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3dm3.com - 3DM3 is a serious digital arts site. Lots of specialized competitions.
11secondclub.com - Entries into The 11 Second Club can be character animations in any medium, from CG animation (Maya, 3DS Max, Blender, Animation:Master, etc.) to traditional 2D animation to stop-motion. If you don't enter, at least check out prior entries.
aidb.com - Animation Industry Data Base's huge collection of festivals/contests.
animationmagazine.net - Festivals and events by Animation Magazine.
cartoonbrewfilms.com - Cartoon Brew Films welcomes submissions of all kinds of animated shorts, regardless of production technique, whether it's student or professional, or where it was produced.
computerarts.co.uk - Various unique contests through Computer Arts magazine.
eyefetch.com - Eye Fetch hall of fame images. Browse through many galleries of images for inspiration.
features.cgsociety.org - Game Developers conference featured on CGSociety.
kafi.kvcc.edu - Join their membership and get on the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) mailing list to stay up to date with their great festival.
ottawafilmfestival.com - Home of the Ottawa Film Festival.
studica.com - Studica hosts student contests.
yahoo.com - Yahoo's listing of contests and festivals related to animation.





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350designs.com - Clean, readable fonts are the focus on 350 Designs.
bauhaus.de - All about the Bauhaus Museum of design.
blambot.com- Blambot comic fonts & lettering. Some free, some cost.
bobstaake.com - Nice collection of poster art by Bob Staake. Click the link that says "browse a small collection of these images". Small is an understatement, the collection is huge!
designertoday.com - Designer Todaymhosts a huge data base of links geared towards disegn..
designtalkboard.com - Design Talk Board is news, design resources, forums and reviews.
eisnermuseum.org - The Eisner Museum of advertising and design in Milwaukee WI.
freefonts.co.in - Scoop Font has many fonts available for free. Be careful what they might do to your system compatibility-wise.
graphics.com - The shared resource for graphic design, Graphics.com.
insidegraphics.com - Tons of ideas, examples and tutorials for graphic and web designers from Hello Design.
hellodesign.com - Hello Design is an interactive design firm with a variety of clientele.
lunarstudio.com - Outstanding 3D visualization and architectural design by Lunar Studio.
kuler.adobe.com - The Adobe Kuler site gives you 5 color swatch combos for exploration, inspiration, experimentation and sharing. Daily favorites are posted. Also available as an Apple "widget" for OS X (10.4+) users. Daily updates on widget, as well!
marnonline.com - Milwaukee Artists Resource Network. Unique art events and news.
readymech.com - Package design ideas! Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build.
siggraph.org - ACM SIGGRAPH is dedicated to the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques.
shinybinary.com - Shiny Binary is an interesting mix of both typography examples as well as digital illustrations.
starcatcher.es - Laura Racero graphic design and illustration portfolio site. Very nice layouts and use of subject and palette.
thedigitalartist.com - Important site for art and design. The Digital Artist offers guides on how to exhibit work, etc.
typenav.com - Very useful font search engine on Type Navigator.
typenow.net - Type Now is a nice site for looking up stylized fonts from movie and TV show titles. Examples: "Austin Powers" and "Corpse Bride".
webreference.com - For everyone interested in the important basics of proper design as an art and science. Dmitry Kirsanov wants to have intelligent dialogues in regard to what makes design "good".

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3dbuzz.com - Look, listen, and learn about 3D modeling and animation at 3D Buzz.
3dtotal.com - Threedy Forums sponsored by 3DTotal.
3dvalley.com - 3D Valley hosts animation forums. jobs, contests, galleries.
animationshow.com - "The Animation Show" is a showcase discussion for the world's greatest independent animated short films.
animemusicvideos.org - This is the place if you want to launch your own Anime video. Anime Music Videos hosts discussions on anything in this realm.
cgsociety.org - Society of Digital Artists hosts discussions on digital design.
designtalkboard.com - A place for anyone interested in the creative industry to have a virtual chin-wag with other graphic designers on Design Talk Board.
devmaster.net - Game developer forums hosted by Dev Master.
ekosystem.org - Interesting urban murals and art on Eko System. Join in on the discussions.
gamedev.net - GameDev's insightful forums on game development.
graphics.com - The shared resource for graphic design. Tips, galleries, news, it's all on Graphics.com.
newgrounds.com - These forums always have interesting takes on the art projected on Newgrounds.
professionalphotographer.co.uk - Professional Photographer is the place to have some general banter with your fellow pros. Making money with your craft, equipment and techie discussions, etc.
sijun.com - Sijun hosts interesting interpretations of super heroes and their alter egos.
searchenginewatch.com - Discussions focus on search engines here on Search Engine Watch.
stylegala.com - Style Gala focuses on CSS and web design.
thedigitalforum.com - The Digital Bits forums. All aspects of digital art.
theforce.net - George Lucas forums. Anything George Lucas, it covers it all.
toonzone.net - The Toon Zone forum is for the discussion of the animation industry, trends, and production.
tripod.com - AF Animator Forum. Indonesian based.






