100,000 Members and Counting!

The Envato marketplaces crossed a huge milestone this week when we celebrated our 100,000th member. We want to thank everyone who comes to our sites to buy, sell and just be a part of the communities. We have big plans for 2009 with lots more features, marketplaces and resources so stay tuned for our new year message where we'll reveal some of the great stuff you can look forward to!

VideoHive is Live!

Envato is very excited to announce the launch of VideoHive. It opened its doors this week with a library just shy of 700 files, and a plethora of new and exciting features. VideoHive now features Stock Footage and Project Files from After Effects, Motion, Encore and DVD Studio Pro so you can buy and sell useful things like DVD menus! If you're an author now's the time to begin submitting content in time for a big promotional push in January and February 2009 when we're going to let the world know all about the Hive!

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WebDesign Week a hit for ThemeForest

Last week the team at PSDTUTS put together the very first web design week where author and Envato founder Collis shared a lifetime's worth of tips, tricks and ideas. The week culminated in a giveaway for US$25,000 that will be hitting the sites early next week. ThemeForest authors, get ready for a big week! You can find all the tutorials and articles from web design week on PSDTUTS.

There's Still $5000 Left in the Giveaway:
At the moment that we're sending this newsletter out there are stil 500 sets of $10 each available. Head to PSDTUTS $25000 Giveaway now and fill in the form! But hurry as it's the last 500 sets left!

ThemeForest Soars!

Though ThemeForest might still be an infant among its siblings, that hasn't stopped it from posting tremendous numbers week after week. What does this mean for you? It means that, as a buyer, you'll have more purchasing options than ever before. On the other hand, as a seller, you'll find that you're monthly profits are beginning to soar! Thanks to the introduction of our new PSD category, and some spectacular advertising campaigns, it's a wonderful time to be a ThemeForest user. The sky's the limit!

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jQuery for Absolute Beginners

If you haven't subscribed to the ThemeForest blog, you might want to give it a second glance. With postings ranging from CSS to PHP, and every acronymn in between, the blog is quickly proving itself to be a vital source of knowledge and inspiration for authors looking to harness their design abilities. Featured this month is a video series called "jQuery for Absolute Beginners". Haven't a clue how to even get started with a Javascript library like jQuery? If so, this series was tailor made for you!

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From the AudioJungle Blog: 10 Things Songbird Does That iTunes Can't

Musicians and stock audio authors take note: Songbird turned 1.0 this week, and aims to do to iTunes what Firefox did to Internet Explorer. That is, it aims to take the basic design of something closed and proprietary, and turn it into something open and extensible and fun. Songbird aims to give the power back to the people. Read up on it, since it brings several new promotion possibilities to the fingertips of independents.

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