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 Graphics Collections: Clipart, Backgrounds, Animated GIFs |
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| Web Clip Art | "A resource for topic specific Web clip art of all kinds-- backgrounds, borders, animation, people, sports, animals, food, flowers, cartoons, music, military, holidays, Web basics such as arrows, menu buttons, lines, tutorials and help pages and much more plus on site clip art collections of holidays, snakes, lines backgrounds, borders and more." |
| Yahoo's Pictures & Clipart Index | Photos & clipart index from Yahoo |
| Absolute Graphics Archive | Large collection of images |
| ClipArt.com | Links to clipart collections |
| OpenClipArt.com | Modest (~10K) collection of open source clipart |
| Map Clip Art | Free clipart collection of maps |
| Design Gallery Live | From Microsoft - clipart & photos for use in Office |
| freeimages.com | Free web graphics |
| 321clipart.com | Free web graphics, templates, more. |
| Web Clip Art | Links to clip art collections |
| MediaBuilder | "If you are building a website, creating a multimedia presentation, or designing a new graphical interface, [they] have all the materials you need." |
| Cheryl's Image Gallery | Original clipart & textures library |
| Animated GIFs for Free | FREE Animated GIF Site from webdeveloper.com |
| Animation-Station | FREE Animated GIF Site |
| GIFWorld | FREE Animated GIF Site |
| The Wizard of Draws | Original cartoons - some quite good |
| Joann's Graphics | "High quality free web graphics for personal home pages and non-profit agencies" - sophisticated collection of buttons, icons, frames, navigation bars |
| Buglight | Offbeat, but professionally done backgrounds, other graphics |
| Animation Factory | "11,000 Original Animations for use on web pages and in e-mail" |
| Graphics Search Engines |
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| Google Images |
"The most comprehensive image search on the web." |
| AltaVista Image Search |
Search for graphics & photos |
| ditto.com |
Claims to be "the premier visual search engine" - but I think Google would have something to say about that. Who ever heard of Ditto? |
| SmartDraw |
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"The World's Most Popular Business Graphics Software. It's graphics software for everyone. SmartDraw makes it possible for non-designers to create compelling business graphics, like:
- Flow charts
- Organizational Charts
- Floor Plans
- Maps
- Gantt Charts
- Office Layouts
- Timelines
- Sales Territory Maps
- Concept Maps."
Does everything Visio can do, but cheaper and MUCH easier to use. With Visio you get a few dozen templates. With SmartDraw you get 50,000! 30 day free trial. Highly recommended. |
| SmartDraw Resources |
Tutorials on using SmartDraw - some of them video tutorials. |
| Paint Shop Pro Tips/Tutorials |
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| Paint Shop Pro X | New features in Paint Shop Pro X include realistic painting tools, digital photography filters, flexible drawing and text tools, history palette and selective undo, and more. (30 day trial) |
| Paint Shop Pro Tutorials | Tutorials for Paint Shop Pro |
| Web Graphics on a Budget | Superb tutorials on PSP 6 and 7 |
| Jan's Designs | Lot of Tutorials for Paint Shop Pro 7 |
| BladePro Plug-in Filters for PSP/Photoshop | Filters for PSP/Photoshop - terrific |
| Introduction To Paint Shop Pro 5 | Tutorials for Paint Shop Pro 5 |
| Abstract Dimensions: Tips & Tricks for Paint Shop Pro 6 | Well developed site for learning to use Paint Shop Pro 6, including photo manipulation and special effects. |
| Paint Shop Pro 6 Multimedia Tutorials | Multimedia tutorials for Paint Shop Pro 6 |
| Plug-in Filters for PSP | Filters for PSP - especially useful are the ones from NVR BorderMania |
| High Impact Images with PSP | A few well done tips with emphasis on "how you can work with photographs to produce web imagery" |
| Graphics Den | Several tips for using Paint Shop Pro |
| Inside Paint Shop Pro | Several tips for using Paint Shop Pro 5 & 6 |
| Photoshop Tips/Tutorials |
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| Photoshop CS & other Adobe Product Tryouts | Demo versions of Adobe Products. You cannot save, print, or copy the graphics you produce. |