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	Fun Interactivity actionscript.cl - Action Script Gallery hosts excellent studies in action script effects. Very creative, very addictive. alterfin.com - Nice action scripts written so that you can have control over a woman's face. Her eyes nose and mouth are all affected by the cursor. Very interesting study by Shlomo Alter. andre-michelle.com - Be patient while your mouse movements (not clicks) create beautiful art. Created by Andre Michelle. bomomo.com - Bomomo is a drawing and painting tool. Just click on the icons to get various effects. Nice visual combos mixing the different tools. box7box.com - Box7box gives you the tools to grow something beautiful today. changar.com - Rabbit follows cursor around, pretty well done, nice secondary action by Allan and Katlyn. You have to let the script to load so give it a second before your mouse begins to drag the rabbit around. cleoag.ru - A fascinating rotation, zoom on a 3D illustrated tree that goes throught the seasons on Cleog. doodlebug.com - Oodles of doodles desktop creations. Black and white pen and ink style drawings created through Doodle Bug. Lots of nice examples to check out. eigelb.at - Drag the mouse around to create interesting art has the "Spirograph" feel to it. Designed by Paul Schmidinger. elevatormoods.com - Elevator Moods is a very odd, but well constructed city where you continually move on through progressions of elevator floors. ericmyer.com - Click on portrait icons to the left to make an amazing amount of new people, design by Eric Myer. Click on the upper face to switch that out and click on the clothing to switch that out. flashface.ctapt.de - Flash Face lets you construct a face using various features. graffiticreator.net - Select the font you like best and click the image or the load button to start. Once loaded you can start typing in texts and see how the program generates pure magic for you, use various tools to further enhance your text to reach maximum look 'n feel of true Graffiti art. It's free, it's cool. grotrian.de - Create your own random music on PianoLina by adding squares to a field that almost looks like the game "Breakout","Tetris" or "Pong". Weird to mess around. Very atonal. jacksonpollock.org - Site that captures the spirit of Jackson Pollack in an interactive way. Just draw on the blank home page and you'll see!!! linerider.com - Draw a line and have a penguin sled down it. Very accurate physics. Insane movies of users that will make you laugh, they're so elaborate! Warning: Line Rider makes Apple's browser Safari crash, Firefox works fine. lovine.com - Calvin and Hobbes Wonderland supplies tons of material in this unofficial site for Calvin ad Hobbes. maninthedark.com - Another follow the cursor site with a figure of a man that follows perspective etc on Man in the Dark. mrpicassohead.com - Mr. Picasso Head lets you draw your own Picassos. Drag and drop facial features and scale, color rotate, flip, whatever. sillywalksgenerator.com - Monty Python's silly walks generator. Invent new walks in style of Monty Python's animator, Terry Gilliam. theclayman.com - Interactive dancing chicken by The Clay Man. Try it! theircircularlife.it - Move the triangle around the circle and it controls what time of day the street scene will show, by Lorenzo Fonda. uncontrol.com - Uncontrol presents interesting ways to draw. With your mouse you can control and "push" lines or shapes around and they take off on their own. All kinds of choices, too! zefrank.com/scribbler - The Scribbler lets you draw a simple or elaborate drawing. Click "start scribbler" to make the vector drawing come to life with more detail. Hard to explain, very cool. zefrank.com/shelda/ - Kaleidoscope for Shelda's mom lets you play with shapes in a moving kaleidoscope.
	Fun Online Animations albinoblacksheep.com - Cool flash animation of a drum loop that builds from Albino Blacksheep. Unfortunately there is no "skip intro" so it takes awhile to get into the actual drum machine section ... you just have to wait it out. angryalien.com - Angry Alien has famous movies acted out by bunnies all in a 30 second time limit. aniboom.com - AniBoom online cartoons. Great variety from independent animators. atomfilms.com - Atom Films brings you online independent animated films. beeks.eu - Yugo Nakamura has designed a "Hand-written" digital clock that is constantly updating itself. You have to see it to believe it. Please note that sometimes this page opens with a huge analog clock that you have to click on to get to the hand-written digital clock. burkestudios.com - Short clips of 3D animations by Steve Burke. Very original look. Big files (MB-wise). Best if used with high speed connection. cartoonbrew.com - Cartoon Brew Films welcomes submissions of all kinds of animated shorts, regardless of production technique, whether it's student or professional, or where it was produced. cothrun.com - What would happen if you were to open a series of simple .wav files so you can see their respective windows and then play all, or part, of each one simultaneously? You would get what Chris Cothrun has created, and it's worth checking out. dailymotion.com - The Daily Motion Design Resource, video publishing website. Well organized content. homestarrunner.com - Home Star Runner has a very original mix of funny flash animations. Strong Bad's answers to actual emails are great. icebox.com - Flash based webisodes here on Ice Box. All kinds of themes. javanivey.com - Very inventive animation using hundreds of cutout pieces of white paper that are all stacked up showing a "trail" of frames behind it by Javan Ivey. jessonyip.com - "Analogy" is a typographic clock which fuses the immediacy of digital with the visual-spatial quality of analogue into a hybrid format. It presents an everyday object with a fresh twist, by Jesson Yip. joecartoon.com - Joe Cartoon features silly Flash animations and games. Home of the famous "Frog in the Blender". madmindworx.com - Zoom Quilt II is a collaborative endless zoom using visitor's artwork. Once we zoom through one environment, another artist's work is right behind it. Maybe throw something of yours into it? mytoons.com - MyToons is everything animated. newgrounds.com - Everything by everybody on New Grounds. Wide variety of web-based art for inspiration. Submit your own! pascalcampion.com - Cool 2D animation, by Pascal Campion, with an innocent person dealing with a surrealistic door, an endless elaboration. Kind of like the old Pink Panther cartoon where they would do -like mind games. stickpage.com - Animator vs. Animator is an ingenious battle of stick man vs. the Flash interface. stonetrek.com - Stone Trek = Star Trek + The Flintstones! Good use of cartoon Flash. vaiavanti.com - Abstract endless hypnotic flight over landscapes. zune-arts.net - Animations done to promote Zune from Microsoft.
	Fun Photos andreaplanet.com - Digital version of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" by Andrea Planet. Zoom in until you see it's made up of tiny photos. flickzzz.com - Flickzzz hosts a very cool set of composite photos called "Cartoons in Reality". heritage.stsci.edu - Heritage Gallerysupplies all kinds of space photos from the Hubble telescope. Amazing how reality looks like fantasy. science.ksc.nasa.gov - NASA and space images galore. graffiticreator.net - Graffiti Creator for the web. Basically they let you use graffiti-like fonts, you enter in a word, and it comes out looking like graffiti. vertustech.com - 40 nicely executed photo composites featured on VertusTech. xmarkjenkinsx.com - Strange collection of "sculptures" added into the world around us by Mark Jenkins. yeeta.com/Balalo - Very creative photo compositing by the artist Balalo.
	Fun Tools acronymfinder.com - Acronym Finder handles both known acronyms and makes up new ones. This may come in handy some day. dafont.com - Type in a word or short phrase and Da Font comes up with a random set of fonts using what you typed in. Good for ideas for typography. imdb.com - Internet Movie Database site. Covers everything from DVD/VHS releases to theatrical releases and reviews. Very complete. lyricsdir.com - Search for lyrics in the Lyrics Directory database or it can also look online for you. newsportalsite.com - Design your own daily newspaper online using the News Portal.
	Extra Fun adcritic.com - Ad Critic, all ads, all the time. Good reference material for assignments or jobs. animemusicvideos.org - Anime Music Videos' community is dedicated to the creation, discussion, and general enjoyment of fan-made anime music videos. You must become a member first. awn.com - Animation Word Network's Animation trivia quiz. AWN updates this weekly. billnye.com - Bill Nye Science Guy has very cool facts and info that you normally would think of. Okay, I'm a little nerdy. billychasen.com - Billy Chasen has created a digital clock made up of people! boring3d.com - Strange creatures that are sooo cute, yet sometimes a little creepy by Jimmy Maidens. Surreal. buzzdash.com - Buzz Dash is a site that is all about statistics and pie charts. Sounds boring, but the topics are really interesting and the charts keep changing. This link is straight to the technology section, but there's plenty of other subjects to check out. clayplanetdesigns.com - Clay Planet Designs "has the most unique and unusual series of wall art". Nicely designed website, very fun. Artist exhibiting humorous aquatic ceramic pieces. darwinawards.com - A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises Honoring those who improve the species...by accidentally removing themselves from it! If you've never read any of the entries in the Darwin Awards you need to! dearauntnettie.com - The Museum of Depression Art presents great famous works of art in a very distorted form, pokes fun at various styles, tastes, etc. The text accompanying each painting on the site is just as funny as the images themselves. dirtycarart.com - Artist Scott Wade likes to draw famous works of art in the dust that accumulates on car windows. Very elaborate. fenyu.org - Unique idea and creatively brilliant. Fenyu is a site worth seeing, you most likely will say wow!. howstuffworks.com - How Stuff Works tries to explain everything, and I mean everything. How do ipods work? What was Bungee's Halo wish list? How do 3D game developers get such realistic environments? How do web animations work? How do hard rives work? How do astronauts eat in space? How do lava lamps work? howtoons.com - Unbelievably great layouts and drawings from HowToons. Laser spitballs, soda bottle submarines, one man bands, etc. Very inventive. jumpland.com - Jump Land is everything you ever wanted to know about the Manga magazine that brought you Dragon Ball and Naruto. notcot.org - For your ideas aesthetics and amusement. NOTCOT has a wide variety of styles to borrow from. thesheepmarket.com - 10,000 sheep created by online workers. The workers were paid $.02 to draw a sheep looking left. Ya kinda have ta see it to get it. telegraph.co.uk - - The Telegrah's "101 greatest questions of all time". Yes, the greatest of all time. thevillagepetstoreandcharcoalgrill.com - The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grillnot only have the longest URL in the world, but they bring you a rendering of Tweety Bird you have to see to believe . whattheduck.net - Home of Aaron Johnson's unique cartoon strip, "What the Duck". It's an international hit!

