Free Professional PSD Template: BlueMasters
In this post we release a yet another freebie: BlueMasters, a free PSD template, designed by Wendell Fernandes and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is free to use in private and commerical projects.
BlueMasters is a dark, sexy, custom theme that has a solid, professional look and a very simple structure. You can access all files and layers used in a well organized structure and naming convention, making it easier for slicing the template or modifying it. BlueMasters can be customized to fit your business brand as well as your clients’ websites.
Download the theme for free!
The theme is released for free. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish.
- large preview (.png., 0.6 Mb)
- download the .zip-package (.zip, 21.2 Mb)
- BlueMasters: Free WordPress Theme (post release)
Template / Pages
The templates set consists of 5 pages that provide multiple page template design options:
- Home
- About Us
- Portfolio
- Blog Posts
- Blog Post Selection
- Contact
“Home” page template
“About Us” page template
“Home” page template
“Portfolio” page template
“Blog” page template
“Contact Us” page template
Behind the design
As always, here are some insights from the designers:
BlueMasters was created to help designers get started with a nice, solid and clean design. Looking at the many templates out there, we thought that it would be a great idea to incorporate some of the common elements used in other templates, and include them all in one single template, giving you a complete package of goodies. We hope this template can be of a great service to you, your business or your clients!
Thank you, Wendell. We appreciate your work and your good intentions.
Rohit
June 22nd, 2010 2:44 amYou guys are just Awesome!!!
kieran
August 2nd, 2010 3:03 amno, you are awesome.
Ela
June 22nd, 2010 2:44 amGreat template. Thank You :-)
Stephano
June 22nd, 2010 3:03 amDesign look great!
Manmohanjit Singh
June 22nd, 2010 3:14 amNot bad :D
Marin
June 22nd, 2010 3:18 amYeah! I’d say it’s very very good … no Web 2.0 element whatsoever used; not seeing such stuff these days, and I’m glad somebody makes a point that design is not only about screaming badges, reflections and rounded corners
thanks for sharing !
Marin
Velja
June 22nd, 2010 3:22 amthanks, looks good
ptarmigan
June 22nd, 2010 3:43 amwow this looks reeeeally great… you’re awesome!!!
RobertWojo
June 22nd, 2010 3:47 amWow might be the best free template out there
Neo
June 22nd, 2010 4:01 amThanks you, I just wonder that can I convert this psd template to wordpress/drupal theme and share it?
Smashing Editorial
June 22nd, 2010 5:28 amYes, of course.
Matt
June 23rd, 2010 1:41 pmCan we get an update when this is ready, Neo?
ricardo
June 22nd, 2010 6:00 amNeo, please, let me know when template to wordpress/drupal theme is done!!
Luc
June 22nd, 2010 7:55 amNeo, please…do convert to drupal :)
Thanks!
Chris
June 22nd, 2010 10:43 amNeo, please let us know if you share the template for wordpress! Thank you!
digitallush
June 22nd, 2010 12:55 pmif you do this, neo, please post it! this would be a fabulous wordpress theme!
Paul Hastings
June 22nd, 2010 9:08 pmDitto for a WordPress conversion.
Tyler Collins
June 23rd, 2010 1:29 amI would love a copy of this as well. I have so much freelance work on at the moment, that I don’t have time to design and code my personal portfolio :( This will do until I get some free time to give my personal portfolio a complete overhaul.
Thanks Wendell Fernandes for the excellent template :)
Chris Moritz
June 23rd, 2010 6:27 amWould also appreciate a copy of said WordPress theme. ;)
Scott
June 27th, 2010 4:25 pmYes, please keep us updated… especially if Drupal!
Shetats
June 28th, 2010 2:32 pmCan I sign up for that theme too please!
Moayad
June 28th, 2010 9:36 pmYeah please !!
Neo .. make us a wordpress theme from this template, please ..
smashing, let us know when he’s done of it ..