| Adobe Studio Exchange | Downloadable actions for Photoshop |
| Tips for using Photoshop/PSP | Tips, tutorials, other info for using Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. |
| Photoshop Crash Course | Great intro to Photoshop |
| Adobe Magazine | An archive of past issues of Adobe Magazine, in PDF format |
| Gifart.com's PhotoShop 4.0 and 5.5 Tips | Photoshop 4/5 tips & tricks |
| Eyeball-Design PhotoShop Tutorials | Photoshop tutorials |
| DeepSpace | Photoshop actions, plugins, tips, links. |
| VanDerLee | Plugins and filters for Adobe Photoshop & paint Shop Pro |
| Essential
Photoshop 5.5/ImageReady 2.0 Tips | Photoshop & ImageReady tips |
| Photoshop Professional Tips & Tricks | Of interest to Web designers, other ones - for "real-world designers" (those who deal with printed media), some tricks will be interesting for both |
| Free Photoshop Plugin Filters | Filters for use with Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro |
| Hands-On Photoshop | Nifty tutorials for Photoshop - even provides a zip file containing the entire site - 1.8 meg |
| As Simple As Photoshop | Photoshop downloadable video-book |
| Jay Arraich’s Photoshop Tips | Tips for using Photoshop |
| Photoshop Tips by Enki | Tips for using Photoshop |
| Steve's Desktop Photography | Useful and well designed, if graphically heavy (you expected no less) |
| Animation/Optimization |
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| Animation Tutorial | Useful info on GIF animation, Dreamweaver/DHTML, and Flash |
| Gif Cleaner32 | Free GIF file optimization program |
| Understanding Web Graphics: Pixel Anatomy 101 | A solid web graphics seminar, covering the essentials. |
| Creating Graphics for the Web | Technical web magazine - discusses converting EPS to bitmaps, anti-aliasing, and graphics compression, etc. |
| The Web Diner | Collection of web graphics tutorials, class notes - see esp. GIF Animation Tutorial |
| A Manual to Graphic File Formats | Short guide to the most common graphics file formats |
| JPEG image compression FAQ | All about JPEG graphics & compression |
| The GIMP |
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| Gimp.org | "The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages." |
| Grokking the GIMP | Free online guide to GIMP. Available as a HTML tarball. |
| Gimp User Group | The largest collection of Gimp arts and tutorials anywhere on the Internet. |
| GIMP Tutorials | "Here you can find tips and tutorials for using GIMP." |
| Photo magic with Gimp | "Several examples what you can do to enhance your photos with The Gimp." |
| Interactive Image Processing |
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| Animation Online | Create animations (for free) |
| GIFWorks | Free online GIF image editor - also 3D Text Maker |
| SpinWave | Home of GIFCruncher and JPEGCruncher. "Allows you to submit a GIF/JPG from your desktop or an HTTP or FTP URL, and automatically reduce the download time and file size of the GIF/JPG by up to 90%." |
| Arles Image Web Page Creator | "Creates thumbnail images at user-defined sizes and generates the required HTML files to display them. Thumbnails can be linked either directly to the full-sized image or to an HTML page with the image, complete with navigation tools, including a Javascript drop-down menu." |
| Web Color |
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| Color Scheme Generator | Wonderful! Color scheme generator that does almost everything you would need to find colors that match and complement your web site. Highly recommended. |
| Web Color | "Introduces basic color concepts, shows you the different ways to specify color for online display, and provides some design tips" |
| ColorSpecifier | A guide to web color selection - also displays color names |
| colors4webmasters.com | "Allows the user to play with the colors; try out different color combinations, switch between colors, undo color choice, swap color coding between 'items' (e.g. swap color coding for text/ background)" |
| Color Schemer | "Enter an RGB or HEX value to get a set of matching colors. You can even lighten and darken your scheme or pick colors from a websafe palette." |
| Webmaster's Color Laboratory | Nifty page for choosing colors from the 216 color palette |
| Color Coordinator | Super page for coordinating color schemes |
