – the illustrations contain a superior level of detail.

Other things you might see with this design trend include color, texture, elements of realism, busy scenes, cartoonish look and style, and minimal animation.

Try it: Coffee Shop Vector Illustration

14. Creative Scroll Arrows

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Scrolling is something that’s here to stay. So why not make your scroll arrows and instructions more fun and creative?

There are no distinct rules to follow here – just have fun and be creative! The more interesting your scroll arrow and animation, the more likely it is to generate engagement. Common design elements and effects include animations, colors, shapes, and other elements that tie the arrow to the rest of the design while helping direct users.

Think about connecting hover states to arrows as well for an even deeper element of engagement.

Try it: Handdrawn Arrows Collection

15. Risograph Style Backgrounds

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From double exposures to other print-inspired backgrounds, the Risograph style is making a mark on website design. These backgrounds are rich and deep in color and textures with charming imperfections and plenty of experimentation.

Color is a key design element in this trend and the emergence of Risograph styles likely emerged from some of the color trends of late. The color palette in the riso style is often rather limited and might even be reminiscent of a duotone or include a dot grain or halftone effect.

The part of this trend that might be most interesting – and charming – is that these backgrounds often include plenty of minor imperfections in the design. This might include elements that look hand-drawn or lines and elements that don’t quite finish or match others in the background.

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Try it: Risograph Double Exposure Effect

16. Type Only Heroes

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When you don’t have the perfect image or video, beautiful typography can steal the show. This design trend focuses on amazing typography pairs and sets to help propel designs forward.

With just text elements and maybe some color-blocking in the hero area, these projects focus on what people need to take away immediately from the design.

A combination of beautiful lettering styles and a secondary typeface to pull it all together are important to make this trend work. Everything needs to be highly readable and the typefaces need to have a distinct flair without being overwhelming.

Look for a personality-filled sans serif or a readable novelty option and pair it with something neutral for the most impact.

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Try it: Causten Font Family

17. Cinema-Style Homepage

 

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On the other end of the design spectrum are cinema-style homepages which feature full-screen video stories and little else.

This style of design makes the user feel like they are part of the video and immersed in the scene at hand. Other elements – from text elements to navigation – are often minimalized and tucked into the corners of the screen to give plenty of room to the video.

Here’s the other thing that many of these projects have in common: They use cinema-style effects as well, such as slow motion (as seen above), vignettes, or other effects that often feel unique to video or movies.

web design trends

Try it: Slow Beats Slides Opener

18. Light/Dark Mode Toggle

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The ability to toggle between dark mode and light mode is an in-demand feature you might not know you need. Users love to be able to control the core visual base of a website or app, and most phones allow for this. Adding a toggle to your website only enhances that user experience.

Remember that when it comes to light and dark mode, just switching from black to white or vice versa isn’t enough. Your design scheme should contain palettes for both modes.

You can learn more about how to design for dark mode here.

web design trends

Try it: Fitness Statistics Mobile App Kit

19. Modern Split Screens

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Split-screen design is a trend that keeps going … and evolving.

What’s great about modern split screens is that they provide more interactivity and encourage engagement. The example above is a great look at how to use this design aesthetic with plenty of interactive elements that have video-esque and three-dimensional elements to them.

The trick to making this trend work is to make it your own. Split screens can provide this-or-that interaction choices for users or simply provide a bit of visual balance between text and image elements.

web design trends

Try it: Split IOS UI Kit

20. Off-Screen Elements

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Sometimes what makes a design interesting is what you can’t see.

The off-screen elements trend plays on this idea with moving graphics, text, or other elements that seem to move right off the screen. Motion can happen on its own or as a result of hover or scroll interactions.

What’s great about this trend is that it encourages website visitors to look at the design and think about what they are seeing and what it means. Conversely, if there is too much happening the message can be lost. So this trend works best with simple elements that are easily understood.

web design trends

Try it: Lewis-Creative Portfolio & Agency HTML Template

21. Experimental Typefaces

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New, different, funky, and unique typefaces can push a design to the next level. With more projects using a visual pattern with a focus on typography, experimental typefaces are a must-have design tool.

The key characteristic of experimental typefaces is that they are different. Some may even be unfinished designs that typographer release early or can be custom-created.

You may see shapes and lines that you couldn’t expect, three-dimensional fonts, animation or color, and a feel that’s quite different. Experimental fonts work best for large, hero headlines on homepages. They aren’t often suited for body text or smaller copy blocks.

web design trends

Try it: Exa Metline Font

22. Overlapping Design Elements

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Every design element does not have to have its own container. They can overlap.

Overlapping design elements creates depth and dimension as well as provides an eye-tracking path from one element to the next in design projects.

Here’s the catch to this design trend: You have to create and layer elements in such a way that everything remains readable and “collapses” in a way that maintains that readability on mobile devices. Otherwise, this trend can fall flat fast.

web design trends

Try it: Tourist Guide Card Widget

23. Super Minimal Aesthetics

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A clean homepage can help drive users to explore the rest of the design. Super minimal aesthetics, particularly for homepages, are a majorly trending style.

Options range from flat backgrounds with text, such as the example featured above, to photo or video homepages with almost no navigation and just a headline.

These super minimal aesthetics strip almost everything out of the design. The trendy look is streamlined and clean but you are taking a risk with so few interactive options.

web design trends

Try it: Vinero Very Clean and Minimal Portfolio WordPress Theme

24. Typography Featuring Fills and Outlines

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Combinations of filled and outline typography (often in the same typeface) are in full effect.

The trend features typography duos with and without interactive features. The website above, for example, uses filled text as a hover state to cue users that the element is clickable. Outline states are for non-hover elements.

The results are super interesting and create a fun typographic effect that you can use in plenty of different ways. Plus, it makes font pairing a breeze since you are using one font two different ways.

web design trends

Try it: Visia Duo (Natural and Outline) Typeface

25. So Many Serifs

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Serif typography – which was once deemed “unreadable” on the web – is popping up everywhere. From short, simple serifs to elaborate lettering with longer strokes and tails, this type is designed to be read.

The biggest contributor to this trend might be high-resolution screens (and their dominance in the marketplace). There’s no blur or distortion with these typefaces.

Serifs of almost any style can work beautifully, including modern and transitional styles to slabs. Serifs are appropriate for display text as well as body copy.

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Try this: Aaron Serif Font Family

26. Exaggerated White Space

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Minimal styles are getting even more minimal with exaggerated white space in designs.

One reason that white space is so popular is that it can help bring focus to a certain part of the design – the space occupied by something, rather than nothing.

White space also has a beautiful, classic feel that’s easy to adjust for any number of projects.

27. Micro-Animations

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Thanks to all those cool little gifs on Instagram stories, websites are featuring more micro-animations in form of sticker-style gifs.

Even websites that you wouldn’t expect, such as the e-commerce design above, are using this style to draw user attention. It can be anything from tiny images popping up on the screen to moving text elements.

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Try it: Simple Text Rotator WordPress Plugin

28. Video Everything

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If you aren’t using video in website design projects already, this is the year it will probably happen. Video content is huge. And it’s becoming more accessible all the time.

From moving backgrounds, above, the video stories that are the content driving the design, this type of storytelling is the wave of the future. Users like it. There’s no denying that. And for that reason, it will just keep growing in popularity.

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Try it: Photo/Video Slideshow Template

Conclusion

How often are you making small changes to your website design to stay fresh? While it can be an intimidating idea, making small changes all the time actually becomes part of your routine and can help keep the design feeling fresh. (It can also keep you from getting bored by it so quickly.)

Speed up the process with design tools, such as the ones featured in this article, so that you can stay on-trend without worry!

100+ Stunning Food, Drink & Packaging Design Mockups 2025

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Part of your job as a designer is to make sure you present your final design to your clients in a way that they expect (and that makes your hard work shine!). Clearly, they will want to see how your design looks and feels on their actual product — that’s where product mockups can be incredibly helpful.

This week we’re taking a look at food, drink, and packaging design mockups. We’ve tracked down some beautiful examples on Envato Elements so, if you’re currently designing a label or package design for a client, some of these might be the perfect way to present your design when it’s done. Enjoy!

Realistic Tin Can Mockup

Realistic Tin Can Mockup

This is a realistic mockup designed for showcasing food products, especially in the seafood realm. With two preciously crafted scenes for displaying different perspectives, this mockup also enables full customization, from labels to color schemes. The mockup further impresses with its realistic metallic texture, providing a professional and market-ready appearance.

Small Jam Jar Mockup

Small Jam Jar Mockup

An easily customizable Photoshop mockup template for showcasing food products. The template features smart objects and fully customizable layered PSD files. This Mockup, which boasts realistic, 3D rendering and an editable background color, enables you to showcase your product in real-world scenarios with precise detail.

Paper Bag Packaging Mockup

Paper Bag Packaging Mockup

This paper bag mockup provides two distinct scenes featuring mockups of paper bags crafted from sustainable materials, complete with customizable rubber straps. From adjusting the background to utilizing a natural Kraft paper texture, you can transform these mockups to impeccably represent your brand’s essence.

Cake Box Packaging Mockup

Cake Box Packaging Mockup

A customizable, versatile cake box mockup designed to help you display your brand’s unique design flair. Made of paper and featuring a practical handle, it’s designed for businesses, such as bakeries and dessert shops, that prioritize aesthetics, and eco-friendliness. This mockup is fully customizable, allowing you to modify every aspect.

Sachet Packaging Mockup

Sachet Packaging Mockup

This sachet packaging mockup is an engaging and versatile template that features two different scenes for diverse presentations. The first scene displays three bright sachets in a row, great for highlighting your packaging design, while the second scene showcases sachets upright, ideal for portfolios or ads.

Ice Cream Cup Mockup

Ice Cream Cup Mockup

This is a neat ice cream tub mockup template that showcases your design in a fun, versatile format. Ideal for previewing ice cream packaging or other products, the mockup features easy customization via smart objects and well-organized layers. You can swiftly personalize the background and cap colors, add your designs, and more with a few clicks.

Stand-Up Pouch Mockup

Stand-Up Pouch Mockup

This pouch mockup template is a high-quality, realistic mockup perfect for displaying your unique product or custom designs. It features easy-to-edit, organized layers with smart object support. With a file size of 3840 x 2560 px at 300dpi and an RGB color space, it offers detailed, vibrant previews of your packaging designs.

Food Container Mockup

Food Container Mockup

A high-quality food container mockup template ideal for presenting your designs in a professional and realistic 3D display. It comes in a Photoshop-friendly PSD format and utilizes smart object features, enabling you to easily and rapidly replace the default design with your own.

Food Packaging Mockups

Food Packaging Mockups

A great set of food mockup templates for presenting your packaging designs in a realistic and professional manner. The mockup is vailable in PSD Photoshop format and provides high resolution, organized layers and folders, and even allows a changeable background color.

Wine Bottle Mockup

Wine Bottle Mockup

A high-quality wine bottle mockup template, ideal for professionally presenting your designs in a 3D format. Its user-friendly smart-object feature in PSD Photoshop format allows you to swiftly substitute current designs with your own.

Plastic Yogurt Bottle Mockup

Plastic Yogurt Bottle Mockup

A unique, high-resolution template offering a variety of features for showcasing food packaging designs. It’s fully customizable with editable colors and smart objects, perfect for food and drink packaging designs. Its layered PSD file and organized, named layers contribute to an easy editing experience.

Food Tray Container Mockup

Food Tray Container Mockup

This mockup pack blends a versatile food tray container and a natural kraft paper carton label, offering a realistic look with high-resolution detailing. It’s easily customizable with editable PSD layers and also features smart object functionality. Perfect for restaurants, caterers, or food enthusiasts.

Canned Food Mockup

Canned Food Mockup

A visually engaging canned food mockup template that simplifies the design process. Useful for presenting ideas before actual development, the tin can mockup renders your designs at high-resolution (3000×2000 px), facilitated by a smart object feature.

Kiwi Jam Jar Mockup

Kiwi Jam Jar Mockup

This is a versatile, high-resolution template, perfect for presenting your jam, jar, packaging, or food-related projects. This easily editable and organized mockup with Smart Objects allows you to customize and display your design on a realistic-looking jar.

Burger Box Mockup

Burger Box Mockup

An easy-to-use mockup template offered in high resolution for presenting fast food container designs. With its organized layers and smart object feature, this creative asset lets you seamlessly paste your design and get a detailed preview.

Paper Bag Food Packaging Mockup

Paper Bag Food Packaging Mockup

Paper bags are one of the most common methods used for food packaging. With this mockup, you can showcase your own paper bag packaging designs for various types of food products.

Food Packaging Box Mockup Template

Food Packaging Box Mockup Template

This food packaging mockup features a clean and realistic design. It includes 3 different mockup templates showing different views of the product. Each template is easily customizable via smart objects.

Modern Food Tray Mockup Template

Modern Food Tray Mockup Template

A modern and minimal food tray packaging mockup. This template is perfect for showcasing designs for healthy and organic food items. There are 2 mockups in the template with isolated objects.

Chips Bag Mockup PSD Template

Chips Bag Mockup PSD Template

You can show off your packaging designs for chips bags with this creative mockup template. It includes 6 different mockups with realistic designs for promoting all kinds of chips and snack bags.

