Welcome to the River!

It’s barely 2009 and already it’s time for a brand-new Envato Marketplace! Today GraphicRiver opens up into a private beta, with public launch just around the corner in a few weeks time.

GraphicRiver will be offering layered Photoshop files, vector EPS files, and other graphic resources not found in other stock sources. We’ve had tremendous numbers sign up for beta testing, over 1500 members, and as Site Manager, I’m hoping to open the floodgates at public launch with a really healthy selection of graphic files for sale. That means the we need you to get uploading!

All the team are excited to see GraphicRiver become a bustling marketplace for graphic authors, illustrators and dabblers to sell their work. While there’s going to be all sorts of content on the site, I thought I’d share a few of my favourite GraphicRiver categories:

• Product Mock-Ups:
  Create and use layered mock-ups of products – put your designs on t-shirts for printing services, or mock your screens up on a laptop, all with the ease of a layered Photoshop file!
• Icons:
  Yes icons in both vector and raster formats, singles and sets to turn your next project up a notch in the style quotient!
• 3D Renders:
  While GraphicRiver files are intended for use in 2d apps like Photoshop and Illustrator, that doesn’t mean 3d authors won’t have a home here too! We’ll be featuring a category for 3D renderings of abstract backgrounds, scenes and objects.
• Add-ons:
  Photoshop and Illustrator are pretty great just out of the box, but add-ons like brushes, textures and shapes make them that much better!

GraphicRiver has big plans for the future, so stay tuned to THIS blog for up-coming contests, featured authors, a new tagging system, news from the review team, and plenty more developments. And as always, if you have any feedback on GraphicRiver, feel free to drop me a line via support or visit my homepage!