Today we’re giving away three copies of Pixelmator, a photo and image editor for Mac OS X. It offers a lightweight alternative to Photoshop, with blazingly fast image editing speeds. Although lacking the colossal feature set of Photoshop, Pixelmator comes without all the bloat.

For more information, take a look at an in-depth review of the application, or read on for your chance to win!

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Today we have one copy of the National Geographic Image Collection to give away, a 512 page insight into some of the best natural photography in the world. Designed to inform and inspire, you’ll be presented with stunning locations, photography, and insight into the story behind each image. Entering is simple, so read on to find out how you can stand a chance of winning!

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We have another great giveaway for you today, coming in the form of a complete boxed set of Scott Kelby’s popular photography books. Scott’s writing style and knowledge base have given him wide acclaim, and he’s the President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Editor of both Photoshop User and Layers magazines.

Read on for your chance to become the proud owner of three awesome photography books!

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The Tuts+ Network has teamed up with MySuiteStuff to hold a network-wide pillowriffic giveaway! One random commenter will be chosen to win a very cute app icon pillow. To increase your chances of winning some loot, make sure to visit each Tuts+ site and take part in each giveaway. Across the network, we’re giving away pillows for all the creative apps you know and love, including After Effects, Illustrator, Flash and Flex. To enter, all you’ve gotta do is comment! Too easy.

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For just over three fantastic years FlashDen has been the jewel in Envato’s crown. It is our longest running and most active community, and thanks to the amazing authors who showcase their work there, has become the largest marketplace for Adobe Flash files in the world with over 8,500 items for sale.

Last week Adobe asked us to change our name and URL so that it would no longer contain the term ‘Flash’, which is a registered trademark of Adobe. We know that the success of our sites is about the community and content, not the names. So here at Envato HQ we’ve been busy thinking up new names and we think we’ve found a great new home for both our marketplace and our Tuts+ blog on Flash.

As of today the two sites now live at ActiveDen and Activetuts+.

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In the last three years our Envato Marketplaces (FlashDen, ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, AudioJungle and VideoHive) have grown like gangbusters, with big communities, huge libraries of files and lots of activity. So when we set out to redesign them earlier this year everyone on the team knew it was going to be big. What we didn’t realise was HOW big it would eventually get! Today it gives me great pleasure to show you …

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Thanks to everyone who downloaded the Tuts+ Birthday Bundle. We hope you’re enjoying your presents!

Envato’s Birthday is over for this year, so the Tuts+ Birthday Bundle is no longer available. If you’ve come late to the party and are desperate for the files, you’ll get access to all of them (and hundreds more!) when you join our Plus program for just $19.

One of the best things about working here at Envato is that we have an awesome team of people building, managing, writing, reviewing and working on our sites. Yep, things have come a long way since the early days when there was just a few of us trying to do everything!

Recently our awesome Tuts+ interviewer Emil asked if I minded being video interviewed with some questions put forward by the Psdtuts+ readers. Since no-one really wants to see my enormous head on screen for too long a period of time, I asked my lovely wife and partner in crime Cyan if she’d be in on the interview and we thought we’d put up the video to help celebrate 3 years of Envato.

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We’re kicking off three days of celebration at Tuts+ with a confetti-filled bang. Over the next three days we will be giving away two brand spankin’ new 20″ iMacs to two lucky Tuts+ readers. The first iMac will be won by 1 entrant who signs up to Plus before the end of Envato’s 3rd Birthday bash (midnight Friday the 21st of August, Australian Eastern Standard Time). The second iMac will be won by 1 currently subscribed Plus member. The faster you join, the better your chances of winning!

Read on to learn how to submit your entry and to find out what other great gifts we have planned as part of our 3rd birthday party.

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Phototuts+ joins Psdtuts+, Vectortuts+, Audiotuts+, Aetuts+, Flashtuts+, Cgtuts+ and Nettuts+ as Envato’s newest Tuts+ site. It’s all about quality photography (both digital and film), post-processing and lighting tutorials. Whether you’re just getting into photography or you’re a seasoned pro, we’ve got you covered! Keep reading to learn a little bit more about the new editor of Phototuts+ and what we’ll be offering on the site.

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