Free Soda Can 5K Mockups (6 Scenes)

Free Soda Can 5K Mockups (6 Scenes)

This is a free bundle of drink can mockups with easily editable designs. There are 6 different templates in this pack and they are available in 5K resolution. You can even use them on a billboard.

Take Away Coffee Cup and Donuts Mockup

Take Away Coffee Cup and Donuts Mockup

This mockup template is perfect for coffee shops and restaurants to showcase their branding in a takeaway packaging design. The template has coffee cups and donuts packaging design with easily editable smart objects.

Ice Cream Tub Mockup Set

Ice Cream Tub Mockup Set

With this mockup kit, you get 5 different mockups to present ice cream packaging designs. The ice cream tub mockups come in various arrangements and views. You can use them for various print and design presentations.

Doypack Pouch Packaging Mockup

Doypack Pouch Packaging Mockup

The doypack packaging design of this mockup features a very natural and realistic look. There are 6 different mockups in this bundle with different scenes. You can easily change the background and place your packaging designs using smart object layers.

Wine Bottles Mockup

Wine Bottles Mockup

A set of simple and elegant wine bottle mockups for presenting your drink label designs. This pack includes 3 different mockups, which include a box packaging design for the wine. They feature shadows and objects in separate layers.

Free Coffee Cup in Woman’s Hands Mockup

Free Coffee Cup in Women Hands Mockup

This is a free mockup that shows a coffee cup being held by a woman. The template is easy to customize and it’s ideal for coffee brands and coffee shops.

Cosmetic Packaging Mock-Up

Cosmetic Packaging Mock-Up

The Cosmetic Packaging Mock-Up is a well-crafted, photo-realistic asset that consists of four high-resolution (4000×3000px) PSD files. It’s user-friendly and features smart object backgrounds and foil layers, enhancing your design’s overall look. It also includes three photo-filters for further customisation, making it a highly recommended tool for showcasing your cosmetic products optimally.

Coffee Bag Packaging Mockup

Coffee Bag Packaging Mockup

The Coffee Bag Packaging Mockup is a high-quality creative asset that helps visualize your packaging design. This user-friendly mockup comes in a 3000x2000px, 300 dpi PSD file that’s fully customizable. Its smart object feature enables quick and easy editing, while the organized layers provide a seamless design experience. However, remember that the image is not included.

Natural Cosmetic Packaging Mockup

Natural Cosmetic Packaging Mockup

The Natural Cosmetic Packaging Mockup is a versatile creative asset for showcasing cosmetic designs. It includes 20 layered PSD files, changeable backgrounds, realistic lighting and shadow effects, and allows you to easily edit via smart objects. It’s perfect for previewing your work in a realistic, detailed manner, with a high resolution of 3600x2600px at 300dpi. Please note, this requires Photoshop version: CS4 or later.

Metal Can Mockup

Metal Can Mockup

The Metal Can Mockup is a high-quality creative asset from a reliable third-party provider. It includes a single PSD file with a high resolution of 3000×2000 pixels and a 300 DPI resolution. The mockup is fully customizable, offering fast and easy editing through smart objects. It features organised layers for user-friendliness and even comes with a user guide for your convenience.

Chips Packaging Mockup

Chips Packaging Mockup

Elevate your snack brand with the dynamic, customizable Tube Packaging Mockup. Intuitively adjust designs on the tube and seal and experiment with vivid scenes and seal colors. Utilize smart object technology for seamless customization and an isolated background for total creative autonomy. This mockup not only provides the tools but also paves the way for a bold, snack-packaging revolution. Note, the images are preview-exclusive, not included in downloads.

Square Food Container Mockup

Square Food Container Mockup

Use this food container mockup bundle to promote and showcase your food products in a professional way. They are perfect for restaurants for promoting takeaway food items as well. There are 8 PSD mockups in this pack.

Tin Can Food Packaging Mockup PSD

Food Tin Can Mockup PSD

This is a packaging mockup template for canned food products. It features a stylish tin can design with rounded edges. The mockup includes isolated objects, allowing you to fully customize the design to your preference.

Minimal Food Container Mockup

Minimal Food Container Mockup

A modern and minimal food mockup perfect for coffee shops and restaurants. This mockup template features a simple layout that you can easily customize to change the colors and backgrounds however you like.

Food Truck Mockup Template

Food Truck Mockup Template

If you’re working on a branding or livery design for a food truck business, this mockup template will help showcase your designs better. It features a realistic food truck with an easily editable smart object layer for placing your livery designs.

Free Packaging Box PSD Mockup

Free Packaging Box PSD Mockup

You can download this packaging box mockup for free to present your designs for food products or any other type of packaging design. It’s easy to customize and comes in a high-resolution PSD file.

Colored Glass Milk Bottle Mockup

Colored Glass Milk Bottle Mockup

This mockup comes with a beautiful scene that lets you showcase your product in an attractive way. It has 3D spheres, splashing milk, and a realistic milk bottle mockup on isolated and organized layers. It’s perfect for promoting any milk-based product.

Modern Drink Can Mockups

Modern Drink Can Mockups

If you’re working on a drink can design, this mockup will help you present your design to clients like a pro. It includes 3 mockup templates that allow you to show different angles of the can. Each template comes in fully editable PSD files.

Kraft Coffee Bag Mockup

Kraft Coffee Bag Mockup

You can use this mockup to not only showcase your coffee packaging designs but also to promote products on social media. It features organized layers with isolated objects. You can easily customize them to your preference by changing colors.

Pizza Box Mockup Template

Pizza Box Mockup Template

A stylish pizza box mockup for promoting new types of pizzas as well as pizzerias. This mockup comes in 2 templates, each with smart objects, organized layers, and fully editable designs. It can be customized with just a few clicks.

Free Food Packaging Mockup (PSD)

Free Food Packaging Mockup (PSD)

This stylish food packaging mockup is actually free to download and use. It has two sizes of packaging designs you can use to showcase various types of products, including snacks, biscuits, and more.

Coffee Branding Mockup Templates Set

Coffee Branding Mockup Templates Set

Looking for a matching set of mockups to showcase an entire coffee brand? Then this template kit is made just for you. It includes 5 mockups with different scenes for showing off your coffee packaging designs in many different ways.

Chips Bag Packaging Mockups

Chips Bag Packaging Mockups

This bundle includes 4 different packaging designs you can use to present your packaging designs for chips and various other snacks. Each template features a different angle of the packaging with changeable backgrounds.

Candy Wrap Mockup Template

Candy Wrap Mockup Template

A simple yet effective wrapping mockup for candies. This mockup template is very easy to edit thanks to smart objects. It also comes with organized layers and an editable background.

Food Box Mockup Template

Food Box Mockup Template

Whether you’re working on a packaging design for Chinese takeout or startup, this mockup template will help showcase your design better. The mockup is fully customizable. You can change colors and background however you like.

Free Canned Food Mockup (PSD)

Free Canned Food Mockup (PSD)

This is a free mockup template you can use to present your label designs for canned food products. The mockup features two sizes of cans showing different angles of the product.

Coffee Packaging Mockup

Coffee Packaging Mockup

This bundle of beautiful and elegant packaging mockups is made specifically for a modern coffee brand. It comes with 3 different mockup templates featuring separate shadows and foil stamping. The mockups are available in light and dark colors as well.

Ice Cream Packages Mockup Bundle

Ice Cream Packages Mockup Bundle

Featuring 22 different mockup templates, this massive bundle of mockups features fully editable designs with separate reflections and shadows. The mockups also include smart objects for easily placing your designs and supports custom backgrounds.

Tea Bag Box Mockup

If you’re looking for a minimal yet eye-catching tea bag box mockup, we have the perfect design to suit your needs. It includes smart object for easy editing of box, bag tag design, and background color. One of the most popular tea bag packaging mockups there is!

Cookies Packaging Mockup

Cookies Packaging Mockup

A bright and colorful packaging mockup for a cookie product. This mockup comes in 4 different PSD files featuring different angles. It’s perfect for showcasing a niche cookie brand.

Food Tub Packaging Mockup

Food Tub Packaging Mockup

This is a multipurpose packaging mockup you can use to promote and showcase various food products. You can use it to present ice cream, pre-cooked products, meat-based products, and much more. It includes 3 PSD files.

Free Coffee Packaging Mockup Template

Free Coffee Packaging Mockup Template

This is a free packaging mockup template you can use to showcase coffee branding designs. It features a very elegant packaging design with an isometric layout. And it comes in a fully layered PSD file.

Free Drink Can Mockup Template

Free Drink Can Mockup Template

A simple but beautiful mockup template you can use to present various drink can designs. It features a real photo-based mockup showing the can being held by a hand. This mockup is free to use.

Pizza Box Mockup

Wanting a stellar pizza box mockup for your new pizza eatery? Look no further than this set of eight photorealistic templates. The mockups are fully editable all thanks to the inclusion of smart object in the package, plus intensity control is a breeze, making it a super simple and fun to use food packaging mockup.

Food Container Sleeve Packaging Mockup

Next up, is a food container sleeve packaging mockup that is sure to make your presentation a hit. It offers six gorgeous templates, and a smorgasbord of customizable options for you to play around with. A truly impressive food packaging mockup!

Zero Waste Cups Mockup Set

Here we have a collection of zero waste cups mockups which is hard to not notice and get impressed by. It comes with smart object to make your work ten times easier, and a high quality 300DPI for a realistic photo appearance.

Doypack Packaging Mockup Set

Showcase your beautiful designs to the clients using this doypack packaging set of four mockups. This bundle can be used for ketchup, sauce, mayonnaise, yogurt and a range of other food packaging mockup designs. Cherry on the cake is smart object inclusion for easy customization.

Essential Wine Bottle Mockup Set

Essential Wine Bottle Mockup Set

If you’re working on a bottle or packaging design for a wine company, this elegant wine bottle mockup will come in handy. It comes with both a bottle and packaging mockups that are available in 4 colors, including white, rose, red and amber.

Free Stand Up Pouch Packaging PSD Mockup

Free Stand Up Pouch Packaging PSD Mockup

Be sure to download this stylish packaging mockup to showcase all kinds of food products in a pouch. It’s free to download and use with your personal projects.

Free Food Bar Packaging Mockup

Free Food Bar Packaging Mockup

Whether you’re working on a design for a chocolate bar or snack bar, this mockup pack will help you showcase your design in a professional way. It includes multiple mockups in PSD format for free.

Professional Cosmetic Packaging Mockups

Professional Cosmetic Packaging Mockups

This is a complete collection of bottle and packaging mockups for showcasing your bottle and label designs for cosmetics products. The bundle includes 16 different mockups that feature 4 creative photo filters.

Clear Jars with Metal Lids Mockup

Clear Jars with Metal Lids Mockup

A multipurpose jar mockup template you can use to showcase many different types of jar label designs. The clear transparent jar mockups come with clear glass and metal lid variations as well.

Chocolate Bar Packaging Mockups

Chocolate Bar Packaging Mockups

This pack of mockup templates comes with 4 different mockups you can use to showcase chocolate bar packaging designs. The mockups feature smart objects and organized layers for easily editing and placing your own designs as well.

Tea Bottle Mockup

Tea Bottle Mockup

Even though this mockup is designed with tea bottles in mind you can use them to showcase other types of bottle and label designs as well. The mockup lets you edit the design with just one-click and change backgrounds to your preference.

Supplement Bottles Mockup

Supplement Bottles Mockup

This style mockup template is ideal for showcasing various dietary supplement label and packaging designs. The template comes with various effects such as reflections and different lid types to customize the design.

Free PSD Box Packaging Mockup

Free PSD Box Packaging Mockup

A free box packaging mockup for presenting different types of food products. This template also features a creative perspective view of the box as well.

Free Juice Carton Mockup Template

Free Juice Carton Mockup Template

Another free mockup template for showcasing milk and juice products. The mockup includes multiple views of the carton, allowing you to show different sides of your design.

Food Pastry Boxes – Carrier Boxes Mockups

Food Pastry Boxes - Carrier Boxes Mockups

This is a bundle of 6 different food boxes mockups. It includes different types of carrier boxes used to deliver pastry and food. You’ll find drink boxes, square-shaped boxes, triangle boxes, and more mockups in this bundle.

Realistic Paper Coffee Cup Mockup

Realistic Paper Coffee Cup Mock-Up

This unique mockup template features a realistic paper coffee cup that you can use to present your coffee branding designs. The mockup comes in an easily editable Photoshop file with smart objects and an editable background.

Plastic Food Container Mockup Template

Plastic Food Container Mock-Up Template

A high-resolution food container mockup you can use to present and promote different types of food, including instant noodles and ice cream products. The mockup includes background textures and isolated shadows as well.

6 Can Packaging Mockups

6 Can Packaging Mockups

A set of 6 unique food can mockups featuring different angles and views of the product. The mockup PSDs arrive fully-layered with smart objects, editable background, and shadows.

Boxed Drinks Liquid Packaging Mockups

Boxed Drinks Liquid Packaging Mockups

A set of cardboard boxed drink packaging mockups. This pack includes 4 different mockups you can use to present and promote drinks and liquids such as juices and milk. The boxes are also scaled to 1-liter box, 500ml box, and 300ml box.