Conz
July 29th, 2010 10:02 pmoh yes! nice indeed, how about provisions for WP e-commerce too?
Tahsin Hasan
June 22nd, 2010 4:48 amHello,
Really, nice template, thanks for sharing, I like the homepage slider, and the gallery page is awesome. I have implemented a page like ur contact page. the design is really great. Thanks.
you can find helpful topics on newdailyblogspot.com
Lenker Columbia Web Design
June 22nd, 2010 5:10 amGood, clean design. Thanks for sharing.
Tatyana
June 22nd, 2010 5:23 amBeautiful design. Thank you!
Wendell Fernandes
June 22nd, 2010 5:35 amThank you for the kind comments! It’s a pleasure to help this community! I’m giving away free stuff too, just to celebrate and help out even more. Here it is: giveaway.printedpiece.com.
Once again, thank you!
Wendell
ricardo
June 22nd, 2010 5:57 amThe zip file is broken, two downloads and both had problems
Smashing Editorial
June 22nd, 2010 1:00 pmWe checked the file multiple times. It is perfectly fine. Please try downloading the .zip-package again.
Aravind
June 22nd, 2010 8:25 pmYeah!! It is perfect. Zip file is not broken. I like this template. Neat, clean and perfect. Do posting templates like this. You guys are really awesome!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing.
-Aravind
Tajhum
June 22nd, 2010 5:58 amGreat inspiration – thank you! One question though: which version of PS was this created in? The PSDs don’t seem to be opening in CS2…
Wendell Fernandes
June 22nd, 2010 6:19 amThe Files were created in CS3, sorry, mate.
Jamie Brewer
June 22nd, 2010 6:03 amGreat psd. Thanks
Css Collector
June 22nd, 2010 6:16 amGreat Design!
You can also see the beautiful designs here.
Tom
June 22nd, 2010 7:20 amNot impressed, it’s too similar to what i take was the inspiration
Jason
June 22nd, 2010 7:47 amGreat PSD. Lots of great reusable elements. Thank you very much!
Smacky
June 22nd, 2010 9:11 amIt would appear that templates now have templates. I’ve seen that exact design a countless number of times over the past year or so. You can go just about anywhere and get that layout in PSD, HTML/CSS, WordPress, Drupal, etc. They’re just different colors.
Christian Broadbent
June 22nd, 2010 11:45 amprobably won’t use the template but can definitely use some of the elements for other projects. Thanks SM!
Julia
June 22nd, 2010 1:18 pmsexy template! thank you for sharing
NL
June 22nd, 2010 2:46 pmNeo,
Would be awesome to have this converted to Drupal & WordPress, hit me up if you’re going to do it!
Thanks,
N
Nico
June 22nd, 2010 3:25 pmi will post a link the wordpress theme when im done with it. Thanks for the amazing PSD
John
June 22nd, 2010 5:24 pmI guess I’m missing something – but how would you use a PNG or PSD file to create a website? Shouldn’t it be HTML files?
Nico
June 22nd, 2010 5:47 pmjohn, i will be converting it to a html/css template and i will sent it to you if you want
Vishal
June 23rd, 2010 12:03 amHey Nico,
Can you send the HTML/CSS template to me as well? Many thanks in advance.
-Vishal
zaman
September 16th, 2010 11:25 pmcan you send me please…. I just need it
Jibe
June 23rd, 2010 12:35 amCan you send it to me too ? Thanks ^^
Alex
June 23rd, 2010 12:47 amAgreed! I would love to get this in HTML/CSS as well! Not sure what do about a couple spots.
Don
June 23rd, 2010 3:42 amWould like to see the markup too… :), pls send to me, much thanks
Great job.
John
June 23rd, 2010 4:44 pmGreat, thanks Nico – It seems many here want it, could you upload it to somewhere like dropbox or skydrive?
salim
June 24th, 2010 1:19 amHey nico if i also get the html css version , will be glad. Thanks in advance.
yves
June 29th, 2010 12:12 pmSo good. I will be very happy to have these PSD files converted in a WordPress theme… Really Beautiful Design!!! One of the best for photography lovers!!!
