Top tools and tips for mastering the modern design landscape [Deals]

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Macaw's Web Design Tool makes coding an simple matter of moving visual elements around on the screen.
Macaw's Web Design Tool makes coding an simple matter of moving visual elements around on the screen.
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The way we use technology to communicate is transforming, and design is changing right along with it. Being caught up with the tools and techniques of web, visual and interactive design is key to being effective in the field of technology, which makes these deals especially exciting and useful.

Macaw Code-Savvy Web Design Tool – 72% off

Learn the key to creating beautiful, responsive websites and lucid, semantic code with this unparalleled image editor and code generator. It uses an interface similar to Photoshop to make design and coding in HTML and CSS a gestural, intuitive experience. This is the way coding is headed — with simple movements of your hands you can create fully realized, responsive sites that work on any kind of device, with a full range of fonts, styles, elements, layouts and prototyping tools that will make it easier than you thought possible to create full-fledged dynamic websites.

Start coding without worrying about code, using Macaw’s Web Design Tool for just $49 at Cult of Mac Deals.

FiftyThree's Pencil is a perfect way to add precision and clarity to your creative tablet interactions.
FiftyThree’s Pencil is a perfect way to add precision and clarity to your creative tablet interactions.

Pencil by FiftyThree Digital Stylus – 23% off

The Stylus is back, but you don’t have to drop Apple-level bucks to get a digital scribbler in your hands. FiftyThree’s Pencil acts injects a huge dose of precision and control into any tablet app, whether for drawing or design, or just browsing and playing. Pencil connects with the Paper app and uses bluetooth pairing that activates when the rubberized, scratch-free tip contacts the screen at any angle, for thin or broad strokes. Internally balanced components mean it sits comfortably in the hand, while active palm detection software prevents confusion and a month-long battery life means you’ll have to charge it way less frequently than a regular pencil requires sharpening.

Put a Pencil in your hand for just $44.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.

These 8 courses cover the full breadth of Adobe Creative Cloud, an essential element of any digital creative's resume.
These 8 courses cover the full breadth of Adobe Creative Cloud, an essential element of any digital creative’s resume.

Train Simple Creative Cloud Mastery Bundle – 92% off

There are few creative applications more universally useful than the ones made by Adobe, and with these 8 courses you’ll be sure you’ve got a solid grounding no matter which parts of their impressive catalog you’re working with. From images and layout with Photoshop and InDesign, to web design with Dreamweaver, Flash and Acrobat, even intuitive coding and web animation with Muse and Edge there’s no corner of Adobe’s creative cloud that won’t be solid after going through this course.

Add Adobe Creative Cloud to your list of key job skills for just $49 at Cult of Mac Deals.

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