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1up.com - 1up is your home for video games PS2, Xbox, 360, PSP, DS, GBA, PS3, WII. Cheats, previews, reviews, boards, blogs.
animationarena.com - This link from Animation Arena, takes you directly to 2D animation tips (i.e. the importance of action in animation, etc.).
bungie.net - Homepage for the game developer, Bungie.
conceptart.org - Concept Art is tutorials, forums, daily sketch topics, all for games. Excellent resource.
designertoday.com - Career search engine for game development on DevMaster, the source for game developers.
devmaster.net - Career search engine for game development on DevMaster, the source for game developers.
eve-online.com - Concept art for online game Eve.
extremetech.com - Build it, tweak it, know it. Deep technology for enthusiasts and professionals on Extreme Tech.
gamasutra.com - Newsletters and monthly job listings for game design industry on Gamasutra.
gamedev.net - Keep up on Gaming through the site GameDev.
gamerevolution.com - Game Revolution lists the worst game titles ever of real, existing games.
halife.com- HaLife offers up video game career tips.
igda.org - Preparing yourself for a career in game development through the International Game Developers Association.
limbogame.org - Trailer for the game Limbo. Awesome depth of field for 2D.
n4g.com - News for Gamers.
sauerbraten.org - Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2) is a free multi-player / single-player first person shooter, built as a major redesign of The Cube.
sloperama.com - Game design basics are outlined on Sloperama Productions site.
thegameconsole.com - The Game Console supplies a comprehensive archive of video game platforms over the years. A great resource.
thegamergene.com - The Gamer Gene is video game news, game reviews, video trailers and commentary.





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www.3dark.com/ - Richard Williams Master Class Notes.
amazing-kids.org - Non-profit educational organization, Amazing Kids, dedicated to helping kids realize their amazing potential.
animators.digitalmedianet.com - Digital Media Net has tutorials for the digital animator.
animemusicvideos.org - Anime Music Video's technical guides. Nicely organized resource.
brainpop.com - BrainPOP is a pioneering developer of engaging, animated content that motivates and inspires children to learn. Each month, BrainPOP welcomes more than 1,000,000 visitors to its websites, reaching roughly 13,000,000 students in homes, classrooms and computer labs worldwide.
cambridgeincolour.com - Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. Topics range from basic camera tips to advanced techniques on Cambridge in Colour.
cartoonsmart.com - Animation, web and gaming tutorials. Very cool ninja animation on this page of Cartoon Smart.
cartoonsolutions.com - Cartoon Solutions offers up downloadable tutorilas on all sorts of animation.
chordfind.com - Excellent site for learning new voicings for guitar chords complete with visual guide of fret board on Chord Find.
conceptart.org - Concept Art is tutorials, forums, daily sketch topics, all for games. Excellent resource.
consumerreports.org - Expert, independent, and non-profit. Consumer Reports is a wise site to visit before buying electronics or even just anything at all.
drawspace.com - Draw Space offers helpful drawing tips for beginners/intermediate/advanced. Worth registering for especially if you struggle at drawing in any way. Covers just about everything.
designertoday.com - Latest graphic design software tutorials and training from Designer Today.
devmaster.net - Game development tutorial from DevMasters.
directlegal.com - Direct Legal, provides fast, professional & cost-effective copyright & trademark services for creative people, entrepreneurs, and businesses across the U.S.A., Canada & around the world.
drawingcoach.com - Drawing Coach will teach you how to draw and improve your skill in no time with the help of an online coach. Whether you're an art teacher, art student, or just a hobbyist artist you will find the step by step education that will give you the ability to bring those images in your mind into paper reality.
dreamworksanimation.com - Click on "Studio" link to see get behind the scenes at Dreamworks. You can link to "Animation 101" which talks about the basics of animation. The "A Day in the Life" link explains all of the job titles and what they do. Good stuff.
edu-cyberpg.com - Copyrights in the classroom. Focus is on K-12, but anyone can learn from Educational Cyber Play Ground.
genedeitch.awn.com - Everything you ever wanted to know about animation, but were afraid Gene Deitch might tell you.
gfxartist.com - The GFXartist Network started in late 1999 and eventually went live in March 2000, its created and operated by Brothers in art from Hilversum, the Netherlands. Their dedicated team of volunteers from around the world make GFXartist a very strong art community. Learn from the articles and tutorials, stay up to date with the daily news, communicate using your buddy list and the on-site message system as well as the comment functions throughout the site.
help.cnet.com - Technical "how to"& online classes and tips from CNET experts.
lowe-tech.com - Accurate presentation of a "how to" site using paper airplanes s a subject by Christian Lowe.
icondrawer.com - Learn how to create OS X icons from Icon Drawer.
malektips.com/digital_cameras - Tips on anything about Digital Camcorders. Where to buy, how to use.
malektips.com/word - Malek Tips has hot keys for inserting symbols in MS Word. More useful than you may think. Examples: trademark "TM" and copyright "R".
medialawyer.com - De-mystify copyright laws for multi-media. Lecture notes from a UCLA professor simplifies this complicated topic on Media Lawyer. Use this as a base to build on.
stanford.edu/phrases - Standford has collected phrases to use when quoting sources directly or indirectly in research papers.
stanford.edu/rules - Standford's Rules for Citation and Reference. When writing any academic paper, research paper, article, course paper, etc, make sure you provide proper in-text citations and full references at the end of the paper.
ulster.net - Painting methods from Jeffery Jones. Great resource for artists who can appreciate painting tips.
uwstout.edu - Rubrics for multimedia assessment from U. W. Stout.
videohelp.com - Learn how to make Video CDs from Video Help. Great for preserving your animations and creating demo reels.
webopedia.com - On Webopedia, you can click on a multimedia term to get a definition. You may also type in a word and it will search for a definition for anything computer related. Very useful for beginners as well as advanced users getting into techie areas.
webschoolsolutions.com - WebSchool Solutions has glossary definitions from A - Z in multimedia as well as others ... and it's directed at schools.