| Color Tables | "This table helps you choose a color table at The Color Spot. In the cells, links take you to a table showing the set of colors identified in the row's first column and displaying codes in the column header." |
| Colormaker | Another super little page for color schemes |
| The Browser Safe Color Palette | Browser colors arranged by hue & value with their hex codes |
| No Dither Netscape Color Palette | The Netscape Color Cube & its hex codes. Excellent! |
| Death of the Websafe Color Palette? | "One of the givens of Web design, the holiest of holy truths, is the sanctity of the 216 websafe color palette. It's a rite of initiation for every Web designer or developer: Use only these colors, we are told, and don't question why." |
| Color Theory | Technical site, with discussions of additive, subtractive color, autochrome, more. |
| Color Matters | "The concept of color ... approached from several disciplines: physiology, psychology, philosophy, and art." |
| Scanning Tips |
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| Wayne's Scanning Tips | "Scanning tips and hints, fundamentals and other general scanning information" |
| Digital photography |
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| Imaging Resource | Many useful FAQs, articles on digital photography, and reviews of digital cameras |
| Digital Camera HQ | "Unbiased reviews, prices and advice on Digital Cameras" |
| photo.net | A "photography learning community", in which more experienced photographers, both avid amateurs and professional, provide mutual support, as well as being a resource for those interested in learning about photography. |
| ShortCourses in Digital photography | Several online books and many useful links to resources on digital photography |
| Digital Photography Instant Gratification | Tips and techniques for digital photography |
| Flash |
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| Flash MX Trial Version | Download the free 30-day trial version of Flash MX. |
| Mix-FX | "Want to create amazing flashy buttons and text effects, but don't have Macromedia Flash or don't know how to use it for complex animations?" Shareware, only $27. |
| Shockwave and Flash Players | Plug-in for viewing streamed multimedia content - now includes Shockwave Flash Player 5 |
| Flash Support Center | Many Flash resourses, including documentation and tutorials |
| Flash Web Sites | Links to many Flash web sites |
| Flash Tutorials from About.com | Planning and setup, shape tweening, frame-by-frame animating |
| Intro to Flash 4 | Flash tutorial |
| Advanced Flash 4 | Advanced Flash tutorial |
| Flash Animation | Flash tutorial |
| Flashkit | Major Flash resource site |
| webwasp | Free Flash tutorials |
| FlashNet | Free Flash4 source files for all users, animated step by step tutorials and FAQ |
| moock.org | "Moock's tutorials and gallery for flash developers and designers. Covers ActionScript and JavaScript." |
| Flash Challenge | Flash design site |
| Font Sources |
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| 1001 fonts | Many free fonts |
| Free Font Fiesta | Many free fonts |
| WhatTheFont | "Ever wanted to have a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using the WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and we'll show you the closest matches in our database!" |
| FontSite | Style guides and tips for digital typography and design - and free fonts |
| MyFonts | "See fonts, Try fonts, Buy fonts" - one unique feature of this site - WhatTheFont that allows you to upload a scanned image of the font and it will find the closest match - actually works! |
| Search Free Fonts | Free fonts |
| Beautiful Fonts | Free fonts |
| Web Font List | Free fonts |
| Font n Things | Free fonts |
| Fonthead Design | A few interesting free fonts |
| Desktop Publishing/Typography |
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| Desktop Publishing at the Mining Company | Another good resource: tips, in-depth articles, links to free fonts among other things |
| Presentations Online | E-zine dedicated to "technology & techniques for effective communication" |
| Daniel Will-Harris | See esp. his Typofile e-zine |
| Microsoft's Typography | Microsoft's point of view on fonts on the web |
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Graphics Collections