Over the last three days we’ve been steadily rolling out a new Tuts+ theme across all 8 sites. The new design is a refinement more than a big change, with lots of little improvements in usability and more suited to big screens. Read on to learn more about the redesign and lots of news about Plus!

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Over the weekend and into Monday we unfortunately experienced some pretty severe downtime on all Envato WordPress blogs. The downtime was due to problems in the data centre of our current hosting company which was out of our control.

It seems to all be resolved now, but I just wanted to make a quick apology for the inconvenience and interruptions. We’re going to be re-examining our hosting setup to make sure we avoid this situation in the future and to generally try to pull up the quality of service across the board.

In the meantime there may be some further minor interruptions as we shore up the setup. Thank you for your patience!

Unfortunately, the Psdtuts+ staff have had to remove a recently published Plus tutorial, as the final artwork closely resembles an artists existing work. When this situation occurs, unfortunately, the tutorial is removed and payment is not made to the author of the tutorial. Claims of plagiarism are taken very seriously and thoroughly investigated on this site and always something to be aware of. We appreciate the communities diligence in catching this and have removed this tutorial from the site. Thanks.

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We have another Psd Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. If you want to take your photo manipulation skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your matte painting skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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Envato (the company behind Tuts+) will be sponsoring the 2010 Annual Design Awards‘ ‘Designer of the Year’ category.

The awards present a wonderful opportunity for graphic designers to have their work seen by luminaries in the industry like David Carson, Chuck Anderson, James Verdesoto (designer of the Pulp Fiction movie poster), Nik Ainley and Laura Smith. These people and more will be judging entries.

The awards exist to discover and celebrate outstanding talents in the design world and to reward creativity with a meaningful honour. Entry fees – used to fund prizes – are low and a portion of the profits will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Every entrant will feature in the new Designers Directory, have the chance to feature in the yearly book that will be published to showcase the best designs, and have access to the website notice board where designers can promote their business, special offers, job vacancies and more.

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This is a new pack of Photoshop brushes available exclusively from Psdtuts+ for Psd Plus Members. These Floral Brushes are great for adding an artistic touch to your next project. This set of high quality brushes is available for Psd Plus members to download today! Learn more at the jump!

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We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your hand-drawn art into Photoshop, and learn to combine those hand-traced images, and textures into stunning illustrations, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your 3D renders into Photoshop, and learn to add lighting effects, textures, and other techniques, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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We have another Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your 3D text effect skills to the next level, and learn to mix creative lighting techniques, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more at the jump!

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