	2D Tips adobe.com - Site within Adobe with lots of tips for digital video and digital stills. Aimed at kids, but good for adults as well. Lots to learn from. creativecow.net - Creative Cow. Premiere tutorials from creative communities of the world. eyesondesign.net - Eyes on Design has tons of tutorials for Photoshop. frankandollie.com - Tips from two Disney masters, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who wrote what some think is the Animation bible: "The Illusion of Life". highpoly3d.com - Tutorial on creating tileable (or seamless) textures from High Poly 3D. hoddinott.com - Online drawing tutorials on Draw Space. Very well organized. Very helpful at all levels. phong.com - Photoshop tutorials by Phong. Remember to use the horizontal bar or you'll miss a lot of options. photoshoproadmap.com - 30 Awesome Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials from photoshoproadmap. photoshoptextures.com - How to make seamless Photoshop Textures. pswish.com - PS Wishis a Photoshop tutorials blog. Nice examples. Links to tutorials sites. spoongraphics.co.uk - Excellent examples of speed painting (showing how a painting is built up from nothing). This time Spoon Graphics specializes in the topic of supert heros. stevenegordon.com - Animator Steve Gordan's portfolio site with some "how to draw..., etc" included. thinkinganimation.com - Tips on walk cycles from Thinking Animation. Starts with text, but scroll down to see examples in action. treeshark.com - Perspective tutorials. Complex curved lines are discussed. Good for animation backgrounds. tutorialized.com - Adobe Premiere Tutorials includes tutorials for Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects. vectortuts.com - Excellent step by step instructions for building a comic strip. Vectortuts makes the steps very clear and totally useful. videocopilot.net - Video Copilot visual FX & post has tutorials for Adobe After Effects and other post production software. Free and for purchase. webdesignledger.com - Photoshop lighting effects from Web Designer Ledger.
	3D Tips 3dplants.0catch.com - Tutorials on plant and terrains. 3drender.com - 3D Resource page complete with tutorials and other helpful information from 3D Render. 3dtotal.com - 3D Total offers up tutorials of all kinds. 3dvalley.com - Free 3D tutorials in 3D Valley. 9jcg.com - Maya tutorial on wheel rotation relative to distance traveled by Larry Neuberger. andrewsilke.com - Andrew Silke was the animator on the independent film, "Cane Toad". The focus here is rigging. area.autodesk.com - "Area" is a searchable site within Autodesk for 3D tutorials. cgwhat.com - Video training for 3D artists willing to create an account with CGWhat. digitaltutors.com - Excellent supplier of tutorials (free and for cost), also educational & corporate training from Digital Tutors. highend3d.com - MAYA tutorials and tricks from HighEnd3D. lifemi.com - Live cyber assistant for MAYA & 3D Studio Max sponsored by Lifemode Interactive. pixar.com - Pixar tells all on how they create their films. pixel2life.com - MAYA tutorials and tricks from Pixel2Life. simplymaya.com - Video training for 3D artists willing to create an account with Simply Maya. toonlets.com - Rigging tutorial for MAYA by Steven Tubbrit. tutorialized.com - 3D Studio Max tutorials by Tutorialized.
	Web Tips boogiejack.com - Boogie Jack's Web Depot is a webmasters resource site with over 500 pages of free high quality web page graphics, HTML and CSS tutorials, graphics tutorials, cut and paste JavaScript, sound effects, software and software reviews, computer tips and more. There are other diversions if web mastery isn't your thing. cartoonsmart.com - Adobe Flash Tutorials by Cartoon Smart. Very nicely done in QT form so you can pause it when you need to. They supply the Flash project file in 6, 7 or 8. Great resource! Will we ever get used to calling it Adobe Flash? developingwebs.net - Well done tutorials on all kinds of Photoshop, ImageReady, and Flash tricks. Example: creating a Lava Lamp in Flash. All here in Developing Webs. flashkit.com - Flash Kit is a Flash Developer Community website. Loads of helpful web tips and scripts. htmlplayground.com - XHTML + CSS reference by example. Nice interface by HTML Playground. lynda.com - Tips on web design from the "Queen" of web design books, Lynda Weinman. photoshoptalent.com - PST Blog has the "60 best" Photoshop Tutorials to design your own site.. stylizedweb.com - Web trends and tutorials by Stylized Web. Great resource for web designers. webdevelopersfieldguide.com - Incredible links for everything related to web design. Everything web is on Web Developers Field Guide. webreference.com - For everyone interested in the important basics of proper design as an art and science. Dmitry Kirsanov wants to have intelligent dialogues in regard to what makes design "good".

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a1freesoundeffects.com - A1 supplies downloads and CDs of free software for use on buttons, animal, television, sports, etc.
albinoblacksheep.com - Cool flash animation of a drum loop that builds from Albino Blacksheep. Unfortunately there is no "skip intro" so it takes awhile to get into the actual drum machine section ... you just have to wait it out.
apple.com - Apple's Soundtrack Pro 2. Now edits in surround sound.
artistdirect.com - Artists Direct gives you Hip-Hop rapper Lil Wayne to pop queen Britney Spears and everyone left in-between. Download free music or watch free music videos. Reserve your concert tickets in advance with the speed and convenience found at Artists Direct.
audacity.sourceforge.net - Site for Audacity. This is free open-source software.
cartoonbrew.com - Music video using only dice on Cartoon Brew.
chordbook.com - Nice chord site for guitarists. Very quick response to all variations of chords hosted by Chord Book.
chordfind.com - Chord Find is an excellent site for learning new voicings for guitar chords complete with visual guide of fret board.
cothrun.com - What would happen if you were to open a series of simple .wav files so you can see their respective windows and then play all, or part, of each one simultaneously? You'd would get what Chris Cothrun has created and it's worth checking out.
deezer.com - Deezer is customized radio stations with very specific genres.
filmsound.studienet.org - Film Sound is dedicated to the art and analyses of film audio.
flashmusicgames.com - Soothing Flash-based random piano sounds, nice for spacing out.
grotrian.de - Create your own random music on PianoLina by adding squares to a field that almost looks like the game "tetris" or "pong". Weird to mess around. Very atonal.
kettering.edu - Everything you need to understand acoustics from Dan Russell Ph.D.
lyricsdir.com - Search for lyrics in the Lyrics Directory database or it can also look online for you.
lyricsfly.com - Track down lyrics for any artist, song, album at Lyrics Fly. You can also add to the database.
macaudioguy.com - Mac Audio Guy is a resource for Mac audio. Contains Garage Band and Soundtrack specific files as well as lots of links.
making-music.com - Making Music is a good source for software for creating music. Supports Mac, Linux, Windows.
musicthinktank.com - Music Think Tank offers up pointers on home recording.
pandora.com - On Pandora you have the possibility of stumbling across a brand new artist, group or band... it's radio from the Music Genome Project.
pitchforkmedia.com - Music news resource from Pitch Fork Media.
rhymezone.com - Song writers, poets all can find matching rhymes for any word you type in. Rhyme Zone has made this easy.
songramp.com - Song Ramp Music Community is an independent musicians site. Artists and their fans control the site. The artist members create their own pages, upload their own music, manage their own mailing lists, etc.
spiralfrog.com - Signup at Spiral Frog and get access to over one million songs that you can download legally and free. Discover new artists that you probably haven't ever heard of before or stay with popular recording artists.
sweetjelly.com - Check out the now defincted band, Sweet Jelly. Carol Kroll - vocals, Aaron Johnson - bass and vocals, Anthony Kreft - drums and Rob Miller - guitarist (Rob Miller of RobAnimation.com).
top100guitarsites.com - Top 100 Guitar Sites lists their favorite sites for guitarists.
unsignedbandweb.com - Unsigned Band Web has featured free music, featured artists, recent song reviews, recent song favorites, all kinds of ways to meet up with new music.