Free Fast Food Branding & Packaging Mockups

Free Fast Food Branding & Packaging Mockups

This mockup set is perfect for a fast-food branding project. It includes multiple mockups you can use to present your designs for different food and drink products. And it’s free!

Free Glass Bottle PSD Mockup

Free Glass Bottle PSD Mockup

A simple and free mockup template featuring a glass bottle mockup. It’s ideal for presenting your juice and other types of drink product designs.

Drink Bottle & 6 Pack Mockup V.2

Drink Bottle & 6 Pack Mockup V.2

This mockup features an attractive design of a pack of drink bottles. You can easily edit and customize this design to showcase either soft drinks or beer products. The mockup comes in 2 PSD files with organized layers and smart objects.

Preserve Can Mockup Templates

Preserve Can Mockup Templates

A set of food can mockups for promoting and presenting preserved food products. This bundle comes with 10 different mockups with photorealistic designs and easily customizable PSD files.

Bottled Juice Smoothies Packaging Mockup

Bottled Juice Smoothies Packaging Mockup

This set of stunning juice bottle mockups features 4 different bottle designs with unique shapes. You can use this template to promote juice, smoothies, soft drinks, and more. The color of the liquids inside the bottles can be customized as well.

Metal Can Mockup Collection

Metal Can Mockup Collection

This is a bundle of metal can mockups featuring 10 different mockup templates. This set can be used to promote many kinds of products, including preserved food, coffee beans, tea leaves, cooking oil, and much more. The mockups arrive in 10 separate PSDs.

Beer Mockup White Matte

Beer Mock-up White Matte

A complete set of mockups you can use to promote a beer brand. This bundle includes 9 different mockup templates, including a beer bottle, beer glass, and packaging. The mockups come to you in easily customizable PSD files equipped with smart objects.

7 Food Packaging Mockups Bundle

This is a collection of mockups that comes with several templates for showcasing designs related to drinks and a bag of chips. It has 7 mockups templates for everything from milk carton packaging to fresh juice packages and more.

24 Coffee Cup Mockups

Another bundle of coffee cup mockups featuring 24 different perspective shots. You’ll have plenty of ways to showcase your coffee cups with this mockups template pack. It also includes 15 background textures.

Sports Supplement Mockup Bundle

Working on a sports supplement product design? Then this mockups bundle will come in handy. This package comes with 9 mockup templates for showing your supplement products in different sizes and packages.

Container Packaging Mockups

This is an easy to use mockup template for a packaging container. Mostly suitable for ice cream or an instant food product packaging. This template comes in 2 pre-made mockup templates with changeable backgrounds and smart objects for easier editing.

Soap Bar Package Mockup

With 14 unique and photorealistic mockup templates, this bundle lets you show off soap product designs in a professional way. It also features customizable shadow, reflections, and lights.

Box Package Mockup

This is a multipurpose packaging mockup that will work with many types of product packaging. It features 12 pre-made mockup templates for showing your products in different angles and adjustable shading and shadows.

Long Rectangle Box Packaging Mockup

Another great packaging templates for a toothpaste, a cream, or a cosmetics related product. This bundle comes with 7 packaging mockup templates featuring smart objects and photorealistic designs.

Coffee Cafe Branding Identity Mockup

This bundle of branding mockups comes with all types of mockup templates you need for a coffee shop or a cafe, including packaging mockups. It includes over 20 different items and 3 pre-made scenes.

Seasonings Packaging Mockups

A collection of seasoning bottle mockup templates. This bundle includes 7 different mockup templates with adjustable shadows, reflections, and 7 photographic filters.

Food & Coffee Mockup

This photorealistic mockup template comes with several real photo items such as a coffee cup, a salad box, paper bag, and more. All of which are customizable to feature your product designs.

Organic Food Mockups & Scene Generator

This is a massive bundle of organic food mockups that comes with over 200 unique food items. You can use them to create your own mockups or scenes for header images. The package also includes 21 pre-made scenes as well.

Cupcake Mockup

An adorable cupcake mockups with separate cupcake toppers and carton box. You can use this for showcasing cupcakes of your cake shop, restaurant, or cafe.

9 Package Box Mockups

A simple, but an effective, packaging box mockup. This mockup template comes in 9 different PSDs with different angle shots of the box and with 5 background textures.

Coffee branding mockup

This bundle features 8 different mockup templates featuring real photo mockups, including coffee cup mockups, paper bags, and more. You can easily edit these PSDs with just one-click.

Beer & Bar Mockups & Scene Generator

Yet another bundle of mockup templates that comes with over 150 different items for creating your own unique mockup templates or header image scenes for beer products or a pub. It also includes 12 pre-made scenes.

Box Product Package Mockup

A box-shaped mockup with a modern design. Ideal for all types of packaging designs from cereal boxes to biscuits, snacks, and more. The mockup comes with 8 template files, including 2 black and white package designs.

Foil Packaging Mockups Vol.2

This foil packaging mockup is easy to customize as it’s been designed with smart objects and changeable backgrounds. It includes 4 pre-designed files with optional shading and shadows.

Candy Packaging Mockups

A highly customizable packaging design that features movable objects, shadows, and changeable backgrounds. It’s perfect for showcasing a candy or a chocolate wrapper design.

Energy Shot / Energy Drink MockUp

Featuring a realistic design, this energy drink bottle mockup allows you to showcase your design through 9 different shots and angles. The fully layered PSDs even feature automatic background perspectives and 10 background textures.

Pouch Packet Packaging Mockup

A unique feature of this mockup is its natural look. The realistic reflections and shadows used in this mockup give it the look of a real plastic pouch bag. The mockup comes in 14 fully layered PSD files with customizable colors.

Packaging / Cans Mockup

A fully customizable mockup for presenting different types of cans. It comes with 9 pre-made designs and changeable backgrounds. This mockup template is ideal for presenting all types of can and label designs.

Chocolate Bar Packaging Mockup

This mockup not only comes with a mockup template for the chocolate wrapper but also includes the chocolate itself as well. It features 18 PSD files, including separate files compatible with CS5 and Photoshop CC.

Food Box Mockup

The perfect mockup for Chinese food containers, restaurant, or even for coffee shop related packaging designs. This mockup includes 8 designs based on real-life photography and unique backgrounds.

Organic Food Photo Mockup / Milk & Eggs

An organic food scene mockup featuring a milk bottle, a menu, business cards, and much more. The natural and vintage look of the design makes it ideal for designing a beautiful billboard for a restaurant or an organic food farm.

Energy Drink Can Mockup Vol.2

A realistic looking energy drink can mockup that seems to have achieved the perfect metal and condensation effect. It looks so life like. The mockup comes in 10 PSD files featuring different shots and angles of the can.

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Another beautiful packaging mockup that comes in two designs, including one with an opened box that can be used to showcase both the product and the packaging at the same time. It’s fully layered and features smart objects for easy editing.

Food Box Mock-Up

This food container mockup is also perfect for presenting your restaurant or a delivery service designs. It features 6 different photorealistic designs with automatic background perspective and editable light and shadows.

Energy Drink Soda Can Mockup

The photorealistic design of this mockup makes it perfect for presenting your energy drink and soda can designs. It comes with 7 PSD files featuring fully layered and editable designs.

Beer Bottle Mockup

Featuring 10 different scenes, a beautiful beer bottle design, and 4 glass elements, this mockup will give you everything you need to present your beer label designs in a way that will wow your clients.

Food Bag Mock-Ups

This mockup looks ideal for chips and snack product designs. The mockup comes in 3 fully layered PSD files and features smart objects for easy editing with changeable backgrounds.

Sport Nutrition Packages Mock-Up

A great mockup for showcasing your sports and nutrition-related product designs, like supplements and bodybuilding products. The pack comes with 12 different mockup designs and 3 pre-designed scenes.

Ice Cream Package Mock-Up

This ice cream mockup lets you showcase both your packaging design and the logo design on the ice cream as well. It comes in 6 mockups with customizable backgrounds.

Paper Tube Packaging Mock-Up

An ideal packaging mockup for showcasing designs related to tea or coffee. This mockup comes with 7 designs, 3 textures, and changeable backgrounds.

Beer Package & Branding Mock-Ups

An all-in-one beer can and branding design mockup that features beer cans in two sizes, a business card, and a glass design, all in one mockup. It comes with 12 PSD files, including 4 types of bottles, a keg, menu, and more.

Instant Food Cup Mock-Up

An instant food container mockup for presenting your instant noodles and other product designs. The pack features 6 photorealistic mockup designs with editable light, reflection, and shadow controls.

Paper Tube Coffee Package Mock Up

This paper tube package mockup is specially designed for showcasing coffee packaging designs. It features 4 mockups with beautiful scenes and 3 photo filters.

Coffee Doughnut Mockup

A unique mockup that’s been designed based on real photographs, this pack comes with 10 mockups with stunning sceneries. Perfect for showcasing coffee cup designs and branding.

Beer Mock-Up

This mockup will help you present your six pack designs for beer packaging. The template features 8 mockups with organized layers and editable varnish.

Burger Cafe Mockup

A Starbucks-style cafe mockup design that features live photography. This mockup pack includes 12 different high-resolution designs.

Bubble Tea Cocktail Mockup

A photorealistic mockup for showcasing packaging designs for bubble tea, milkshake, cocktail, and many other types of beverages. It features 9 mockup designs.

Paper Bag MockUp

A beautiful paper bag mockup that looks great for showcasing coffee shop or bakery-related packaging designs. This mockup has 9 files feature different shots and angles.

Paper Cup Mockup

This paper cup mockup design will fit in nicely with many types of beverages for showcasing your packaging designs. It comes in 7 PSD files featuring different angles.

Snack Bag Pouch Mockup

Perfect for snacks and chips related products, this packaging mockup includes 6 mockup files with customizable reflections, shadows, and separate files with Artboards feature for Photoshop CC.

Premium Paper Bag Mockup

Another paper bag mockup that’s suitable for not only food and grocery related packaging designs, but it will also fit in nicely with many other types of products as well. It comes with 3 high-resolution mockups.

Tin Can Package Mockup

An ideal mockup for preserved food designs. This mockup includes 7 designs with layered shadows, items, and backgrounds for easy customization.

Sandwich Cafe Mockup

What’s special about this mockup is its realistic scenery. It’s perfect for a total restaurant or food related branding presentation. The mockup comes with 7 different designs as well.

6 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Designing Packaging for Food and Drink

1. What factors should I consider when choosing materials for food and drink packaging?

The materials you choose for your food and drink packaging should be safe for food contact, durable, and capable of protecting the product from contamination. You should also consider the environmental impact of your materials — many consumers prefer packaging that is recyclable or compostable.

2. How important is the color scheme in food and drink packaging?

Color scheme is critical in food and drink packaging as it significantly impacts how consumers perceive your product. Different colors can evoke different emotions and associations. For example, green is often associated with natural or organic products, while red can create a sense of urgency or excitement.

3. How can I ensure my product stands out on the shelf?

Ensuring your product stands out on the shelf can be achieved through unique design elements, bold colors, and clear branding. The design should be attractive and eye-catching, but not at the expense of clarity and readability.

4. Should I include nutritional information on my packaging?

Yes, it is generally a requirement to include nutritional information on food and drink packaging, depending on the regulations in your region. Even if it’s not required, it’s a good practice to include it as many consumers make purchasing decisions based on this information.

5. How do I decide what information to include on my packaging?

You should include essential information such as the product name, ingredients, nutritional information, and your company’s name and contact information. Additionally, you might want to include marketing messages or other information that highlights what makes your product special.

6. What should I keep in mind when designing the packaging for a drink product?

In addition to general packaging considerations, for drink products you’ll need to consider functionality — how easy it is for the consumer to open, pour, and reseal the product. The design should also take into account the typical environments where your product will be displayed, such as coolers or ambient shelf space.

If you’re interested in exploring more mockups, be sure to check out our collection of the best poster mockups for more great designs from Envato Elements.

30 Tips to Learn Web Design in 30 Days

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Is learning the basics of web design still on your “someday” list? Why haven’t you got started yet? We’ve put together 30 tips and resources to help you start learning web design this month (and maybe even find yourself a new career path!)

Graphic designers, print designers, and creatives looking to learn something new or break into website need to quit procrastinating. Every day that you don’t take that first step leaves you one day further behind everyone else!

Follow these steps to begin learning how to create your first website, industry best practices, and much more—all in 30 days!

1. Start a Website

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The best way to start learning web design is to start doing it. That’s the advice from David Kadavy, author of Design <for> Hackers.

I recommend you start a blog. I started a blog just to have a web design playground, and 7 years later, I launched a best-selling book on the subject. Having a personal project, such as a blog, gives you a place where you can try new things, and your boss won’t fire you if you mess up.

You don’t have to start with a massive website or crazy design; start small. Play with the website, figure out what makes things work. (And make sure to inspect the code, so you can start getting familiar with what’s making your website work.)

Want to get started quickly? First, create your visual sitemap. Then, a website builder like Wix can help to give you a head start with a stylish website design, as you begin to learn the concepts and building blocks of what goes into a website.

2. Read Everything You Can

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Start reading. Because you are on this blog, you’re probably used to keeping track of what’s happening in the world of design. Keep reading.

