The awesome Envato network consisting of network websites like ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, CodeCanyon, VideoHive, PhotoDune, 3DOcean,AudioJungle and ActiveDen comes up with free files for every month. Basically,one premium content is available for free download every month from each of thewebsites mentioned above. Each websites hosts different types of content. Forexample Themeforest is for website templates and WordPress themes, andAudioJungle is for royalty free music and sound effects. You get a chance todownload and use a premium content that cost real money for the sweet price of free.
These free gifts are usable for one project per person and you might want to visit their site at least once a month; if you're not into buying web templates, that is. I even prefer collecting these free goodies so that I might need one of them for a future project for myself or for a client. You need a free Envato account to log in and download these files.
Let's get to list the free 8 files provided by Envato network's 8 websites for the month of January 2015
ThemeForest: Doctype – A Flat and Minimal Portfolio Theme
Doctype – A Flat and Minimal Portfolio Theme: This is a high resolution parallax template of high quality. It is basically a portfolio template but it can be used for other purposes; if you do not want to display your portfolio. The design is what is popular these days, one column theme with wide content that supports high resolution imagery and fonts. This template has a clean flat design, is simple and minimalistic, and is 100% responsive.
You will find that this template makes use of several widgets that you can place in the footer area of the template. The homepage features static content as opposed to listing blog posts. You can make use of their several home page widgets to customize it just like the way you want to. You can add blocks of text, images, google maps or contact info right in the home page.
The WordPress posting and page creating features are also supported by the template. Basically, what you can do is select a style for the page or post that you are creating. The in-built page styles are of high-quality and are flexible enough for you to add several types of presentable content in each of your posts or pages.
GraphicRiver: Premium White Wine Mockup
Premium White Wine Mockup: This is a mockup design of white wine bottles that you can use to create and showcase your own wine label. The PSD file that you get is very detailed at 300 dpi. You can easily edit this PSD file to customize and make the white wine bottle display your brand. The Photoshop download file that you get is of premium quality with layers that you can easily edit, move and delete as per your preference. You will require Photoshop CS3 or higher to be able to access the PSD file in its original format. If you need some documentation, there is also a PDF help file that you get with all the information related to this graphics file.
CodeCanyon: PrestaShop Reviews Carousel
PrestaShop Reviews Carousel: E-commerce is getting big every day. If you are looking for tools for your online store and if you happen to use PrestaShop to power your ecommerce website, then PrestaShop Reviews Carousel is highly recommended. This is a module that you can use to display the reviews added by your customers right on your homepage of your website powered by PrestaShop – the free premium ecommerce software.
When you add such reviews from your users in a carousel format on your homepage, they will be read and accessed by potential clients who are interested in your products. Client reviews and testimonials are known to influence the buying patterns of potential customers. And like the rest of the website products these days, PrestaShop Reviews Carousel is responsive to match the screen size of users browsing your store. It goes quite well with your responsive template.
VideoHive: All Mixed Up!
All Mixed Up!: This is an After Effects Project File that you can freely use in one project to create a full HD video intro or anything of that sort. This video file is of 10 seconds and it also comes with a free audio that suits the animation and the slides. You will have options to choose between 4 color groups and 4 textures.
You also require Adobe Effects CS5 or above to be able to access this project file. If you're worried about editing it, then do not worry as the download also includes PDF documentation. With a large range of color combinations and text effects, you can easily create a professional looking video content that is unique to your project.
PhotoDune: Black Pepper on the Wooden Spoon
Black Pepper on the Wooden Spoon: The free stock photography that you get for the month of January 2015 from PhotoDune is titled "Black Pepper on the Wooden Spoon". The stock photography is exactly what its title says. High quality details are captured in high resolution and the background features a textured layout that is also observable to be of a high resolution with great details.
3DOcean: Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba) 6.3m
The 3D model that you get for free for January 2014 from AudioJungle is that of a maidenhair tree. The height of this model is 6.3 meters. Use this object to add a 3D or cinema quality 4D tree(s) to your 3ds Max project.
AudioJungle: Happy Children
Happy Children: This free audio file by AudioJungle titled Happy Children is a looped audio that is suitable for not only children—like the titles says—but for a wide range of cheerful sounding projects with audiences of any age. Use this audio as a background music to your videos as it has no vocals. It's great for just audio projects as well to create jingles, advertisements, commercials or anything of that sort.
ActiveDen: Fashion FlipBook
Fashion FlipBook: The flash project available for free download from ActiveDen is titled Fashion FlipBook. This high quality flash and ActionScript project can enable you to create a professional looking flip book. There are loads and loads of customizable features on this awesome file that you can use to change the presentation of your fashion flipbook.
The pages in the flipbook can be turned like a real flipbook; like you'd expect. The content or images in the pages can extend up to two pages. Background audio can also be placed and customize on a per page basis. Since this is flash, you can also add other media contents like video on the pages to give it a feel that it is modern.