Sound Effects archive.museophile.sbu.ac.uk - Great links for locating online audio (SFX and Music) on Archive. audiolicense.net - Royalty Free Sounds from Hollywood Sound Effects Library, Audio Network Plc. They may be royalty-free but not free of charge. findsounds.com - FindSounds is the best site for searching since you can not only search the best for sounds but specify the format, channels, resolution, sample rate, and maximum file size. pacdv.com - PacDV is a free download site. Current top 5 are applause, phone, film projector, door creek. What else could you possibly need? soundamerica.com - 175,000 sound effects available at Sound America. stonewashed.net - Lots of sound effects for free and to buy from Stonewashed. Also lots of web design stuff.

Loops bbc.co.uk - The BBC Music One loop download page. 1000 free samples. breakbeat-paradise.com - Clean loops of musical instruments and vocals offered up free from Break Beats. flashkit.com - Search Flash Kit for sound loops. Lots of options. free-loops.com - A vast array of loops for the music production community at Free-Loops. icompositions.com - icompositions is an online community for musicians. macloops.com - MacLoops offers free loops for GarageBand and Logic. tuneuploops.com - Get a free Tune-up for Garage Band from TuneMedia. The free demo pack includes 50 loops.

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americanlibertyscholarship.com - "Our ultimate goal is to help prospective students enjoy the benefits of a quality education" - American Liberty Scholarship Organization (scholarship site).
comixology.com - Find out which comics are coming out and when using Comixology.
designinmotion.com - The Daily Motion Design keeps you up on Hollywood design news.
flay.com - Flay offers up news resources for 3D content providers.
internetnews.com - Real-time IT news from Internet News.
medialawyer.com - Demystify copyright laws for multi-media. Lecture notes from a UCLA professor simplifies this complicated topic on Media Lawyer.
n4g.com - N4G is news for Gamers.
siggraph.org - ACM SIGGRAPH is dedicated to information on computer graphics and interactive techniques.

	Animation News animation-chanel.com - Articles on animation from the Animation Chanel. animated-news.com - Daily news on animation hosted by Animation News. animationartist.com - Tech news for the digital community on Animation Artist. animationinsider.net - The latest news from the Animation Insider. animationmagazine.net - Animation Magazine's news & info. animationmeat.com - Animation news, "want to really know something about animation?", Animation Meat. animationshow.com - News related to "The Animation Show". animenewsnetwork.com - The Anime News Network bring you all of the latest on anything Anime. animators.digitalmedianet.com - Updates from the Digital Animators. animagic.hpg.com.br - Great site on Disney animation, in Spanish! bungie.net - Tru7h, Damage and spin, Bungie'sofficial line of communication. icebox.com - Animation news from Ice Box. kafi.kvcc.edu - Join their membership and get on the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) mailing list to stay up to date with their great festival. news.awn.com - Headline news on animation sponsored by Animation World Network. pixelnews.com - PIXEL - the computer animation news people, inc. is a unique research and consultancy company that monitors and reports on the computer animation and visual effects segment of the overall computer graphics industry, worldwide. thegamergene.com - The Gamer Gene is video game news, game reviews, video trailers and commentary.
	Design News designtalkboard.com - Keep up to date with the latest graphic design industry news featured on Design Talk Board. designertoday.com - Designer Today is graphic design & related news. dexigner.com - Dexigner news and information. Very extensive coverage on design. graphicdesignbasics.com - Graphic Design Basics news and information. toynewsi.com - Toy News International, toy design, news, and information.
	Web News cssbeauty.com - Current CSS news from CSS Beauty. designnewz.com - Web Design News. Lots of CSS related news and tips. digital-web.com - Current web news from Digital Web Magazine. flashbelt.com - The mission of Flashbelt is to bring together new media designers, developers and enthusiasts to share knowledge, inspiration and build community. It's about professional development and creative inspiration. newsforwebdesigners.wordpress.com - Listen and subscribe to this podcast for the latest technology on web design software, languages, hosting and tips and tricks. Or just check out the on screen forum. Hosted by News for Web Designers. stylegala.com - Style Gala's publication on web design and standards. unmatchedstyle.com - Unmatched Style is a growing community dedicated to acknowl edging those who have made gorgeous web sites using CSS and web standards. web-design.co.za - Web Design gives you on the latest techie news for serious web designers. webdeveloper.com - Current news from Web Developer. webpronews.com - Web design professionals site for breaking eBusiness and search news by Web Pro News.