Dozza
July 9th, 2010 12:43 amI’d love a copy too if it’s going!
Ms Kuba
March 8th, 2011 2:02 pmHi Nico,
have you converted this File to Html/Css. I got a few problems and it might would help to compare my code with yours. I would be so greatful.
Best wishes from Finland
Tony Wu
June 22nd, 2010 5:25 pmi can’t see full preview for blue4.png (http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/uploader/images/blumasters-free-psd-template/blue4.png) and blue4b.png (http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/uploader/images/blumasters-free-psd-template/blue4b.png).
By the way, it’s really nice template. Big thanks :)
Alex
June 22nd, 2010 6:02 pmReally nice master template.
Great work. mate!!! :D
pHil
June 22nd, 2010 7:32 pmZip file is broken.
Smashing Editorial
June 22nd, 2010 10:27 pmNo, it isn’t. Please try downloading the archive again.
spencer sy
June 22nd, 2010 9:31 pmHi
Great article and thanks for the hard work on the template to Wendell and the Smashing Magazine team. Nice design and very helpful to the design community. I would rate the article as awesome and hope to read more of these!
Just a side note, I noticed other designers are using a 96dpi instead of the standard 72dpi for web designs. I asked them and they reasoned out that today’s monitors being larger; are manufactured for 96dpi. I am not sure if this is confirmed or acceptable yet.
krish
June 22nd, 2010 10:29 pmCoool one, i will try to convert it to a BlogEngine theme. :)
LS
June 22nd, 2010 11:21 pmThere must be something with the file as I too have experienced issues.
Mac based (os10.6.4 w/-Safari 5) – Tried three downloads, two successfully download. Both can’t unzip. Tried using Stuffit latest version as well as Archive Utility.
Windows (xp w/- Chrome) – Tried two downloads, both successful. Neither will open, “Archive verification error”.
But some people here are having success. What platforms or utilities are being used?
ricardo
June 23rd, 2010 5:09 amSame problem. Download is ok, but can´t unzip…
Lucas Degen
June 22nd, 2010 11:41 pmI love it when people share wonderful things. Nice design, clean and simple. Good whitespaces.
Lloyd Erasmus
June 22nd, 2010 11:53 pmAwesome, thanx for sharing!
SubMarino
June 23rd, 2010 12:23 amVery nice of you to do this…most grateful…
Peter
June 23rd, 2010 12:35 amNice template, more free psd templates you can find here: http://www.gavickmagazine.com/blog/item/98-free-portfolio-and-blog-psd-template.html
Tony
June 23rd, 2010 2:17 amHow do you convert this PSD into a wordpress theme?
Federico Capoano
June 23rd, 2010 3:48 amThis is good stuff, not like the post about military!!!
Kervie
June 23rd, 2010 6:03 amAwesome work! Thanks for sharing!
Jay
June 23rd, 2010 10:56 amI like the design. I was wondering could you tell me how the background was made (the little dots)? Thanks
Jeff
June 23rd, 2010 11:57 amThe background was a gradient mix, then three layers on top of that, one of which being the dots.
The dots can be made in a number of ways though. Love the template. Thanks Guys
ken
June 23rd, 2010 12:32 pmI find designs that follow this current trend of design really boring. It’s too bad soooo many people are designing theme like this, and so many people think this is good design.
LeYFeaR
June 23rd, 2010 1:08 pmthans portfolyo themes, you stars …
Bruno Byington
June 23rd, 2010 3:15 pmHelped me a lot. Nice to see how some elements where placed and designed. thanks very much.
bruno
Jens
June 23rd, 2010 4:16 pmSo it is possible that I convert this really great Template to Joomla!1.5 and share ist over my own homepage?