Read everything you can about website design, and trends, and techniques, and best practices. Follow designers you admire on social media.

Cast a wide net for your website design reading as well. Read about the basics to learn some code, read about design theory and read tutorials and current articles.

3. Be An Effective Communicator

If you aren’t the most articulate person, brush up on those skills. A big part of website design is communication.

Website designers have to communicate with clients regularly to figure out what problem the design needs to solve; they have to communicate those solutions and implement them as well.

4. Subscribe to Tuts+ & Envato Elements

Consider a subscription to Envato Elements, which also gets you access to the excellent Tuts+ learning resource.

Tuts+ publish regular courses on graphic and web design, from basic techniques, through to the latest advanced approaches and developments. It’s completely self-paced, taught by expert instructors. You’ll also get access to Envato Elements, which is a great resource for finding graphics, templates, and more to plug into your web design work.

5. Think in HTML

HTML, or hypertext markup language, is a cornerstone of website design. HTML is the skeleton that helps create the structure of a website and once you can read the language, the world of website design will make a lot more sense.

W3Schools has a great HTML starter tutorial with hundreds of HTML examples that you can play with on the screen to see what happens and exactly how it works. (You might find it more intuitive than you imagined.)

6. Play with Code at Codeacademy

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While HTML is a good start, you can learn almost any programming language from Codeacademy. The free set of tools teaches you to code using interactive activities and games.

You can pick up a Codeacademy course where and when you need it and start and stop as needed. Pick a subject to learn – web development, programming, data science – or language to focus on – HTML & CSS (a great place to start), Python, Java, SQL, Ruby, and more.

7. Learn to Understand CSS

CSS, or cascading style sheets, define the presentation of a document written in HTML, or XML and SVG.

As defined by Mozilla

CSS describes how elements should be rendered on screen, on paper, in speech, or on other media.

Mozilla also has a great collection of CSS resources to get started, with a solid introduction of how CSS works, including selectors and properties, writing CSS rules, applying CSS to HTML, how to specify length, color, and other units in CSS, cascade and inheritance, box model basics, and debugging CSS. Then modules move on to explain styling text and boxes.

8. Apply Your Design Skills to the Web

If you are already working in a creative or graphic design field, think about the things you already know that you can apply to website design as well. The principles that make something visually appealing don’t change based on medium and all that design theory will come in handy in the digital space as well.

While elements such as learning code might not feel natural, having a design background is a huge bonus. What good is a beautifully coded website if not one wants to interact with it?

9. Pay Attention to Websites You Love

Take note of websites that you love. What about them is appealing to you? (And how can you learn to replicate those elements?) Pay attention to:

  • Typography
  • Navigation
  • Use of images and space
  • Design of forms
  • Animation and scroll effects
  • Color

10. Draw a Wireframe

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Wireframing is a web designer’s brainstorming.

In its purest form, a wireframe is a sketch of what the website will be. It’s not an outline of aesthetic elements, rather a blueprint of the website. Drawing a wireframe isn’t really about the look of this design, it’s about the information structure therein.

Not sure how to create a wireframe? Digital Telepathy has a guide of best practices to help you learn.

11. Take Some Time to Learn Sketch

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Sketch is a vector-drawing tool for Mac that makes it easy to create design elements. A lot of designers are turning to Sketch to create UI elements and repeating design blocks.

It’s packed with plugins and allows you to export code for easy use and access. It’s one of the most powerful, and popular, tools to come around since Adobe’s Creative Suite and worth your time.

12. Stay Up to Date with Technology

AI, VR, AR, 360-degree video, bots.

It can be hard to keep up with so many new technologies and trend. But you need to make a point to stay on top of these changes.

Tackle them one at a time and start with technologies that are the most directly related to the work you do. If you have a website with online chat, start by learning about bots. Or if you use a lot of video content, play around with 360-degree video.

Elements such as artificial intelligence and virtual or augmented reality are even more complex but are likely to become integrated parts of the website design landscape down the road. At a minimum, you should know what they are and what the potential uses might be.

13. Get Comfortable with SEO

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While many web designers think an SEO specialist can handle getting a website ready for search engines to read, there’s a lot of design work that’s connected to SEO.

From the way images are uploaded to creating clean code that’s fast to including meta descriptions on pages and elements, the designer should incorporate search thinking into their workflow.

Freelancers, this is vitally important for you as well. Most clients are savvy enough to ask for an SEO-optimized website. If you work alone, you need to know enough to create a solid framework that Google can read (and be able to refer the client to an SEO specialist if more work needs to be done).

14. Play with a Website Builder

A website builder can be a great way to get comfortable with best practices and how to start building and designing websites.

Most of these tools have plenty of templates and allow you to customize elements and even add code snippets. For simple sites, many website builders also have a free plan where you can create a personal portfolio page or basic website that serves as a playground for you.

Then pick apart the pieces within the website builder. Look at how they are designed and coded to get a feel for how it all comes together. You’ll be amazed by what you can figure out just by picking another design apart.

15. Find a Mentor

Is there someone you work with that you admire as a web designer? Take them to lunch and pick their brain about the industry.

Finding a mentor that is willing to work with you and help you think about the field and how to learn web design on your own can be invaluable. And while you can probably find a mentor in an online community, nothing is better than a live person that you can meet face-to-face periodically. (Maybe it is worth having online and in-person mentors.)

16. Join the CodePen Community

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Once you start getting comfortable with some code and programming, you want to join the CodePen community. The open-source community allows you to share and edit code snippets in a social network of sorts.

Here’s a little more from the site’s founders: “CodePen is a social development environment. At its heart, it allows you to write code in the browser, and see the results of it as you build. A useful and liberating tool for developers of any skill, and particularly empowering for people learning to code. We focus primarily on front-end languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and preprocessing syntaxes that turn into those things.”

17. Take a Class

For some learners, a more formal classroom setting is best.

There are a ton of classes available – in-person and online – for you to learn web design basics. Start with a local college or online learning hubs such as Udemy or Coursera. Pick up a class at your current ability level and just keep moving forward.

18. Want to Do Something? Google It

For the not-so-traditional-learner, find the answer to the web design problem on Google. There are so many tutorials and videos available that can walk you through almost any problem – and solution.

The key is to search exactly what you need to know and look to a reputable source for the answer. Here’s another tip when it comes to tutorials and videos – more recent content is probably going to give you a better, more complete and more relevant answer. (Remember, some of this stuff is changing fast.)

19. Pay Attention to the User Experience

Nothing can make or break a website like user experience design. You need to plan for it and understand it.

Here’s how the Interaction Design Foundation describes UX design:

User experience (UX) design is the process of creating products that provide meaningful and personally relevant experiences. This involves the careful design of both a product’s usability and the pleasure consumers will derive from using it. It is also concerned with the entire process of acquiring and integrating the product, including aspects of branding, design, usability, and function.

UX designers, or designers who are aware of the process of experience formation, seek to create and shape the factors influencing the process deliberately. To do this, a UX designer will consider the Why, What, and How of product use.

20. Pay Attention to Design Trends

What does a modern website design look like? It’s not a trick question. To design modern websites and user experiences, you need to know what users want and how they are interacting with it. If the last time you downloaded an app or looked at a website on your phone was 2016, you’ve got a lot of ground to make up.

Creating website designs that have modern touches and trends integrated into the design will help your projects stand out. How do you know what’s trending? Keep reading sites like this and pay attention to what other designers are doing. Take note of colors and styles and features that are included in the websites you visit frequently.

21. Create Without Color

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Start every design without color. A great designer once told me that if your design works in black and white, it will be flawless in color.

That might not always hold, but it is a great starting point.

By creating designs in black and white, you can see where elements contrast and how they play together. You’ve stripped out any emotional associations with color or eye movement that happens because of it. This simplest form of design will give you an idea if something works as a concept before you move on to finalizing it.

22. Learn to Love Google Fonts

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Google Fonts is your friend.

Regardless of how you feel about Google, the ability to browse, sort and select typefaces that you know will work in website designs is important. You don’t have to think about licensing or if typefaces are compatible with specific browsers or not.

The limitation is that you only have what’s in the Google Fonts library to work with. But if you try you can find something that will fit almost every project. It’ll save you a lot of time in the long run.

23. Pick Apart a UI Kit

Download a user interface or icon kit and pick it apart.

Just as you can inspect the code of a website, look at how design elements are constructed for the web. Take note of the scale and grid, look at the color mixes and how files are organized within Photoshop or Illustrator.

Look for a kit to download that includes elements in multiple formats for high-resolution displays. (Downloading a bunch of JPEGs isn’t going to serve you all that well.)

Then try to build or customize an element or two of your own.

24. Become a Typographer

Modern website design has a strong focus on typography … good typography. From hero headers with giant words to layers of text that draw a user into the design, understanding the principles of how to pair type elements and construct engaging text blocks is vital.

Start with Ellen Lupton’s Thinking with Type. (There’s also a book of the same name.) Lupton is the authority on typography and her information will have you thinking like a typographer in no time.

25. Jump into JavaScript

When you are starting to feel pretty good about dabbling with web design, challenge yourself again to learn JavaScript. After HTML and CSS, it is the most important language of the web.

JavaScript is a tool that allows designers to implement complex things and interaction on web pages. It’s what makes a slider slide or that parallax animation animate.

Learn JS has an interactive tutorial to help you get started.

26. Update Your Portfolio

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Once you start designing for the web, make sure to update your portfolio with web design projects. This simple action will help you show yourself … and others … that web design is part of your repertoire.

An updated portfolio can help potential clients see what your “style” looks like. Make sure to showcase layouts, colors, typography and different techniques that show what you can do.

27. Challenge Yourself

With so many shortcuts and code snippets to help you fix almost any website issue you are having, don’t get lazy. Remember to challenge yourself continually to learn new skills, new technologies and keep improving your web design game.

The one thing about this field is that it is constantly changing; there’s always something new to learn or try.

28. Maximise Your Experience

Get out there and design. You have to start designing websites to be a web designer.

Start small, but take on projects with others. Ask to join in on a project with a team at work. Tackle a small website for a friend. The more experience you have building websites, the better and faster you will get.

What are you waiting for? Stop procrastinating.

29. Ask for Feedback

Use your network to collect feedback on your website design projects, no matter how small you think they are. Listen to this feedback – even if you don’t like it and see what you can learn.

Aside from visual preference, did the person providing feedback offer suggestions for making the website function better? Could they easily understand the goal of the design? Did they connect with the messaging?

30. Keep Learning New Things

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To be a great website designer, you just need to keep playing, trying and learning new things. Make a point to network and communicate with others in the field so that you can stay on top of techniques and visual changes that are in-demand.

If you are looking to learn website design, then this is probably already something you regularly do. But this is an evolving field, and it keeps changing almost every day. Just ask anyone who is doing it.

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85+ Best Free Photoshop Actions & Effects 2025

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Photoshop actions are quite useful when optimizing photos, applying effects, and editing graphics. For this collection, we’ve handpicked some of the best free Photoshop actions you can download and use with no price to pay!

Whether you’re a professional designer or a complete beginner, Photoshop actions can help you save a lot of time. Simply put, Photoshop actions pack hours worth of design work into a single-click so that you can achieve professional-level effects without an effort.

In this post, we’re featuring several different types of free Photoshop actions. You’ll find them categorized into different effects and styles below. Have a look and start downloading.

Just looking for a stylish free Photoshop action? No problem. Let’s dive into our collection of the best free Photoshop actions of 2021!

What Type of Free Photoshop Action Do You Need?

We’ve broken our collection down into different categories, so you can quickly find just the right Photoshop action for your project! Almost of all of these Photoshop actions are free, but at the start of each section you’ll see one or two premium ones, just so you have that option to choose as well.

Portrait Photoshop Actions

Skin Retouching Photoshop Actions

Skin Retouching Photoshop Actions

Skin retouching is a complicated process. You can’t get that job done with just one Photoshop action. Which is why this pack comes bundled up with 34 retouching Photoshop actions. It includes PS actions for everything from airbrushing to skin toning, enhancing lips, teeth whitening, and much more.

Free HDR Photoshop Action

Free HDR Photoshop Action

This free HDR Photoshop action allows you to instantly give your photos an authentic HDR-like look to make the photos look more professional. This action will be quite useful for enhancing photos taken in outdoor and natural light conditions, especially including photos taken with smartphones.

40 Free Pastel Effect Photoshop Actions

40 Free Pastel Effect Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of Photoshop actions that allows you to instantly apply beautiful pastel filter effects to your portrait photos to make them look more attractive. It includes 40 different toning effects that are perfect for portrait photographers, graphic designers, and even for optimizing Instagram photos.

Free HDR Portrait Photoshop Actions

Free HDR Photoshop Actions

The HDR effect is a popularly used effect in photography that’s quite difficult to achieve. However, with this free Photoshop action, you can create that same effect almost instantly and give a unique HDR look to your portrait photos.

Haunted – Free Photoshop Action

Haunted - Free Photoshop Action

This is a unique Photoshop action that transforms your portrait photos with a spooky, haunted effect. It’s perfect for giving a horror vibe to your photos and especially for creating cool posters.