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3dartspace.com - Portfolio of Meats Meier "The Organic Mechanic". Very cool site.
abduzeedo.com - Long exposure drawings with light. Lots of creative examples on Abduzeedo.
abelic.net - Underwater photography by Andrej Belic. Very colorful and surreal. Unique.
animation-backgrounds.com - Animation backgrounds by artist Michael Hirsh.
antilimit.com - Eric Gustafson's photographic  portfolio with all kinds of nice effects.
billledger.com - Bill Ledger's humorous 3d and 2D cartoon characters for TV, books and new media. Inventive home page!
biteycastle.com - Adam Phillips portfolio site. Great 2D animations and storylines from this amazing animator, Adam Phillips.
bobbyboombeck.com - Animator Bobby Beck's portfolio site.
bozzetto.com - Bruno Bozzetto, the Italian animator, has made a decent adaptation from film to Flash. Not a lot of the film animators have made the switch quite so easily.
byroglyphics.com - Excellent illustrations by UK Artist/Illustrator Russ Mills. Exciting line and compositions!
carlosbaena.com - Animator Carlos Baena's portfolio site.
centripetalnotion.com - "Book autopsies" by Brian Dettmer. The artist answers the question of what would happen if we physically dissected books?
cgsociety.org - Post your own portfolio or view tons of online artists on CGSociety.
charlenechua.com - Charlene Chua is an illustrator who has a unique style. Worth checking out.
claire-wendling.net - Portfolio of French artist, Claire Wendling. Lithos, album art, concept art.
davidlynch.de - The messed up, creative universe of David Lynch.
digital-photography-school.com - 99 remarkable photographer's portfolios and they are remarkable!!! Hosted on DPS Digital Photography School.
dougchiang.com - Animator Doug Chiang's portfolio site. Design director for Lucas Films Star Wars Episode I. He also did concept art for Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds.
enchgallery.com - Excellent variety and the highest quality of work from two artists: Cory Ench and Catska Ench. Check out the Fractal World Gallery link for something different.
filmshotsstudio.com - Craig Gilmore storyboard examples.
folioplanet.com - The Illustrator resource. Excellent site to demo your work or see the work of others on FolioPlanet. Huge database.
foxsaver.com - FoxSaver mixed portfolio co-op. Good and not so good.
fullyillustrated.com - 3D, Photography, design, illustration by Michael Heald.
ghibliworld.com - Site devoted to Studio Ghibli. Everything you ever needed to know about Hayao Miyazaki.
ghostco.org - Scroll through the "prints" section for unique illustration and nice tones. The rest of Ghostco is not as impressive.
happyproduct.com - Portfolio site with films by Mark Osborne. "More" was an Academy-Award nominated animated short-film.
hillmancurtis.com - HillmanCurtis is a design company with an interesting on-line portfolio. Strange homepage.
issamz.com - Issam Zejly portfolio site.  Very well done movie on home page. Check out demo reel.
iww.is - Photos of northern lights by Sigurdur Stefnisson. Wild.
jamesnachtwey.com - James Nachtwey's captivating photos from all over the world capture man's plight and struggles in an ever-changing world that seems like we can't keep up with.
junglestudio.com - Kelly Hamilton's site has nice examples of animation art including: concept art and animated pixel art cycles.
kennethparker.com - Kenneth Parker portfolio site. Photographer with great eye for environments. Nice inspiration for backgrounds for animation.
keusta.net - The characters and graffiti art of Mr. Stack.
klaskycsupo.com - Home of Klasky Csupo. Creators of "Rugrats", “As Told By Ginger”. “The Wild Thornberrys”, etc.
kurthalsey.com - Kurt Hasley's illustration portfolio.
melkadel.com - The illustration portfolio of Mel Kadel.
melnitsa.com - Melnitsa Studio's animation background gallery.
mullerphoto.com - Excellent photographer, Michael Muller, extensive site. Very cool interface on portraits where other portraits are revealed by moving the mouse over the photos. Lots of Hollywood clients.
musa3d.com - 3D modeling, gaming models, architectural 3D, photography, concept art of Musa Sayyed.
navone.org - Home of Victor Navone, an artist and animator at Pixar studios.
nikohenrichon.com - Niko Henrichon is a talented illustator leaning towards funky X-Man style images.
nolinovak.com - Illustrator Noli Novak specializes in stippling. Unique approach. Very good form.
okaydave.com - Portfolio of Dave Werner. Nice site design. Video art.
presstube.com - James Paterson projects. Crazy design.
projectoffset.com - Concept Art hosted by Project Offset. Nice variety.
pspart.com - Storyboard examples by Paul Phillips.
ralphlgoings.com - Ralph Goings photography. "Four decades of Realism." Strong American feel to all photos.
ralphsteadman.com - Ralph Steadman's incredibly unique and powerful editorial illustrations.
raph.com/3dartists - 3D.Artsists has a very organized data base that can be sorted by date, name, country, thumbnails, charts. Excellent resource.
sanjaychand.com - Models, textures, shade, light, comp by Sanjay Chand.
searlstudio.com - Photographic art by Stephan Earl on Searlstudio. Categorized as natural, musical, eclectic, eclectica, black and white, waterfalls.
shinybinary.com - Artist, Nik Ainley, mixes in a lot of typography into the illustrations, so it's a little bit different.
sijun.com - Home of Dhabin Eng. Concept art and illustration.
somefield.com - The strange illustrations of Barnaby Ward.
stangorman.com - Stan Gorman's illustrations, concept art and animation.
stephanalberola.com - Stephan Alberola's 3D architectural environments.
stevenegordon.com - Steve Gordan's storyboard art and character design.
tobiassugar.com - Tobias Sugar portfolio of varied art forms.
ulimeyer.com - Animator Uli Meyer's portfolio site.
ulster.net - Portfolio paintings of Jeffrey Jones.
yeeta/balalo.com - Very creative photo compositing by the artist Balalo.
yeeta/melech.com - Excellent fantasy and warped reality images by Frank Melech. Very high quality.
yeeta/bavari.com - Creative art from Alessandro Bavari. Art to aspire to. Excellent photo compositng and digital painting.






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bakhter.com - 3Dempire is a great free resource for all of your graphic needs. Includes links to application's sites in its reviews.
brusheezy.com - New Adobe Photoshop brushes available for download. Brusheezy is a co-op style site. Only approved brushes are accepted.
budsartbooks.com - Comic book artist supplies from Bud's Art Books.
cartooncolour.com - Animation supplies from the original animation supplier, Cartoon Colour.
deneroff.com - Animation Studio Links A-Z from Harvey Deneroff.
digitaltutors.com - Excellent supplier of tutorials (free and for cost), also educational & corporate training. Outstanding DVD tutorials for MAYA from Digital Tutors.
facets.org - Animation & independent videos and DVDs. Facets has an outstanding catalog selection. This is where you go to find animation compilation DVDs and obscure films.
fastmac.com - FastMac has been creating and manufacturing upgrade products for a variety of Apple OEMs since 1998.
great-isp-deals.com - Nice comparisons between IPs, dialup, and the like. Great ISP Deals looks pretty honest.
hobbycraft.com - Hobby Craft is a good source for "Plastisine". Think of it as Play Dough that never dries out. Perfect for creating your characters in clay.
lightfootltd.com - Animation supplies for schools and professionals from Lightfoot LTD.
oldapps.com - Find old versions of software on OldApps. Comes in handy when you have a slightly old computer or maybe even really old one an new software versions won't load.
pixelio.de - Photos free and for cost on Pixelio.
plasticanimationpaper.dk - Plastic Animation Paper is the easy and efficient 2D software for drawing traditional animation the digital way.
spreadshirt.com - Spreadshirt is a site for easy T-Shirt reproduction.
sxc.hu - Stock photos that you can contribute to as well as download from Stock.Xchng. Good Quality.