Jens
kp5000
June 23rd, 2010 6:07 pmi know this has already been posted but my laptop says it cannot open the file cause its invalid…is it because i’m on windows…i’m lost…
Vladimir
June 23rd, 2010 6:55 pmThis is definitely a nice Template, I believe I have seen it somewhere before when I was looking for my websites ideas and templates. Good and informative article too :)
- From Tintation
kp5000
June 23rd, 2010 7:01 pmthird times the charm i got it….
Happy
June 23rd, 2010 8:45 pmGood website, thanks for you share!
yoyo2mo
June 23rd, 2010 10:17 pmYeah!it’s very nice!
HaMeD
June 24th, 2010 1:29 amhi baby.
its great and very nice work.tnx so much
izzat aziz
June 24th, 2010 3:25 amI already convert two pages (home and about page) to HTML, if anybody interested you can see demo and download here -
http://izzataziz.net/post/731086244/smashing-magazines-blue-master-template
btw thank you so much, this template really fun to play with.
Marr
June 25th, 2010 8:16 amnice work so far :D
snake
June 24th, 2010 4:32 amHow do you move them over to HTML?
rommel
June 24th, 2010 9:59 pmWow! excellent article.
The theme is beautiful, I wanted to use it but no idea how? I’m new in blogging and just select the free template what they are offering but this one I really like.
Love
June 25th, 2010 12:40 amVery nice, like it!!!Thanks a lot.
Christopher Dosin
June 25th, 2010 2:07 amgreate psd file!
i`ll definitly convert this wonderful theme to a joomla template.
of course i`ll share it to the community :)
chris
July 19th, 2010 7:28 pmLove to see that Joomla template if you have had a chance to work on it….
Thx
Mike
June 25th, 2010 4:44 amIf anyone is interested I have no projects going right now, so I’ll whip up the css for this.
Nick
June 25th, 2010 9:19 amI am interested especially if it is for wordpress :)
Matt
June 25th, 2010 11:27 amSame here.
Mike
June 27th, 2010 8:56 amI think we will stick to basic markup at first ;) maybe if I have the time you can get wordpress
StB
June 25th, 2010 4:49 amBeautiful Work !!!
Anders
June 25th, 2010 4:50 amFantastic service, I love Smashing!
gaurav
June 25th, 2010 8:12 amThe zip file is broken :(
Christopher Dosin
June 25th, 2010 1:35 pmGUYS !
read above !!!!
the zip works fine. try it again !
Culler
June 25th, 2010 5:04 pmCan’t seem to download this, the download keeps crashing. Download manager won’t resume it either. Does anyone have an alternative link?
Olivia
June 25th, 2010 8:19 pmThanks for sharing this, smashing magazine and thanks to Wendell for taking time to create this wonderful work
However I can’t download it as well. Been trying for three times.
The download stop when it almost reach the end. I’m using windows operating system. Can someone that has already been able to download the file, be kind enough to upload it elsewhere? It will be much appreciated. Thanks
Lawrence Linn
June 25th, 2010 10:30 pmI see lots of people, like me, love the template but are not familiar with how people start with templates like this and get a web site on the other end (html, css, drupal, wordpress, etc.)
It would be an interesting an educational post for us beginning designers to discuss the workflow different experienced designers use to take a PSD design like this and make it live.
Amita Gandhi
June 26th, 2010 5:23 amThanks a lot for sharing. Great work…carry on…
valeriu
June 26th, 2010 10:15 amThis is by far the best free template I ever saw !!!
thanks for sharing :D
Mike
June 27th, 2010 11:42 amComing along well so far :)
http://pixel-perfect.com/blue/about.html
umesh
June 27th, 2010 9:29 pmSuper!!
Thanks a lot!