Free Chilled Photoshop Action

Free Chilled Photoshop Action

Use this free Photoshop action to create a cool chilled effect in your portrait photos. It’s perfect for adding a moody look to your selfies as well. The action works with Photoshop CS4 and higher.

Free Instant Classic Photoshop Action

Free Instant Classic Photoshop Action

Give your portrait photos an instant classic look with this free Photoshop action. It uses a subtle effect to enhance your photos without affecting the original colors and highlights.

Free Lifestyle Photoshop Actions

Free Lifestyle Photoshop Actions

Instagram bloggers and social media users will certainly appreciate this set of free Photoshop actions, which are specially designed for optimizing and enhancing your lifestyle photos.

Free Faded Photoshop Action

Free Faded Photoshop Action

This is the perfect effect to use when your portrait photos show off too much vibrance and color. If you want to add a slightly faded look to make the photos look more natural, this free PS action is perfect for you.

Free Moody Photoshop Actions

Free Moody Photoshop Actions

Add a dark and moody feel to your portrait photos using this free Photoshop action. It features a unique effect that enhances exposure to create a bold new look in your photos.

Free Comic Poster Photoshop Actions

Free Comic Poster Photoshop Actions

This free Photoshop action allows you to make your portrait photos look like a page from a comic book. The effect creates a cartoon-style comic book effect that works best with outdoor portrait photos.

25 Free Light Leaks Photoshop Actions

25 Free Light Leaks Photoshop Actions

A collection of light leaks Photoshop actions for portrait photos. With these effects, you can add realistic light leaks effects to your photos. There are 25 different PS actions in this bundle. All are free to use.

6 Free Photoshop Instagram Actions

6 Free Photoshop Instagram Actions

This is a collection of free Photoshop actions made specifically for enhancing Instagram photos. It includes 6 different actions for optimizing both portrait and landscape photos. It’s ideal for selfie-lovers and travel bloggers.

Artistic Sketch Free Photoshop Action

Artistic Sketch Free Photoshop Action

This unique Photoshop action allows you to transform your portrait photos into works of art. It literally makes your portraits look like they were painted by hand. The action is fully customizable as well.

Fantasy – Free Portrait Photoshop Action

Fantasy - Free Portrait Photoshop Action

Fantasy is a unique Photoshop action that beautifies your portrait photos with a colorful fantasy-inspired toning effect. This effect is ideal for optimizing your photos for Facebook and Instagram.

Free Skin Retouching Photoshop Action

Free Skin Retouching Photoshop Action

It usually takes hours of careful adjustments and brushing for retouching portrait photos. This is a great free Photoshop action that will help you save a lot of your time. This action automatically does all the basic skin retouching and enhancements with just a few clicks.

Free Color Pop Photoshop Action

Free Color Pop Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action allows you to easily bring out the true colors in your ordinary smartphone photos to make them look more bright and colorful.

Shimmer Free Portrait Photoshop Action

Shimmer Free Portrait Photohop Action

Shimmer is a free Photoshop action made for enhancing your portrait photos. The effect automatically adjusts the brightness and contrast of your photos to make them look more authentic and stand out from the crowd.

Free Haze Dreamy Photoshop Actions

Free Haze Dreamy Photoshop Actions

Add a dreamy and a colorful moody effect to your portrait photos using this free Photoshop actions pack. It includes 3 different actions you can use with various types of portrait photos.

50 Free Family Pack Photoshop Actions

50 Free Family Pack Photoshop Actions

Looking for Photoshop actions to improve your family photos? Well, look no further. This bundle comes with 50 different effects and adjustments for improving your family photos, including portrait and landscape photos.

Free Sharpening Professional Photoshop Actions

Free Sharpening Professional Photoshop Actions

A collection of free sharpening Photoshop actions for easily enhancing your photos by adjusting the sharpness. These actions are ideal for improving smartphone photos as well as photos taken with digital cameras.

100+ Free Pro Photoshop Actions Bundle

100+ Free Pro Photoshop Actions Bundle

A massive bundle of 100 different Photoshop actions for professionals. The actions in this pack are designed for making adjustments, adding filters, and processing professional photography much easier and quicker.

Filters & Effects Photoshop Actions

Free Soft Bright Photoshop Actions

Free Soft Bright Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of subtle and soft filters you can use to stylize your photos. It’s especially ideal for enhancing photos for social media, including Instagram. The actions are compatible with Photoshop CS3 and higher.

Free Slate Grey Tones Photoshop Actions

Free Slate Grey Tones Photoshop Actions

Give a classic and vintage look to your photos using this free Photoshop action bundle. It includes effects that transforms your photos with an authentic black and white look.

Free Insta Filter Photoshop Actions

Free Insta Filter Photoshop Actions

In this pack, you get access to Photoshop filters and effects inspired by Instagram filters. These are most useful for adding a smooth and professional look to your photos.

Free Double Exposure Photoshop Action

Free Double Exposure Photoshop Action

With this free Photoshop action, you can easily create the double exposure effect without effort. The action is quite easy to use and customize as it creates an effect with organized layers.

Free Oil Paint Photoshop Action

Free Oil Paint Photoshop Action

Convert your photos into beautiful, artistic oil paintings with this free Photoshop action. It features a simple and easy-to-use effect that generates a subtle oil painting look.

Indie Camera – Free Photography Photoshop Actions

Indie Camera - Free Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of retro-style photo filters that add a classic retro film look to your photos. The pack includes 30 experimental Photoshop actions that work with just one click and let you customize the effect to your preference.

Retro Prime – Free Photo Filters & Actions

Retro Prime - Free Photo Filters & Actions

You can give your photos an authentic and natural retro look with this collection of Photoshop actions. It includes 10 retro filters featuring different styles of retro effects. And it also comes with 5 retro-themed textures.

Free Cyberpunk Effect Photoshop Action

Free Cyberpunk Effect Photoshop Action

Create a colorful, vibrant cyberpunk effect using this free Photoshop action. It’s ideal for transforming your portrait photos for posters and cover art. The action is easy to use and includes options for customization.

Anaglyph – Free Glitch Effect Photoshop Action

Anaglyph - Free Glitch Effect Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action allows you to create a trendy glitching effect with just a few clicks. It’s perfect for giving a modern, tech vibe to your graphic designs, text, and photos. You can also fully customize the effect to your preference.

Free Portrait Instagram Filter PS Action

Free Portrait Instagram Filter PS Action

With this free Photoshop action, you can apply an Instagram-style filter to make your portraits look more professional. The moody effect it creates is ideal for giving a vintage look to your Instagram posts.

Free Dispersion Effect Photoshop Action

Free Dispersion Effect Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action lets you create a high-quality dispersion effect with just a few clicks. It’s very easy to use and comes with a free guide to show you how the effect works.

Modern Art Photoshop Action

Modern Art Photoshop Action

If you’re a fan of modern art, you’ll surely be a fan of this Photoshop action as well. It allows you to transform your images into modern works of art by adding various design elements. It also includes more than 40 color presets.

30 Free Instagram Photoshop Actions

30 Free Instagram Photoshop Actions

If you’re looking for colorful and creative filters similar to the ones on Instagram, this free pack of Photoshop actions will come in handy. It includes 30 different filters you can use to improve all kinds of portrait and landscape photos.

Free Red Water Sketch Photoshop Actions

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Use this beautiful Photoshop effect and transform your pictures into red watercolor sketch drawings in just a few clicks. It’s a non-destructive filter and works seamlessly with Photoshop CS3 and higher versions.

Free Love Story Photoshop Actions

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Here we have a collection of Photoshop actions consisting of warm, glowing, and moody filters that will give a beautiful romantic feel to your pictures. You can use these effects for indoor, outdoor, wedding, newborn, urban, portrait, travel, and fashion photography.

Free Deep Matte Photoshop Action

Free Deep Matte Photoshop Action

A stylish effect for improving your portrait and close-up photos. The free Photoshop action adds a deep matte filter to give your photos more depth and mood. It also includes a Lightroom preset as well.

Free Winter Snow Photoshop Actions

Free Winter Snow Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action is perfect for improving your photos for winter and Christmas-themed designs. It creates a realistic snow effect to give your photos a true Christmassy look. The pack includes 6 different snow actions.

Animated Glitch Photoshop Action

Animated Glitch Photoshop Action

A unique Photoshop action that allows you to turn your photos into an animated GIF with a glitching effect. It’s perfect for creating unique animated graphics for businesses and promotions to attract attention.

Retro Engraving Free Photoshop Action

Retro Engraving Free Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action allows you to give a realistic engraved look to your photos. It’s perfect for adding a new look to your graphic designs and abstract photography as well.

Dark Mood Free Photoshop Action

Dark Mood Free Photoshop Action

Just as the name suggests, this is a Photoshop action you can use to add a dark and moody tone to your portrait photos. It features a fully adjustable effect you can edit to fit different kinds of photos.

Warfighter Free Photoshop Action

Warfighter Free Photoshop Action

Using this free Photoshop action you’ll be able to add a stylish splash effect to your designs. It’s especially useful for designing posters and flyers. The effect is fully customizable and works with all modern versions of Photoshop.

Comic Art Free Photoshop Action

Comic Art Free Photoshop Action

Give your portrait photos an old-school comic book look and feel using this free Photoshop action. The action simply makes your photos and graphics look like a page out of a retro comic book. And it’s free to download.

Free Glitch Photoshop Action

Free Glitch Photoshop Action

The retro-themed glitch effect is quite popular in poster and graphic designs. This free Photoshop action lets you create that same effect instantly with just a few clicks. It includes a PSD file and a pattern file you can grab for free to create the effect.

Cinematic Free Portrait Photoshop Action

Cinematic Free Portrait Photoshop Action

Give your portrait photos a cinematic look and feel using this free Photoshop action. It lets you add a creative cinematic toning effect to your portraits to make them look like a scene out of a movie.

Free Nightmare Photoshop Action

Free Nightmare Photoshop Action

If you’re working on a gloomy or horror-themed design, this free Photoshop action will allow you to add a surreal dark effect to your designs. This action works best with outdoor photos.

Free Dispersion Photoshop Action

Free Dispersion Photoshop Action

The dispersion effect is a widely used effect in poster and flyer designs. With this free Photoshop action, you can recreate the same effect with just a few clicks. The action even allows you to choose the direction of the dispersion effect as well.

10 Free Winter Blues Photoshop Effect Actions

10 Free Winter Blues Photoshop Effect Actions

A collection of 10 different Photoshop actions featuring winter-themed effects and styles. These actions are perfect for improving your winter portrait and landscape photography.

Free Bokeh Photoshop Action

Free Bokeh Photoshop Action

Add a creative bokeh background to your photos using this easy-to-use Photoshop action. The action works with just one click and lets you customize the effect to your preference as well.

Free Cosmic Photoshop Action

Free Cosmic Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action comes with a creative and colorful effect that will add more beauty and color to your ordinary portrait photos. It will especially come in handy for enhancing your smartphone photos.

Free Duotone Photoshop Actions

Free Duotone Photoshop Actions

If you’re looking for a way to make your photos look more creative or add a colorful filter like on Instagram, these free Photoshop actions will be useful to you. It includes a set of modern duotone effects that will make your photos look more creative.

EasyComic Free Photoshop Action

EasyComic Free Photoshop Action

With this free Photoshop action, you can completely transform your ordinary photos to make then look like a page out of a comic book. The action is quite easy to use and works with both portrait and landscape photos.

Outdoor & Landscape Photoshop Actions

Free Color Correct Photoshop Action

Free Color Correct Photoshop Action

Easily correct the colors of your outdoor and nature photos with this free Photoshop action. It works wonders for fixing landscape photography, especially for ones shot in bad lighting conditions.

Free Night Glow Photoshop Action

Free Night Glow Photoshop Action

Have you ever wanted to make your night cityscape photos look more vibrant? Then this Photoshop action is for you. It lets you enhance your night street and cityscape photos with a glowing effect.

Free Cinema Photoshop Action

Free Cinema Photoshop Action

This beautiful and high-quality Photoshop action will completely transform your outdoor landscape photos by giving them a cinematic look and feel. The effect of the action is adjustable and it’s free to download and use.

Free Lomo Photoshop Action

Free Lomo Photoshop Action

The Lomography effect is quite popular among professional photographers, which help add a unique look and feel to outdoor and landscape photos. This free Photoshop action allows you to apply the same effect to your photos without a hassle.

Rustic – Free Outdoor Photoshop Action

Rustic - Free Outdoor Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action allows you to add a beautiful rustic feel to your outdoor photos. It enhances the colors and exposure to make your photography look more professional.

Charming – Free Outdoor Photoshop Action

Charming - Free Outdoor Photoshop Action

You can use this Photoshop action to instantly enhance your outdoor and landscape photos. It’s especially ideal for improving photos shot in low-light conditions.

Natural Light Landscape Photoshop Action

Natural Light Landscape Photoshop Action

Instantly adjust light, contrast, and brightness of your outdoor landscape and nature photography using this free Photoshop action. It’s perfect for making your smartphone photos look more professional.

Into The Jungle Photoshop Actions

Into The Jungle Photoshop Actions

This pack comes with 2 different Photoshop actions that allow you to easily optimize your photos taken in outdoor environments. It automatically adjusts the contrast and toning to make your photos look more natural.

