The site has simple interface and getting started is easy. Simply sign in with your Twitter details, upload your images and set times for updates. TwiBack will then do the rest.

Demo video:

Features:

• Upload your images and automatically rotate them as your Twitter background or profile image.
• Easily set times when images need to change.
• Upload  as many images as you like.
• No registration needed as it works with your existing credentials.
• Similar tools: Twilk, Twitter Patterns, PrettyTweet and Twitbacks.

Check out TwiBack @ www.twiback.com

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• PrettyTweet: Twitter Profile Background Designer
• TwitStamp: Create A Customized Twitter Status Badge
• Pikchur: Upload Photos to Multiple Online Profiles Simultaneously
• Avartize: Add Overlays To Twitter Avatars

Zuplo backgrounds work with Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Thunderbird and many other major email services.

Adding background to your email is easy, simply search the site and find background you like, copy it onto your clipboard and then paste into your email message. When the background appears in your message, click on it and start typing your text. When finished typing the message click on the send button. Done!

Creating your own backgrounds is simple as well, just upload the image you want to use, crop the parts you don’t like and customize colors the way you want. Zuplo will do the rest.

Zuplo is free and doesn’t require any registration, though registered users can also save their favorite backgrounds online and quickly access them in the future when needed.

Zuplo demo video:

Features:

• Get cool and quality email backgrounds for free.
• Public library has more than 7000 colorful email backgrounds.
• Search and and browse background images by category.
• Upload images and create your own email backgrounds.
• Supported image formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMF.
• Zuplo also has a desktop client.
• The email backgrounds work with Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Thunderbird and other email providers.
• Free, no sign up necessary.

Check out Zuplo @ www.zuplo.com

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Textures are available for free download in medium quality (which is suitable for website/blog and low resolution designs). If you want a better quality, you have to pay 2$ for high quality and 4$ for maximum quality resolutions.

Sign up for an account to add items to your lightbox, rate and leave comments. If you are a texture photographer, you can submit your work and get paid 60% of all sales made through the site.

Features:

• Free backgrounds and textures for designers.
• Over 2891 textures in medium, high and maximum quality.
• Download any texture in medium quality textures for free. Pay 2$ for high quality and 4$ for maximum quality resolutions.
• Submit your own textures online and get paid 60% of all sales made through the site.
• Similar resources: LoveTextures, GrungeTextures and TextureKing.

Check out TextureVault @ www.texturevault.net

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• TextureKing : Free High Quality Texture Photos
• GrungeTextures: High Quality Background Textures
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Simply sign in using your Twitter credentials and authenticate Twilk through Twitter oAuth. Once authenticated, a background consisting profile images of your Twitter followers would be created. There are both free and paid options, a free background will have a Twilk badge on it. The badge can be removed for a fixed fee of 5$.

Check out Twilk @ www.twilk.com

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• PrettyTweet: Twitter Profile Background Designer
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• Twitter Patterns: Cool Background Designs For Your Twitter Profile
• TwitStamp: Create A Customized Twitter Status Badge

Features:

• Download free background textures.
• 185 textures available and more uploaded on a monthly basis.
• Browse textures by category and sort by color and tag.
• 100% free, no registration needed.
• Similar sites: GrungeTextures and TextureKing.

Check out LoveTextures @ www.lovetextures.com

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• GrungeTextures: High Quality Background Textures
• WhatsItsColor: Find the Average Color in any Image

To start, simply go to the site, set the height, customize the color of dots and background and then click “OK”. When the background is ready download and save it on your computer.

You can also generate random backgrounds by clicking “Random” button.

Features:

• Create dotted backgrounds.
• Create as many background as you like.
• Customize dot and background color.
• Option to generate random backgrounds.
• Save backgrounds on to your computer.
• More web tools for backgrounds can be found here.

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• WebGraficMaker : Create Backgrounds, Lines and Bulleted Points
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• StripeMania: Generate Stripes Online
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Once you are done, you can download the striped tile and use it for anything you want.

You can also browse stripes created by other users, rate them or use as template to create one of your own.

Additionally, the site provides you with a number of tutorials showing you how to use stripes in your design or Photoshop.

