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Gather around terrain makers, level designers and everyone interested in machining your own worlds! World Machine 2 has been released, and a free edition is yet again available for everyone to try out with almost each feature of the full version.

World Machine 2 allows you to seamlessly use vector-based drawing tools to manipulate your terrain. Combine the power of infinitely detailed fractals with intutively drawn shapes to define your major terrain features.

—World Machine website

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That’s right, free of charge and no obscure oddities. SitePoint is offering a free copy of their eBook The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques. Go grab yours!

It’s brimming with tried and tested real-world Photoshop solutions that will add impact to your next web design project. If you’ve ever been stuck for inspiration, have puzzled over just how to create a shiny aqua-style button, or wanted to create that seamlessly tiling background image you saw on a site recently, you need download this book.