Free Summer Photoshop Actions

Free Summer Photoshop Actions

This is a massive bundle of 50 free Photoshop actions. It includes various styles of actions for adding a summer-themed colorful effect to your photos. Even your photos taken during Winter will look like summer once you process them with this free PS action.

Filmtastic Free Photoshop Action

Filmtastic Free Photoshop Action

This free Photoshop action lets you apply a unique film-inspired toning effect to your outdoor and landscape photos. It’s free to download and use with your personal projects.

50 Free Autumn Photoshop Actions

50 Free Autumn Photoshop Actions

Another bundle of free Photoshop actions featuring 50 different autumn-inspired effects. These actions are ideal for photos taken in outdoors and low light conditions.

Free Vintage Landscape Photoshop Action

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Next up we have a Photoshop action created to give your photos a unique vintage look. The action is purpose-built for landscape and outdoor photography but is versatile enough to be easily used for enhancing portrait, lifestyle, urban, and fashion shots.

Wedding Photoshop Actions

25 Bridal Wedding Photoshop Actions

25 Bridal Photoshop Actions

This is a bundle of wedding Photoshop actions that work well for optimizing bridal photos. However, they should work well for enhancing couple and groom photos as well. It includes 25 different Photoshop actions with various effects.

Free Royal Wedding Pro Photoshop Actions

Free Royal Wedding Pro Photoshop Actions

This free wedding-themed Photoshop action features an easy to use effect that optimizes your wedding photos for the best color and contrast ratio. It’s most suitable for enhancing outdoor photos.

Free Wedding Filter Photoshop Action

Free Wedding Filter Photoshop Action

Make your wedding photos look more colorful and dreamy with this free Photoshop action. It allows you to apply a filter to add a moody look to your outdoor wedding photos.

6 Free Vintage Wedding Photoshop Actions

6 Free Vintage Wedding Photoshop Actions

This set of vintage Photoshop actions include 6 different effects featuring matte, HDR, and vintage styles that are perfect for improving wedding photos, fashion photos, portraits, and much more.

Free Bridal Photoshop Actions

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This collection of Photoshop actions has been carefully crafted to make your special day photos a lot more special by giving them a beautiful finish. The filters convert your pictures into a magical dream in lightning-fast speed.

20 Free Wedding Photoshop Actions

20 Free Wedding Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of 20 useful Photoshop actions featuring various effects for enhancing and optimizing different types of wedding photos. It will help make your wedding photos look even more beautiful.

Free Wedding Photoshop Actions

Free Wedding Photoshop Actions

This free Photoshop action is specially crafted for enhancing the tone and contrast of your wedding photos to make them much more beautiful. It includes 10 different filters that you can easily customize to your preference as well.

Free Aesthetic Vintage Wedding PS Action

Free Aesthetic Vintage Wedding PS Action

Another great free Photoshop action for enhancing your wedding photos. It includes a unique toning effect that will make your photos look more vibrant with colors and style.

30 Free Vintage Photoshop Actions

30 Free Vintage Photoshop Actions

Give your portrait and landscape wedding photos a more authentic look and feel using this bundle of free Photoshop action. This pack includes 30 different actions that allow you to instantly create a stunning vintage toning effect.

Facebook Fix – Free Wedding Photoshop Action

Facebook Fix - Free Wedding Photoshop Action

This is a multipurpose Photoshop action that can be used to improve all kinds of photos from portraits to wedding photos and more. It’s specially optimized to enhance photos for Facebook. So the ideal image size is 960 pixels.

Black & White Photoshop Actions

Carbonium – Black & White PS Actions

Carbonium - Black & White PS Actions

Carbonium is a collection of black and white grading actions created by a group of professional photographers. The actions in this pack have been specially optimized to give your photos a unique vintage feel and a classic look. The pack comes with 16 different variations of B&W actions as well.

Free Bold Black & White Photoshop Action

Free Bold Black & White Photoshop Action

Creating an authentic black and white effect will be much easier when you have this free Photoshop action installed in Photoshop. This action allows you to instantly create a stylish black and white effect without any effort.

20 Free Black & White Photoshop Actions

20 Free Black & White Photoshop Actions

A set of 20 different black and white transformation effects you can use to optimize various styles of photos. This pack includes several unique styles of B&W effects, including sepia, faded, and high ISO effects.

Free Noir Black & White Photoshop Actions

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Give your photos a classic vintage black and white appearance with the Noir B & W Photoshop actions exclusively designed to take your shots to a whole new level. This is a great freebie, and we wholeheartedly recommend you check it out pronto.

Free High Contrast Black & White Photoshop Action

Free High Contrast Black & White Photoshop Action

This unique black and white Photoshop action auto-adjusts the contrast of your photos to make your landscape and outdoor photos look more amazing with a gritty look and feel.

Free Vintage B&W Photoshop Action

Free Vintage B&W Photoshop Action

Create a unique vintage black and white effect using this free Photoshop action. It also creates the effect with adjustment layers, allowing you to edit the effect to your preference.

Free Old & Dirty Photoshop Action

Free Old & Dirty Photoshop Action

Using the actions in this pack you’ll be able to give your ordinary photos a stylish black and white effect with a vintage look and feel. It also includes a Lightroom preset version of the effect as well.

Newborn Baby Photoshop Actions

20 Newborn Lightroom Presets

This is a bundle of Lightroom presets that comes with 20 different presets for enhancing your newborn photos and applying stylish effects. It features several effects for improving portrait baby photos, adjusting the eyes, soft skin, adding soft warm effects, transforming to B&W, and more.

Free Born Baby Photoshop Actions

Free Born Baby Photoshop Actions

Make your newborn look even cuter in your photos using this collection of baby Photoshop action. This bundle includes 2 creative actions that can be easily adjusted and customized to many types of photos.

Free Baby Photoshop Actions

Free Baby Photoshop Actions

This is a collection of Photoshop actions specially made for improving newborn photos. It includes various actions for adding effects as well as for retouching the baby skin to make it look much smoother as well.

Fairy Free Photoshop Action

Fairy Free Photoshop Action

Even though this Photoshop action isn’t made specifically for babies, it includes a set of natural pastel effects that will allow you to add a beautiful toning effect to your newborn photos.

Free Faded Photoshop Action

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This free Photoshop action is perfect for enhancing your portrait photos and smartphone selfies. It features a subtle effect that adds a faded filter to your portrait to create a classic film look.

Free HDR Photoshop Action

free Photoshop action

If you want to create a crisp HDR-like look in your object and portrait photography, this free Photoshop action will come in handy. It allows you to optimize and enhance your photos with an HDR filter.

Free Sharpening Photoshop Action

free Photoshop action

This free Photoshop action is quite useful for sharpening photos. If your photos look blurry or unclear, try using this action to sharpen the image. It’s also ideal for enhancing close-up photos.

Free Cartoon Effect Photoshop Action

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You can use this free Photoshop action to turn your portrait photos into old-school paintings. It features a cartoon-themed filter that creates a hand-drawn look in your photos. The action is free to download.

Free Landscape Photoshop Action

free Photoshop action

If you’re a fan of landscape photography, this free Photoshop action will allow you to make your photos look even more professional and colorful. It instantly enhances your outdoor photos with just a few clicks.

If you’re looking for editable and premium actions that you can customize however you like, be sure to check out our best Photoshop actions collection.<h3

Amazon Dropshipping Demystified: How to Start and Thrive in 2024

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Dropshipping has become a popular business model for entrepreneurs looking to start an online store with minimal upfront investment. Amazon, as one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the world, presents a significant opportunity for dropshippers. However, navigating the complexities of Amazon dropshipping can be challenging. In this guide, we’ll demystify the process, outline the …

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Best Free Adobe Premiere Templates to Elevate Your Video Editing Game

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Let’s face it: video editing can be an endless rabbit hole of tweaks and techniques. You’ve got the footage, but turning it into something captivating? That’s the real art! And Adobe Premiere Pro is undoubtedly a powerhouse in the editing world. But who doesn’t love a good shortcut, especially when it’s free? That’s where Adobe Premiere Templates come in—pre-designed, ready-to-use assets that can turn your video from “meh” to “whoa” without hours of fiddling.

Using free Premiere Pro templates isn’t about taking shortcuts; it’s about finding clever ways to streamline your workflow. Imagine you’re on a tight deadline, or maybe you’re looking to impress with a sleek promo video but don’t want to start from scratch. These templates, from transitions to titles, are like tools in a magician’s kit, letting you focus on storytelling while the heavy lifting’s done for you.

Whether you’re hunting for the perfect title slide, a cinematic opener, or some eye-popping transitions, there’s no shortage of free Premiere Pro templates to download. The beauty? You get all the professional polish without the steep price tag. So, go ahead, explore these handpicked gems, and let your creativity take the reins!

Slideshow Templates

Bright Summer Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

Bright Summer Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

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City Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

City Slideshow

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Liberty Slideshow Premiere Pro Templates

Liberty Slideshow Premiere Pro Templates

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Amorous Slideshow

Amorous Slideshow

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Gentle Photo Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

Gentle Photo Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

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Simple Dynamic Slideshow for Premiere Pro

Simple Dynamic Slideshow for Premiere Pro

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The Slideshow (Premium)

The Slideshow

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Simple Dynamic Slideshow – Premiere Pro Template

Simple Dynamic Slideshow

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Elegant Slideshow (Premium)

Elegant Slideshow

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Multiscreen Slideshow Premiere Pro Template

Multiscreen-Slideshow

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Creative Presentation Slides for Premiere Pro

Creative Presentation Slides for Premiere Pro

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Text Templates for Premiere Pro

Free Film Glitch Title Template for Premiere Pro

Free Film Glitch Title Template for Premiere Pro

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Free Animated Titles Templates for Premiere Pro

Free Animated Titles Templates for Premiere Pro

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Free Animated Lower Thirds Templates For Premiere Pro

Free Animated Lower Thirds Templates For Premiere Pro

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Unique Titles – Premiere Pro Templates

Unique Titles

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Free Motion Graphics Templates for Adobe Premiere Pro

Free Motion Graphics Templates for Adobe Premiere Pro

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Free Lyrics Titles Template for Premiere Pro

Free Lyrics Titles Template for Premiere Pro

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Free Box Titles and Lower Thirds Premiere Pro Template

Free Box Titles and Lower Thirds Premiere Pro Template

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Free Cinematic Title Style Library for Premiere Pro

Free Cinematic Title Style Library for Premiere Pro

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Echo Titles (Premium)

Echo Titles

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Lower Thirds Titles Premiere Pro Template

Lower Thirds Titles Premiere Pro Template

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Sport Modern Titles (Premium)

Sport Modern Titles

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Horror Trailer Titles Premiere Pro Motion Graphics Template

Horror Trailer Titles Premiere Pro Motion Graphics Template

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Modern Titles (Premium)

Modern Titles

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Free Premiere Pro Title Collection

Free Premiere Pro Title Collection

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Opener and Intro Templates for Premiere Pro

Split Frame Opener – Free Intro Templates for Premiere Pro

Split Frame Opener

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Corporate Opener – Intro Templates for Premiere Pro

Corporate Opener

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Fast Intro For Premiere Pro

Fast Intro For Premiere Pro

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Dynamic Opener (Premium)

Dynamic Opener

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Urban Freeze Frame Intro Premier Pro Template

Urban Freeze Frame Intro Premier Pro Template

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Rhythm Opener (Premium)

Rhythm Opener

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Dynamic Intro Opener

Dynamic Intro Opener

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Transition Templates for Premiere Pro

Free Adobe Premiere Transitions Template

Free Adobe Premiere Transitions Template

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Transitions

Transitions

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Zoom Transition

Zoom Transition

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Premium Transitions Zoom Particles for Premiere Pro (Premium)

Premium Transitions Zoom Particles for Premiere Pro

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Easy Transition Template for Premiere Pro

Easy Transition Template for Premiere Pro

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Torn Paper Transitions V2 (Premium)

Torn Paper Transitions V2

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Scatter Text Transition

Scatter Text Transition

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Web-Slinger.css: Like Wow.js But With CSS-y Scroll Animations

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We had fun in my previous article exploring the goodness of scrolly animations supported in today’s versions of Chrome and Edge (and behind a feature flag in Firefox for now). Those are by and large referred to as “scroll-driven” animations. However, “scroll triggering” is something the Chrome team is still working on. It refers to the behavior you might have seen in the wild in which a point of no return activates a complete animation like a trap after our hapless scrolling user ventures past a certain point. You can see JavaScript examples of this on the Wow.js homepage which assembles itself in a sequence of animated entrances as you scroll down. There is no current official CSS solution for scroll-triggered animations — but Ryan Mulligan has shown how we can make it work by cleverly combining the animation-timeline property with custom properties and style queries.

That is a very cool way to combine new CSS features. But I am not done being overly demanding toward the awesome emergent animation timeline technology I didn’t know existed before I read up on it last month. I noticed scroll timelines and view timelines are geared toward animations that play backward when you scroll back up, unlike the Wow.js example where the dogs roll in and then stay. Bramus mentions the same point in his exploration of scroll-triggered animations. The animations run in reverse when scrolling back up. This is not always feasible. As a divorced Dad, I can attest that the Tinder UI is another example of a pattern in which scrolling and swiping can have irreversible consequences.