Features:

• Online stripe generator.
• No registration or download.
• Choose any color and gradient effects.
• View latest stripes that other users have created.
• Provides you with a number of sample tutorials showing you how to use stripes in your design and Photoshop.
• Similar tools: StripeGenerator and StripedBGs.

Check out StripeMania @ www.stripemania.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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When you are done, select an image resolution and download the background to your computer.

Features:

• Striped background generator.
• Generate backgrounds with 5 stripes of different colors.
• Download stripes for a wide range of screen resolutions (from 128×128 px up to 2560×1600 px).
• Free and no sign up.
• Similar tool: StripeGenerator.

Check out StripedBackgrounds @ www.stripedbgs.com

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The site has a clean and uncluttered interface. Users may browse templates by category (Abstract, General, Nature, Finance etc), by tags, by popularity or search with keywords. Download any template with one click in ZIP archive format.

Features:

• Free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds.
• Browse template by category, by popularity, by tags etc.
• Easily download desired template with a single click.
• Similar website: PresentationsETC.

Check out TemplateWise @ www.templateswise.com

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The varieties of patterns you can make are limitless. Created patterns can be saved onto your computer, used as background on you social network or used on your own site (CSS code provided).

For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

• Beautiful pattern creator.
• Create as many patterns as you like.
• Upload your image or use default ones.
• Download pasterns onto your computer.
• Use them as background on your social network.
• Get CSS code to use pattern on your site.
• Similar tools: BgPatterns and PatternCooler.

Check out Repper @ http://repper.studioludens.com

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You can either download slides one by one or download them as ready made PowerPoint Templates and Keynote themes.

PowerPoint Templates – Have both the traditional title and content slides and color schemes.

Keynote themes – Each theme offers 10–20 slides, plus variety of designs with transparent cut-outs.

A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission.

Features:

• Collection of presentation backgrounds and keynote themes.
• Download as many wallpapers as you like.
• Choose between several themes and templates.
• Currently lists more than 20,000 backgrounds to choose from.

Check out Presentations ETC @ www.etc.usf.edu/presentations (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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If you want to have a better Twitter profile page then check out PrettyTweet.com. It is an online Twitter profile background designer that allows you to place three elements in your background – an avatar, description text, and vertical caption.

All of this is placed in a WYSIWYG editor, which shows you changes in real time. And you can also drag the elements across and play with the appearance of the page.

Finally, when you save the background, PrettyTweet emails you the background image suitable for a 1024×768 resolution, which you can set on your Twitter profile.

Features:

• Create cool twitter background images.
• Add avatar, description text and vertical caption.
• Simple, stylish, easy to use
• Clutter free and no registration.

For more info watch demo below:

Check out @ www.prettytweet.com (by Kinshuk Sunil from kinshuksunil.com)

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Additionally you can get ready to paste CSS and XHTML code that you can add into your stylesheet file.

Features:

• Collection of free website background patterns.
• Browse, preview and download any pattern you like.
• There are over 600 background patterns available.
• No registration needed.
• More sites to get free backgrounds: PatternCooler and BgPatterns.

Check out AVA7 Patterns @ www.patterns.ava7.com

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Features:

• Create and download background patterns for your websites.
• Save ready patterns online on PatternsCooler.
• Option to preview patterns in full screen mode.
• Huge pattern library with 13000+ patterns to choose from.
• Save and re-edit patterns you like.
• Other similar website is BgPatterns.

Go to PatternCooler @ www.patterncooler.com

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Features:

• Design backgrounds, lines and bulleted points for your website.
• Graphic generators: 11 for background image, 10 line generators, 2 bullet generators.
• Download and save generated graphics as .PNG or .GIF images.
• No sign-up needed.

Check out Web Grafic Maker @ web-graphics-maker.com

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When the background is ready you can either download it to your computer or save it on BgPatterns. You can also see the backgrounds created by others, leave feedback and even download and use them on your own website.

Features:

• Easily create tiled backgrounds for your website.
• Create as many backgrounds as you like.
• Customize: select pattern, canvas, color, change opacity, rotate pattern, etc.
• Save created backgrounds in your BgPatterns account or download them as .JPG file.
• Browse, rate and download background patterns created by other users.
• No registration required, however registered users can bookmark and manage backgrounds in one place.

Check out BgPatterns @ www.bgpatterns.com

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