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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 |
| pdphoto.org | "If you want to use these images: Go ahead...most of them are in the public domain. Which means you can use them for any purpose you want, including publishing them, selling them, integrating them into your own work, etc." |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Photoshop Tips by Enki | Tips for using Photoshop |
| Animation/Optimization |
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| 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! |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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