Scroll till the cows come home with Web-Slinger.css

Believe it or not, with a small amount of SCSS and no JavaScript, we can build a pure CSS replacement of the Wow.js library, which I hereby christen “Web-Slinger.css.” It feels good to use the scroll-driven optimized standards already supported by some major browsers to make a prototype library. Here’s the finished demo and then we will break down how it works. I have always enjoyed the deliberately lo-fi aesthetic of the original Wow.js page, so it’s nice to have an excuse to create a parody. Much profession, so impress.

Teach scrolling elements to roll over and stay

Web-Slinger.css introduces a set of class names in the format .scroll-trigger-n and .on-scroll-trigger-n. It also defines --scroll-trigger-n custom properties, which are inherited from the document root so we can access them from any CSS class. These conventions are more verbose than Wow.js but also more powerful. The two types of CSS classes decouple the triggers of our one-off animations from the elements they trigger, which means we can animate anything on the page based on the user reaching any scroll marker.

Here’s a basic example that triggers the Animate.css animation “flipInY” when the user has scrolled to the <div> marked as .scroll-trigger-8.

<div class="scroll-trigger-8"></div>
<img 
  class="on-scroll-trigger-8 animate__animated animate__flipInY" 
  src="https://i.imgur.com/wTWuv0U.jpeg"
>

A more advanced use is the sticky “Cownter” (trademark pending) at the top of the demo page, which takes advantage of the ability of one trigger to activate an arbitrary number of animations anywhere in the document. The Cownter increments as new cows appear then displays a reset button once we reach the final scroll trigger at the bottom of the page.

Here is the markup for the Cownter:

<div class="header">
  <h2 class="cownter"></h2>
  <div class="animate__animated  animate__backInDown on-scroll-trigger-12">
    <br>
    <a href="#" class="reset">🔁 Play again</a>
  </div>
</div>

…and the CSS:

.header {
  .cownter::after {
    --cownter: calc(var(--scroll-trigger-2) + var(--scroll-trigger-4) + var(--scroll-trigger-8) + var(--scroll-trigger-11));
    --pluralised-cow: 'cows';

    counter-set: cownter var(--cownter);
    content: "Have " counter(cownter) " " var(--pluralised-cow) ", man";
  }

  @container style(--scroll-trigger-2: 1) and style(--scroll-trigger-4: 0) {
    .cownter::after {
      --pluralised-cow: 'cow';
    }
  }
  
  a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color:blue;
  }
}

:root:has(.reset:active) * {
  animation-name: none;
}

The demo CodePen references Web-Slinger.css from a separate CodePen, which I reference in my final demo the same way I would an external resource.

Sidenote: If you have doubts about the utility of style queries, behold the age-old cow pluralization problem solved in pure CSS.

How does Web Slinger like to sling it?

The secret is based on an iconic thought experiment by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who once asked: If the view() function lets you style an element once it comes into view, what if you take that opportunity to style it so it can never be scrolled out of view? Would that element not stare back into you for eternity?

.scroll-trigger {
  animation-timeline: view();
  animation-name: stick-to-the-top;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
  animation-duration: 1ms;
}

@keyframes stick-to-the-top {
  .1%, to {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
  }
}

This idea sounded too good to be true, reminiscent of the urge when you meet a genie to ask for unlimited wishes. But it works! The next puzzle piece is how to use this one-way animation technique to control something we’d want to display to the user. Divs that instantly stick to the ceiling as soon as they enter the viewport might have their place on a page discussing the movie Alien, but most of the time this type of animation won’t be something we want the user to see.

That’s where named view progress timelines come in. The empty scroll trigger element only has the job of sticking to the top of the viewport as soon as it enters. Next, we set the timeline-scope property of the <body> element so that it matches the sticky element’s view-timeline-name. Now we can apply Ryan’s toggle custom property and style query tricks to let each sticky element trigger arbitrary one-off animations anywhere on the page!

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/** Each trigger element will cause a toggle named with 
  * the convention `--scroll-trigger-n` to be flipped 
  * from 0 to 1, which will unpause the animation on
  * any element with the class .on-scroll-trigger-n
 **/

:root {
  animation-name: run-scroll-trigger-1, run-scroll-trigger-2 /*etc*/;
  animation-duration: 1ms;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-timeline: --trigger-timeline-1, --trigger-timeline-2 /*etc*/;
  timeline-scope: --trigger-timeline-1, --trigger-timeline-2 /*etc*/;
}

@property --scroll-trigger-1 {
  syntax: "<integer>";
  initial-value: 0;
  inherits: true;
}
@keyframes run-scroll-trigger-1 {
  to {
    --scroll-trigger-1: 1;
  }
}

/** Add this class to arbitrary elements we want 
  * to only animate once `.scroll-trigger-1` has come 
  * into view, default them to paused state otherwise
 **/
.on-scroll-trigger-1 {
  animation-play-state: paused;
}

/** The style query hack will run the animations on
  * the element once the toggle is set to true
 **/
@container style(--scroll-trigger-1: 1) {
  .on-scroll-trigger-1 {
    animation-play-state: running;
  }
}

/** The trigger element which sticks to the top of 
  * the viewport and activates the one-way  animation 
  * that will unpause the animation on the 
  * corresponding element marked with `.on-scroll-trigger-n` 
  **/
.scroll-trigger-1 {
  view-timeline-name: --trigger-timeline-1;
} 

Trigger warning

We generate the genericized Web-Slinger.css in 95 lines of SCSS, which isn’t too bad. The drawback is that the more triggers we need, the larger the compiled CSS file. The numbered CSS classes also aren’t semantic, so it would be great to have native support for linking a scroll-triggered element to its trigger based on IDs, reminiscent of the popovertarget attribute for HTML buttons — except this hypothetical attribute would go on each target element and specify the ID of the trigger, which is the opposite of the way popovertarget works.

<!-- This is speculative — do not use -->
<scroll-trigger id="my-scroll-trigger"></scroll-trigger>
<div class="rollIn" scrolltrigger="my-scroll-trigger">Hello world</div>

Do androids dream of standardized scroll triggers?

As I mentioned at the start, Bramus has teased that scroll-triggered animations are something we’d like to ship in a future version of Chrome, but it still needs a bit of work before we can do that. I’m looking forward to standardized scroll-triggered animations built into the browser. We could do worse than a convention resembling Web-Slinger.css for declaratively defining scroll-triggered animations, but I know I am not objective about Web Slinger as its creator. It’s become a bit of a sacred cow for me so I shall stop milking the topic — for now.

Feel free to reference the prototype Web-Slinger.css library in your experimental CodePens, or fork the library itself if you have better ideas about how scroll-triggered animations could be standardized.


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Gothic Style Design: A Modern Font & Graphic Trend

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One recent emerging trend is an increased use of gothic styles and themes. This trend captures everything from imagery and color schemes to fonts and overall styling.

It’s an almost natural progression and evolution from all of the dark mode designs we’ve seen in recent years to reversion to gothic style.

Here, we’ll look at gothic style design and how you can make this design trend – potentially – work for you. Whether that’s in a poster, flyer, typographic choice, or a website. Let’s dive in!

What is Gothic Style?

Gothic style derived from architecture in the 18th century and was later applied to graphic design. It is characterized by its use of ornate, intricate details, pointed arches, and vertical lines and is a design style that has ebbed and flowed over time.

In modern graphic design, gothic style design often refers to a contemporary interpretation of this historic design style. You’ll often find bold, blocky, or ornate lettering and graphics with a dark, moody color palette.

Characteristics of the Gothic Style

The first identifier of gothic style is often imagery. If you’ve been watching the Netflix series, “Wednesday,” you are no stranger to this style. There’s a distinct gothic vibe from the title typography to every image promoting the series and therein.

The gothic style has a distinctive influence on graphic design and can be seen in various design elements. Here are some other things to look for in gothic design elements:

  • Ornate and intricate details: Pay special attention to borders, patterns, and typography.
  • Dark color palette: You’ll find a lot of black, gray, and dark red or purple, which can create a sense of drama and mystery.
  • Textures: Stone, metal, or wood to create a sense of authenticity and age.
  • Symbolism and iconography: Symbolic elements, such as crosses, skulls, or gargoyles can be used to convey a sense of power, mystery, or horror.
  • Emphasis on verticality: Vertical lines and forms, which can create a sense of height and grandeur are popular and often come across in visuals such as tall, narrow windows or pointed arches.
  • Rough edges: Sharp lines might be offset by ragged or rough edges for lines, type elements, or even image containers.
  • Gothic typography: Blackletter fonts are a common characteristic of Gothic design, often used in titles, headlines, and logos.

Gothic Fonts

There are two schools of gothic typography – more traditional blackletter or Old English fonts and modern, more experimental styles that pay homage to the old style.

Modern gothic fonts often have sharp, angular shapes and intricate details, which can evoke a sense of mystery, elegance, and sophistication. They are commonly used in branding and advertising for products and services that target a younger, edgier demographic.

Regardless of the time period, almost all of the typography in a gothic style shares some common visual details.

  • Sharp, pointed edges that create a sense of drama and intensity. The letters often have pointed serifs or sharp, triangular shapes.
  • Intricate details with highly decorative loops, swirls, and embellishments to create an ornate appearance.
  • Vertical emphasis with tall, narrow letterforms that create a sense of height and grandeur.
  • Lack of curves focusing on straight lines and sharp angles.
  • Old-world charm that evokes historical roots, feelings of tradition or elegance, and maybe a hint of spookiness.

Tips for Using this Trend Well

The gothic style can be a striking choice, but it isn’t for every type of project. Context is extremely important here; the wrong content with a gothic style can feel off-base and jarring.

There are, though, many ways you can use gothic styles. Use this design trend with content that has historical or traditional themes, gothic-inspired products or services, elements that need high drama, or to create a high-end feel.

Pair gothic images and typefaces with more simple and neutral elements so the design doesn’t get overwhelming.

Remember that gothic doesn’t have to feel “dark.” It can also feel traditional.

The gothic style has a long history and is associated with many different historical periods and artistic movements, so it can be used to evoke a sense of authenticity and tradition.

You’ll find this style is often associated with heavy metal music, establishing that hard-edge connection between the visual aesthetic and the audio. For the same reason, you’ll often find gothic design themes with scary movies and medieval themes.

Gothic design can work exceptionally well for projects that have an intense vibe. Bold shapes and dark color help put extra emphasis on this feeling. Additionally, this can create a sense of authority and power.

Pair gothic images and typefaces with more simple and neutral elements so the design doesn’t get overwhelming. That may include simple complementary textures, backgrounds, images, and body text in a regular sans-serif style.

Finally, you might associate elements of a gothic style with high-end luxury. This can be especially true when gothicism is minimalized but elements are there, such as just using typography in this style. This creates a sense of elegance and sophistication, to help reinforce a brand’s premium status.

Templates with Gothic Styles

Start projects in a gothic style a little bit quicker with a template or font that’s in a gothic style. Here are a few downloadable options from Envato Elements that we love.

Gothic Birthday Invitation

Live Music YouTube Thumbnail

Moustache Party Flyer

Trotont Gothic Font

Cambridge Bold Decorative Gothic Font

Samaz Gothic Vintage Typeface

Conclusion

A gothic style can be a moody and fun way to design something a little differently. Just keep in mind that it may not be suitable in all design contexts. You’ll likely avoid gothic elements in designs aimed at children or those that require a more playful or whimsical aesthetic.

This design trend has come and gone a few times, and it’ll be interesting to see how much staying power it has now.

Automattic vs. WP Engine – The Battle of Titans!

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Throughout the history, mankind has fought battles over battles to gain the most desirous state of their existence i.e. POWER!. Power has enabled its custodians to hold on to resources that are crucial for their survival. The chronicles do explain though that Power always look for more Power! Likewise, we are witnessing a highly uptight […]

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40+ Stylish PowerPoint Color Schemes 2025

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Color is an element that can make or break a design, and that rule holds true for presentation design as well. Choosing the right PowerPoint color scheme is super important.

But there’s one extra thing to consider – where your presentation will be given. A PowerPoint presentation can look quite different on a computer or tablet versus on a projected screen.

When it comes to selecting a PowerPoint color scheme, this is an important consideration. We’ve rounded nearly stylish PowerPoint color schemes as inspiration. While darker color schemes might look great close-up on screens, opt for lighter backgrounds (for enhanced readability) for projected presentations.

Note: The last color in each scheme is for the slide background.

1. Shocking Orange

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Midsvel Pitch Deck - Powerpoint

When it comes to marketing and creative presentations, the orange color is the go-to choice among professionals. It not only works perfectly with both light and dark color pairings but also helps highlight all the important parts of a slide more clearly than any other color.

In this example, the bright orange (identified as Shocking Orange) instantly grabs the attention on top of the white background and makes the black typography highly visible and much easier to read.

2. Neon Green

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Neon Minimalist Company Profile Presentation

Neon-themed high-contrast colors are a popular choice among marketers these days as they are quite effective as an accent color. These bright colors instantly pop out, highlighting key objects and text above all else.

Colors like Neon Green work best with a darker background. When you combine it with white color typography, you will come up with a color scheme that delivers results.