Alto
June 28th, 2010 4:44 amGreat template, can I get the html/css pls? and or the wordpress template?
cheers
Alpha1
June 28th, 2010 6:29 amThis sure does look ‘inspired’ by ma’s “Synthetik” theme over on themeforest… http://themeforest.net/item/synthetik-professional-xhtml-template/89108
Jesper
June 29th, 2010 1:45 amHi Nico,
Could you send me the html version to? I would really appreciate it! :)
Wickass
June 29th, 2010 7:36 amOh yeah, verrrrrry nice guys. Well done. I would like to convert this to wordpress or perhaps joomla if anyone is interested and if thats ok ?
yves
June 29th, 2010 12:17 pmI’m interesting if you convert it into WP theme
chris
July 19th, 2010 7:32 pmHi there,
would love to see the template for Joomla if you have had a chance to work on it.
Thx
Jack
June 29th, 2010 3:03 pmNice PSD layout. Converted it to HTML5 layout and made my own mini-cms with PHP and ‘site like’ styling for backend.
Hit us up and email if you want the source jack (dot) perry (at) me (dot) com. Happy to share!
Suresh
June 29th, 2010 8:11 pmThank you for this awesome template, you guys rocks
Fokus
June 30th, 2010 3:16 amWORDPRESS!!! PLEASE!!! MAKE IT WP!!! :)
absolutely amazing theme. I love it so much!
Kens
June 30th, 2010 11:19 pmgud designs..
Matias Korhonen
July 1st, 2010 7:29 amCan this be used in an open source CMS project (with proper attribution, of course)?
gaurav
July 1st, 2010 9:09 amThe zip file is broken :(
blumasters-free-photoshop-psd-template.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Ron
July 1st, 2010 11:18 pmI guess the Smashing server isn’t feeling well right now. I’m also not able to get a complete download. Waaaahh.
Francois
July 4th, 2010 10:58 pmI take it no one has succeeded in converting this .psd for WordPress as yet…
deviant
July 6th, 2010 6:49 amGreat Source! Anyone there, who has converted the PSD to WordPress?
Nuts
July 7th, 2010 2:53 amHey, im getting a broken download.(twice) whats up?
Jesper
July 8th, 2010 12:10 pmI love the template, i would realy like a working html version of it!
Dozza
July 9th, 2010 1:08 amizzat aziz has done a damn fine job converting to html/css
http://izzataziz.net/post/731086244/smashing-magazines-blue-master-template
Jesper
July 13th, 2010 1:14 amYes, its nice but it is still missing the contact page…
Tasha
July 18th, 2010 7:59 amSweet baby jeebus, this is so awesome. If I were a man, I’d have jizzed my pants. Probably twice. I’m a lady, so I held it in. OHMYGODTHISISSOAWESOME.
Wait. I’m sure you can tell I’m a noob. Can I use this for WordPress? Say yes. If not, who do I have to kiss to make it happen? MAKE IT HAPPEN.
althahabi
July 18th, 2010 11:00 pmthanks for giving this template 4 free.
I love it so much!
Mario Aguiar
July 21st, 2010 12:04 pmHey guys, fist of all love the template, really nice done.
I read a lot of comments talking about a wordpress theme, but that’s it, just talk. So I decided to turn the template into WordPress, is not quite ready yet, but soon.
You can se the demo on my site and I’ll drop a comment when it’s ready:
demo.marioaguiar.com/wp/
Federico
August 5th, 2010 12:53 amGreat! Thanks in advance Mario. Looking forward to when the wp theme is ready.
Mario Aguiar
August 17th, 2010 3:36 pmHey guys, sorry it took so long, the wordpress theme is ready and available for download, and of course it’s free, I hope you like it!
http://www.marioaguiar.com/en/project/bluemasters-free-premium-wordpress-theme
ReDLine PC
May 24th, 2011 1:08 pmNice conversion, thanks for this nice freebie, really premium design :D
Good work.
NeGmAwY
August 3rd, 2010 5:10 amHey this is impressive
rcdeck
August 9th, 2010 7:02 amAnyone know if Neo finished a wordpress conversion on this?