	Animation Software aniboom.com - Online animation software, Shapeshifter and Micro Smotion the web cam widget. digicelinc.com - Animation pencil testing software from Digi Cel Inc. Also serious digital ink and paint software. flypaper.net - Flypaper app allows you to create slide shows for the web or presentation. ktoon.toonka.com - KToon is a 2D Animation Toolkit designed by animators (Toonka Films ) for animators, focused to the Cartoon Industry. Works only on UNIX based system. Windows version coming soon. plasticanimationpaper.dk - Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) is a software package for doing paperless 2D animation. Works with Windows and Linux. Mac version available to anyone who wants to be a beta tester. sharbor.com - Safer Harbor is a vender specializing in 2D/3D animation hardware/software. thebest3d.com - Project Dogwaffle is a PC program for people who like to draw, sketch, animate and paint. the-tab.com - Paperless 2D animation software for the web. The Tab is super user friendly. xara.com - Xara Xtreme offers one of the easiest ways to create really efficient Flash animations.
	Computer Hardware apple.com - Apple Computersonline store. dell.com - Dell Computers online store. gateway.com - Gateway Computers online store. hp.com/shopping - Hewlett Packard computers online store.
	Educational Pricing academicsuperstore.com - Software specially priced for students and instructors on Academic Superstore. journeyed.com - Software specially priced for students and instructors on Journey Ed. studentdiscounts.com - Software specially priced for students and instructors on Student Discounts. studica.com - Studica sells educational discounts on software, hardware, etc. Also hosts student contests. wiscsoftware.wisc.edu - Extra low prices on educational software for University of Wisconsin students only on Wisconsin Integrated Software Catalog.
	Freeware/Shareware/Open Source bestfreewaredownload.com - Best Freeware Download, search engine for freeware. download.com - The site, Download, specializes in all kinds of freeware/shareware. download3000.com - Animation software downloads from Download 3000. drqueue.org - Dr. Queue open-source distributed render queue software. UW-Parkside uses this for it's MAYA render farm. freewarefiles.com - Freeware Files site specializes in freeware downloads. freefonts.co.in - Scoop Font has many fonts available for free. Be careful what they might do to your system compatibility-wise. gimp.org - Gimp is the open source version of Photoshop. Open source means it's a constantly updated program and it's free! nadmedia.net - Site full of shareware software. opendesigns.org - The Open Design Community (TODC) is a group of Open Source Website Designers from around the world providing thousands of XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download. opensourcewindows.org - A simple list of Open Source software for all kinds of uses. Open Source Windows wants to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use Open Source software out there. osalt.com - Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software on Osalt.com. versiontracker.com - Version Tracker is a web-based software clearing house for freeware and shareware.
	Models/Textures 3dplants.0catch.com - 3D plant models for free and for purchase on 3D Plants. 3dvalley.com - 3D models mostly free from 3D Valley. andrewsilke.com - This from Andrew Silke has the infamous "generi" character model and rig. area.autodesk.com - Autodesk models, textures, scripts, shaders for downloading. cgtextures.com - Textures available for free. CGTextures is nicely organized. contentparadise.com - Poser application content (models, scenes , shaders, etc.). filterforge.com - Filter Forge has a lot of seamless textures available for free and for cost. The plug-in, "Filter Forge", allows you to create a multitude of filters in Photoshop. grsites.com - GRSites is the self-proclaimed "largest collection of free background textures on the internet". jupiterimages.com - Royalty-free photos, graphics, movies for sale on Jupitor Images. klicker.de - Free 3D Studio Max models on Kicker. ozviz.edu - Huge collection of seamless textures collected by Paul Bourke. Scroll down on this link to fid all of the categories. photoshoproadmap.com - Photoshop Road Map60 free high res textures. simplymaya.com - Simply Maya supplies 3D models, textures, shaders, and plug-ins. textures.forrest.cz - Loads of seamless textures on Texture Forrest. The web site's creator has done his best to collect royalty free textures. Very well organized.
	Stock Photos 1x.com - Onexposure is an art sproject and photo community with a difference. everystockphoto.com - Membership is free at Every Stock Photo, without advertising, and allows you to rate, tag, collect and comment on photos. eyefetch.com - EyeFetch is a place for Artists and Aficionados to meet and enjoy their love for Art and Photography. freedigitalphotos.net - Free Digital Photos hosts thousands of royalty free photos for websites, newspapers, magazines, video and TV productions, iPhone applications, PowerPoint presentations, forums, blogs and school work. freefoto.com - FreeFoto is a comprehensive, yet easy to navigate site, offers images that are free for on-line use, with higher quality versions available for sale. freephotosbank.com - Free Photos Bank is a free and for purchase photo resource. freerangestock.com - Just sign up for a free membership on Freerange Stock, log in, and download high-quality, high-resolution free stock photos and free textures. life.com - LIFE and Getty Images, the two most recognized names in photography, have joined forces to provide you instant access to millions of breathtaking photographs ... for free. pbase.com - Host and share your photos on the Internet on PBase. photobucket.com - Upload your images & videos for free at Photobucket. stockvault.net - Share and download high quality stock photos on Stock Vault. sxc.hu - Stock.XCHNG, the leading free stock photo site.

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apple.com - Apple OS X keyboard shortcuts.
billnye.com - Bill Nye Science Guy site.  Very well done site as well as interesting.
buyersguide.macrumors.com - Know when to buy your Mac products by getting in on the latest rumors.
buytelco.net - Even though BuyTelco is a commercial site, it offers a very valuable tool: an internet connection speed tester. Ignore the "unable to determine speed" message and just hit the "run test" button. It will give you your current upload and download speed.
dailycolorscheme.com - The Daily Color Scheme is a site to help with color combos for design and animation or really anything (painting your room, etc.).
devlisting.com - The Devlisting Site lists all kinds of resources. Pin the good listings, unpin the bad ones. Easy as that!
digicelinc.com - Digi Cel animation pencil testing software.
digitalmedianet.com - Everything you could possibly need relating to the digital world (news/software/hardware) on Digital Media Net.
directlegal.com - Direct Legal, provides fast, professional & cost-effective copyright & trademark services for creative people, entrepreneurs, and businesses across the U.S.A., Canada & around the world.
download.com - Resource for freeware and shareware downloads. Very reliable and spyware-free on Download.
download3000.com - Download center for many uses including educational tutorials on Download 3000.
drqueue.org - "Dr. Queue" open-source distributed render queue software. UW-Parkside uses this for it's MAYA render farm.
dslreports.com - Broadband Reports is all about broadband internet connections. Helps you find a company to connect through (rates them honestly) and also tests the speed of your current connection (regular modems, DSL, and cable connections). Very useful to see if your connection is living up to the claims of your IP.
dvice.com - DVice is a site for everything techie. All the latest weird inventions and productions. "Tech is our obsession" is their tagline.
edu-cyberpg.com - Copyrights in the classroom. Focus is on K-12, but anyone can learn from Educational Cyber Play Ground.
freewarefiles.com - Resource for software submitted by authors to be used for free. You might be able to find something useful on Freeware Files.
howstuffworks.com - How Stuff Works tries to explain everything, and I mean everything. How do ipods work? what was Bungee's Halo wish list? how do 3D game developers get such realistic environments? How do web animations work? How do hard rives work? How do astronauts eat in space? How do lava lamps work?
mac.sixfiles.com - Mac Six Files contains Mac compression software options. General freeware links for Mac.
maclife.com - 50 things every Mac geek should know on Mac Life.
macupdate.com - Site for all kinds of Mac Software. MacUpdate has the latest updates, it constantly updates itself to keep you current.
medialawyer.com - Demystify copyright laws for multi-media. Lecture notes from a UCLA professor simplifies this complicated topic on Media Lawyer.
nadmedia.net - Shareware downloads for all types of uses on NaDmedia.
opensourcewindows.org - A simple list of Open Source software for all kinds of uses. Open Source Windows wants to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use Open Source software out there.
psbrush.com - Photoshop plug-ins for free on Ps Brush.
thursby.com - Thursby software is for networking Macs to PCs and vice versa.
trustnetmarketing.com - Resource for Freeware and shareware on Trust Net Marketing.
versiontracker.com - Version Tracker is a web-based software clearing house for freeware and shareware.
vertustech.com - Vertus Tech has a Photoshop plug in for masking.  It can also work as a stand-alone app. Apple OS X, Windows.
zoom-zoom.info - Zoom Zoom is a resource for Freeware and shareware downloads. Very reliable and spyware-free.