3. Orange and Greyish Turquoise

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Marketing Project - Digital Marketing PowerPoint

As we mentioned before, orange color is a popular choice in PowerPoint color schemes. But it doesn’t always have to be the dominating color. Sometimes, when you pair it with another light, secondary color, it gives you a pleasant and soothing color scheme.

In this example, you can see a light orange color being used to highlight the call to actions (CTAs) across the slideshow while a greyish-turquoise color is used to bring balance to the overall look and feel.

4. Bright Purple and Dark Blue

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When creating a PowerPoint color scheme, choosing the right accent color is the key to achieving a professional vibe for the entire presentation. The important thing is to choose a color that sticks out without taking away the attention from the rest of the elements.

A color scheme with a bright purple accent goes perfectly with a dark background. Then you can add another dark blue to the mix to create another accent color to balance the attention.

5. Blue and Orange

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Marketing Business Presentation - Markup

A great thing about the orange color is how it goes well together with many other colors. It’s the king of accent colors. Blue is another color that comes out on top of the list.

Much like orange, the color blue is a great choice for creating attractive accents. And it works even better when you put those colors together.

6. Black and Gold

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Business Presentation - Gold

If your goal is to create a high-end and luxurious vibe across a PowerPoint slideshow, then no other color scheme works better than the simple yet elegant black and gold.

The classic black and gold color combination is considered one of the most iconic color schemes that have been used for decades by everyone from high-end fashion brands to luxury hotels and more. It’s the ideal color pairing for a classic, timeless look.

7. Pink and Gray

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Dakka - Interactive Research Proposal Powerpoint

If you’re a fan of soft, pastel colors, this color scheme will work wonders for your presentation design. It’s especially an effective choice for lifestyle and fashion-related slideshows.

In this example slideshow design, you will see multiple shades of Pink, sometimes even as gradients, for the accents. This color blends beautifully with the light grayish background.

8. Red and White

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red powerpoint template

PowerPoint color schemes don’t always have to be so complicated. Sometimes, a simple basic color combination is more than enough to create a compelling presentation design. This red and white color scheme shows how it’s done.

The color red is often associated with courage and authority. As a result, it is a go-to choice among modern brands and businesses for creating presentations that showcase their dominance in the market.

9. Cream and Green

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Taluna - Catering Food Powerpoint Templates

This beautiful and soft color combination is a great choice for adding a soothing aesthetic to your presentation. It’s perfect for making PowerPoint slideshows for fashion, lifestyle, and travel-related topics.

In this design, the cream color works in harmony with the green to create a well-balanced look for the entire presentation. The color scheme also makes it much easier to bring more attention to the text and images.

10. Gray and Yellow

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Solar Power Energy PowerPoint

The color yellow is a great choice for accents but with the wrong color combination, it could mean disaster.

The gray color used in the above example is made of a combination of blue and cyan, which gives the design a unique background to effectively highlight the yellow accents without straining the viewer’s eyes.

11. Blue, Gray Green & Orange

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With a bright overall scheme that’s easy on the eyes, this color scheme can help you create a modern PowerPoint presentation that’s readable and friendly. You can even tweak the colors somewhat to better work with your brand, if necessary.

The best thing about this color palette is that it lends itself to plenty of different presentation styles and applications.

12. Violet Gradient

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Using the first two colors noted above, you can create a dark-to-light monotone gradient that can make for a modern PowerPoint design style.

Take this concept and expand it to any other colors you like for your spin on this modern color scheme.

13. Mint and Orange

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On paper, these colors don’t seem to blend all that well, but with the right application min and orange on a black background can work.

Use a pair of colors like this for presentations where you are trying to make a bold statement or impact. This concept is often great for trendy topics or ideas that are a little unconventional.

14. Bright Blue and Light

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The brighter, the better! Bright blue color schemes are a major trend in PowerPoint design … and for good reason. The color combination creates a bright, light feel with easy readability. Those are two things that pretty much everyone wants in a presentation template design.

The other thing that’s great about a color scheme like this – which focuses on one color – is that it matches practically everything else in the design with ease. It’s great for image-heavy presentations or those where text elements are a key focal point.

15. Teal and Lime

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Two colors that you might not expect to see paired create a classy combo that’s interesting and engaging. Both teal and lime are considered “new neutrals” and work with a variety of colors easily. (What’s somewhat unexpected is putting them together.)

What’s great about this PowerPoint color scheme is that the extra interest from the hues can help generate extra attention for slides. The template in the example also mixes and matches teal and green primary color blocks to keep it interesting from slide to slide.

16. Colorful Gradients

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Gradients are a color trend that just keeps reinventing and resurfacing. In the latest iteration, gradients are bright with a lot of color. Designers are working across the color wheel for gradients that have more of a rainbow effect throughout the design, even if individual gradients are more subtle.

What you are likely to see is a variety of different gradients throughout a project with different colors, but maybe a dominant color to carry the theme. Use this for presentation designs that are meant to be more fun, lighter, and highly engaging.

17. Light Blue Minimal

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This color scheme with light blue and a minimal aesthetic is super trendy and so easy to read. You can add a lot of style with a black-and-white style for images or a deep blue accent for header text.

While a pale blue is ideal here, you could also consider experimenting with other pastels and the same overall theme for a modern presentation design.

18. Bright with Dark Background

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The combination of bright colors on a dark background can be fun and quite different from the traditional PowerPoint color schemes that are often on white or light backgrounds. This design style for a presentation is bold and engaging but can be a challenge if you aren’t comfortable with that much color.

When you use a style like this, it is important to think about the presentation environment to ensure that everything will look as intended. A design like this, for example, can work well on screens, but not as well on a projector or in a large room.

19. Navy and Orange

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The navy and orange color combination is stylish and classic for presentation design. To add a fresh touch consider some of the effects such as the template above, with color blocking and overlays to add extra interest.

What makes this color combination pop is the element of contrast between a dark and a bright pair. The navy here is almost a neutral hue and works with almost any other design element.

20. Dark and Light Green

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A modern take on a monotone color scheme involves using two similar colors that aren’t exactly tints and tones of one another. This pairing of dark green and light (almost minty) green does precisely that.

What’s nice about this color scheme is that the colors can be used almost interchangeably as primary elements or accents. It provides a lot of flexibility in the presentation design.

21. Bright Crystal Blue

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Blue presentation color schemes will always be in style. The only thing that changes is the variance of the hue. This pair of blues – a bright crystal blue with a darker teal – works in almost the same way as the pair of greens above.

What’s nice about this color palette though is that the dark color is the accent here. That’s a modern twist on color design for presentations.

22. Blue and Yellow

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Blue and yellow are classic pairings and can make for a striking presentation color combination. With a bright white background, these hues stand out in a major way.

What works here is the element of contrast. A darker blue with a brighter yellow creates an almost yin and yang effect with color. The only real caution is to take care with yellow on a white or light background with fonts or other light elements.

23. Teal

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Teal is a personality-packed color choice. If you are looking for a bold statement with a PowerPoint template, start here.

While the above color scheme also includes a hint of yellow for accents, the teal color option is strong enough to stand alone. You could consider a tint or tone for a mono-look. It also pairs amazingly well with black-and-white images.

Teal is a fun color option that will provide a lot of practical use with your slide deck.

24. Bright Coral

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This color scheme is one of those that you will either love or hate. The bright coral color is powerful and generates an immediate reaction.

It’s also quite trendy and will stand out from many of the other more bland PowerPoint colors that you may encounter. This is a great option for a startup that wants to present with a bang or a brand that has a similar color in its palette. It may not work so well for more traditional brands or those that are more conservative with their slide designs.

25. Dark Mode Colors

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A dark mode color scheme might be the biggest trend in all of design right now, and that also applies to presentation design.

This purple and emerald color paired with black with white text looks amazing. It is sleek, modern, and has high visual appeal without having to use a lot of images.

This works best for digital presentations when you don’t have concerns about room lighting to worry about.

If you aren’t ready to jump into dark mode on your own, the Harber template above is a great start with nice color, gradients, and interesting shapes throughout the slide types.

26. Navy and Lime

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A navy and lime combination is a modern take on colorful neutrals that are anything but boring.

These colors have a nice balance with a white or light background and are fairly easy to use. With so many brands already using blue in their base color palette, this is an option that works and is an extension of existing elements for many brands. (Use your blue and add the lime to it.)

Also, with this color combination, the idea of a minimal overall slide structure is nice so that the power of the colors and impact comes through. They work beside images in full color or black and white.

27. Modern Blue

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When you aren’t planning to use brand colors – or maybe as a startup or independent contractor so you don’t have them yet – a modern color combination can add the right flair to a PowerPoint presentation.

The bright grayish-blue in the Lekro PowerPoint template – you can find it here – adds the right amount of color without overwhelming the content. Plus, subtle orange accents help guide the eye throughout this PowerPoint color scheme. https://elements.envato.com/lekro-powerpoint-presentation-67YW3M

28. Blackish and Yellow

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While at first pass, black and yellow might seem like a harsh color combination, it can set the tone for a project that should emanate strength. This PowerPoint color scheme softens the harshness of the duo with a blackish color, that’s grayer and has a softer feel.

Pair this combo on a light background or with black and white images for a stylish, mod look.

29. Orange and White

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A bright color can soften the harshness of a stark PowerPoint design. Especially when used for larger portions of the content area, such as background swatches or to help accent particular elements.

The Sprint template makes great use of color with a simple palette – orange and white with black text – but has slide ideas that incorporate the color throughout for something with a more “designed” look to it. (And if you aren’t a fan of the orange, change the color for use with this template to keep the modern feel.)

30. Purple

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Purple presentations are in. The color, which was once avoided by many in design projects, has flourished with recent color trends.

Because more funky, bright colors are popular, a presentation with a purple focus can be acceptable for a variety of uses. The use in Batagor template has a modern design with a deep header in the featured color, which works best with images that aren’t incredibly bold in terms of color.

31. Blue-Green Gradients

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Another trending item in color is the use of gradients. This trend can be applied to PowerPOint presentations as well.

Use a blue-to-green gradient for a soft and harmonious color scheme that won’t get in the way of content. Use each hue alone for accents and informational divots throughout the presentation design.

32. Black and White

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Minimalism is a design trend that never goes away. A black-and-white (or gray) presentation screams class and sophistication.

It can also be easy to work with when you don’t want the color to get in the way of your message. And if a design can stand alone without color, you know it works.

33. Reds and Black

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If you are designing a presentation for viewing on screens, such as desktops or tablets, a dark background with bright color accents and white text can work well. (This combination gets a lot trickier on projector displays.)

While reverse text and red aren’t always recommended, you can see from the Nova template that they can be a stunning combination. But note, this modern color scheme is best for specific content and audiences.

34. Blue and Pink

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This color scheme is a spin on Pantone’s colors of the year from 2016. https://designshack.net/articles/graphics/how-to-use-the-pantone-color-of-the-year-in-design-projects/ The brighter, bolder versions of rose quartz and serenity and fun and sophisticated.

The unexpected combo sets the tone with a strong, trustworthy blue and adds softness with the paler pink. The colors work equally well with white or darker backgrounds.

35. Blue and Green

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Blue and green accents can help a black or white background come to life in a presentation template. The colors here can work with either background style, based on how you plan to display your presentation.

What’s nice about these colors is that they are pretty neutral – since both are found in nature – and can be used with ease for design or text elements in a PowerPoint color scheme.

36. Beige and Gray

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If you are looking for a softer color palette, consider beige and gray. These hues can work well on screens or projected, making them a versatile option.

The nice thing about such a neutral palette is that it gives content plenty of room, so that will be the true focus of the presentation.

37. Tints and Tones

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While the purplish blue-gray in the Business PowerPoint Presentation template is stunning, it represents a greater trend in presentation design. Pick a color – maybe your dominant brand color – and use tints and tones for the presentation color scheme.

By mixing the color with white or black and gray, you’ll end up with a stunning set of color variations that match your messaging.

38. Bold Rainbow

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While most of the color schemes featured here only include a color or two, bright color schemes with wider color variations are trending.

This distinct “rainbow style” can be somewhat difficult to use without rules for each color. Proceed with caution.

39. Bright Neutrals

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Lime green is the brightest “neutral” you might ever use. A fun palette that’s versatile can be a solid foundation for a color palette.

It works exceptionally well in the Rouka PowerPoint template thanks to a pairing with a subtle gray background. Using a light, but not white, background can be great for screens and projected presentations because it takes away some of the harshness of a white background. The subtle coloring is easier on the eyes for reading and viewing.

40. Rich Browns

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Browns aren’t often what comes to mind when thinking of building a color scheme, but rich browns can be a modern option.

Pair a neutral beige-brown with a darker color for an interesting contrast that works with almost any style of content.

41. Mint Green

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Go super trendy with a modern and streamlined palette of mint green and gray on white. While this combination can have a minimal feel, it also adds a touch of funkiness to the design.

Add another hint of color – think orange – for extra accents.

42. Dark Gray and Blue

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It doesn’t get more classy than a combination of grays and blues. This new take on a classic color scheme adds another brighter blue as well to pick up on modern trends.

Just be careful with text using a dark background such as this one. White is probably your best option for typography (and look for a font with thicker strokes!)