Zam
August 13th, 2010 6:29 amNice work. Im thinking of converting into html using 960 grid css. I will share it once im done :)
XhtmlWeaver
September 7th, 2010 12:23 amHi guys.
Thanks for such an awesome and beautiful PSD artwork.
We have sliced all PSDs into valid xHTML strict + css 2.1.
The sliced template is free to use without any restrictions. so, enjoy!!
Preivew:
http://xhtmlweaver.com/bluemasters/index.html
Zipped:
http://www.xhtmlweaver.com/bluemasters/bluemasters.zip
Let us know if you need any help.
=)
Cheers,
Xavier
September 17th, 2010 4:25 amThe download stops and don’t finish at all, I do it many times
Mario Aguiar
September 21st, 2010 2:38 pmHey guys, this page is selling this very same template for $25, that can’t be legal can it? I mean, it’s free right here…
http://bogothemes.com/blue-masters/
Al
September 25th, 2010 12:42 pmsure cannot tell exactly what he seems to be selling, is it just the PSDs or the code for either HTML or WP? Doubt very much if it is legal to sell the psds. reading the terms, I am not sure about a coded HTML site or WP site tho., that may be legal to do. but again I really can’t tell what he is selling?
Al
Al
September 25th, 2010 12:50 pmTerms of Usage from the download
This freebie has been brought to you by SmashingMagazine.com.
You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes.
The set may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. The set may not be offered for free downloading from websites other than SmashingMagazine.com.
Please link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word.
Al
The above tells me, no, this guy does not have the right to resell the psds, if he is doing that, not sure about HTML or WP themes based on the psds however.
Al
September 25th, 2010 1:26 pmMario, thanks for your WP theme, will be doing more with it later, and will try out the new d/l
Al
G-raph
October 4th, 2010 11:22 pmthx for the template! looks very nice!
Christopher Dosin
November 9th, 2010 3:19 amYou can download the Version 1.0 Joomla Template here http://www.dosonaro.com/neues-kostenloses-joomla-template-bluemasters/
Eric
November 29th, 2010 2:56 amMany thanks for this template. I found also really good look free PSD template on this site: http://www.sketchdock.com/psd-templates/eezzy-webdesign-psd-serie/
coco11
December 12th, 2010 9:27 pmHi Nico,
Could you send me the html/css version to? I would really appreciate it!
Thanks
Jakub
January 8th, 2011 2:02 pmHi,
I have a problem with search button. Sometimes it is an icon and sometimes it changes itself into button.
Anybody knows what is the reason?
Jakub
evan
February 8th, 2011 11:36 amHey guys,
we’ve just released BlueMasters for Drupal 6 and 7. Go check it out at drupal.org:
http://drupal.org/project/bluemasters
We’ve also ported to Drupal some other awesome free themes released through Smashing Magazine. We’re listing those at: http://www.drupalizing.com, where we are also asking you to tell us which theme you’d like us to port next. Don’t miss the chance :-)
Cheers
Sarmad
February 12th, 2011 7:09 amThis is a great theme. Though I a good deal about Drupal but I could not customize it. How to replace or pictures to the front page and also to the three blocks down the main slide. Thanks
Jett
March 4th, 2011 8:25 amHey! I LOVE this theme but i’m a total noob and don’t know how to use the templated pages!! I’m using the theme in Drupal…so yeah, having problems! And the third slider isn’t showing up for some reason!
Mubashir
April 6th, 2011 3:39 amGreat work.
Thank you so much.
Abi
April 8th, 2011 11:20 pmtoday see website its good. i download the templates and may be i use this templates in my website.. Great Job
Yasar
April 11th, 2011 7:36 pmyou are doing a very noble job. its like a water in a desert. Please always help this way like a people for me. and please guide me how can i start {steps} of web design a template and set in dreamweaver after slicing. i can work on Adobe Photoshop but dont know how to fix the size for web template and after that how to slice and adjust in dreamweaver.
thanks. your new student Yasar.