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digital-video.classes.cnet.com - Digital Video Basics from CNet.
digitalmedianet.com - Digital Media Net Community Apple Final Cut tutorials.
governmentvideo.com - Government video news hosted by New Bay Communities.
jushhome.com - Tips on creating a home-made green screen from by Nick Jushchyshyn.
mediacollege.com - How to make a green screen by Media College.
openendedgroup.com - The Open Ended Group creates very abstract beautiful works of art involving video and stunning imagery. They even have open source software to explore on your own.
pleix.net - Many many creative animations and videos to choose from on Pleix. Just click on one of the thumbnails.
postforum.com - Postforum [POST-Production FORUM] is a place to exchange ideas, get help, and learn from others in the world of digital post production.
techlearning.com - Light right, a crash course in lighting video by Tech Learning.
uemedia.net/cinematographer - Cinematography news site hosted by Creative Planet Communities.
uemedia.net/digitalcinemamag - Digital Cinematography news site hosted by Creative Planet Communities.
videocopilot.net - Video Copilot visual FX & post has tutorials for Adobe After Effects and other post production software. Free and for purchase.

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ac4d.org - The American Center for Design is a primary source of information about design and its role in our culture and our economy.
actionscript.cl - Action Script Gallery hosts excellent studies in action script effects. Very creative, very addictive.
apple.com/adobekulerdashboardwidget - Kuler Widget supplies daily updates.
brazilianartists.net - The a-z of Brazilian artists in the UK by Brazilian Artists.
edwebproject.org - Ed Web "An intelligent, detailed, informed and practical guide, both to education related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources on the World Wide Web...." -Harvard Educational Review.
flash-template-design.com - Plenty of templates on Flash-Template-Design.
imagehat.com - Image Hat is the home of web designers Mike and Carol Kroll.
kuler.adobe.com - Adobe Kuler gives you 5 color swatch combos for exploration, inspiration, experimentation and sharing. Daily favorites are posted. Also available as an Apple "widget" for OS X (10.4+) users. Daily updates on widget, too! See below.
the-tab.com - The Tab is a paperless 2D animation software for the web. Super user friendly.
trickorscript.com - Tons of Flash plugins for character animation on Trick or Script.
tutorialized.com - Tutorilized supplies all kind of subjects like character animation tweening, etc.

	Web Coding blog-well.com - Blog Well hosts nice resources for web designers who are looking for CSS templates, AJAX, DHTML and Java script libraries, etc. Really worth browsing through to see if there just might be something you need. blogdesignblog.com - Blog design tips. cssbeauty.com - Current CSS news from CSS Beauty. cssdrive.com - Categorized CSS gallery and examples by CSS Drive. designnewz.com - Web design news. Lots of CSS related news and tips on Design Newz. free-css-templates.com - Free CSS Templates is a "never before seen collection of free CSS Templates, one of the biggest in the entire web!" htmlplayground.com - XHTML + CSS reference by example. Nice interface on HTML Playground. lesliefranke.com - Leslie Franke supplies an online CSS cheat sheet. Very handy. opendesigns.org - The Open Design Community (TODC) is a group of Open Source Website Designers from around the world providing thousands of XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download. sixrevisions.com - 30 exceptional CSS techniques and examples from Six Revisions. marcofolio.net - 60 ridiculously useful tools for your blog or website by Marco Folio.
	Web Content arcadia-animations.com - Arcadia Animations offers over 450 of the best royalty-free animated GIF's on the net, all with fast loading thumbnails... All free for private use. externalharddrive.com - External Harddrive supplies tons of web related resources including web buttons, animated gifs and clip art for free. If they don't have it they give you links to sites that do. Links to artists and references, too. istockphoto.com - Stock Photography, Flash, Illustration, Audio, Movies, Source Codes. Some free, some not all on iStock Photo. stockphotos.com - Stock photos for purchase on The Image Works.
	Web Design Tips browsershots.org - Check your web page's compatibility with every browser imaginable on Browser Shots. You check off the specific browsers and it does the work for you. Amazing tool. cartoonsmart.com - Adobe Flash Tutorials. Very nicely done in QT form so you can pause it when you need to. Cartoon Smart supplies the Flash project files in 6, 7 or 8. Great resource! Will we ever get used to calling it Adobe Flash? dailyblogtips.com - Daily Blog Tips brings you 43 web design mistakes you should avoid. developingwebs.net - Well done tutorials on all kinds of Photoshop, ImageReady, and Flash tricks. Example: creating a Lava Lamp in Flash. Developing Webs also sells software. devx.com - Developer info for intro & advanced web designers available on DevX. echoecho.com - Great html reference for web designers. Even take a web quiz here at EchoEcho. efuse.com - The friendly place to learn how to build websites. Efuse offers this all for free (you do have to register an email for newsletters). flashkit.com - Flash Kit is a Flash Developer Community website. Loads of helpful web tips and scripts. kayodeok.btinternet.co.uk - Great resource for web designers. Kayodeok's site itself could not be more boring... but it has good content, so maybe that's all that matters. lynda.com - Tips on web design from the "Queen" of web design books, Lynda Weinman. photoshoptalent.com - PST Blog has the "60 best" Photoshop Tutorials to design your own site. searchenginewatch.com - Great resource for web designers, especially professionals who are interested in optimizing their site for search engines. Web Developer's Field Guide is very useful resource for college web design students. techrepublic.com - The Tech Republic covers IT interests, careers, tech support, forums, webcasts. webdevelopersfieldguide.com - Incredible links for everything related to web design. Everything is on Web Developers Field Guide. webreference.com - Authoring tutorials and more general overviews and how to design and webmaster a site. WebRef is a valuable resource. websitenotes.com - Web Site Notes offers practical solutions to improve your web site.
	Web Site Examples clayplanetdesigns.com - Most unique and unusual series of wall art. Nicely designed website, very fun. Artist exhibiting humorous aquatic ceramic pieces on Clay Planet Designs. coolhomepages.com - Best link to all kinds of nicely designed pages. Cool Home Pages says they're "The only known cure for designer's block". Very well organized. Top notch link site if you like web design. web.uncg.edu - The University of North Carolina at Greensboro uses of a custom video game for an economics class. Cutting edge educational tool. wildbrain.com - Content design firm, Wild Brain, is behind the Esurance TV ad campaign. The campaign works because the ads are in heavy rotation and the spots are changed up quite a bit so the viewer stays interested.

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