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How to's, Graphic Design, Tips, Photos, & more!

We've collected some great sites with the how-to's to get any beginner started!

We've found the below links helpful from a design, technique, and and idea standpoint. Check them out, and we hope you like them as much as we do!

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PhotoShop Tips & Tricks!
Great for learning how easy it is do achieve some of the effects you always wondered about!

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Graphic Design Blog
Excellent Blog on numerous design ideas and tips

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Need a vector logo?
An absolutely awesome site containing numerous big name, high quality logos!

The Bryce Chronicles -3D graphics app, tutorials,resources, links, more

Corel Draw -tutorials and more

Ultimate Paint -freeware and shareware versions of this paint program

PhotoshopEtc. -tutorials, links

Photoshop Techniques -making raindrops

Complete Guild to Making Photoshop Filters -written for MAC users but could be adapted to PC

Photoshop Tutorial -make border, frames, and edge effects

Free Images -photos, backgrounds, clipart

MetallicGraphics -how to make graphics look like various metals

Colours on the Web -tutorial and helpful information for combining, etc.

Halos -make many kinds of halos for your graphics

3D Canvas -free 3D real-time modeling & animation app

Designer Resources -top designers, tips & tricks, advice, & more

Graphic & Internet Design -huge list of links on many subjects & software

Pantone -color information, articles, new web colors, more

Principals of Graphic Design -color, composition, perspective, typography

Orion Netlinks -tutorials for Photoshop, Corel Draw, Flash, more

GrapX Design -tutorials for several web graphic apps

The Plugin Site -plugins for a number of graphic programs

3D Cafe -computer graphics, art more

Polykarbon -drawing lessons, Photoshop tutorials

PCArtist -webzine for the graphics & web artist

Chalkboard -artists tools, articles, painting & drawing tips, more

Artist Magazine -links, events, exhibits, more

Watercolors -papers, tools, techniques, & much more

Computer Arts Magazine -news, features, tutorials, 2D & 3D

Corel Knockout -tutorials

Design Glossary -for graphics & website design, design tips

DiP -tips & techniques for photoshop & other graphics apps

Ephemeral Vision -reviews of graphic apps, many tutorials, calibration, more

Internet Eye -online magazine for graphic designers

CreativePro -resources for creative professionals

Pixel Foundry -information for graphic artists, web designers

Removing Moire Patterns -posts from mailing-list

Webdextrous Design -different sharpening techniques compared

Genuine Fractals Pros & Cons -posts from mailing-list

Genuine Fractals vs. Photoshop Bicubic Upsampling -article

Nik Products -10% discounts, Sharpener Pro, Color Effects, more

Espresso Graphics -tips and tricks for several graphics packages

Photo Frames and Edges -effects for graphics programs, free

Plugins.com -for many applications

Graphics Software -animated viewlets of how-tos for several programs

Color Management Made Stupid -helpful article

ColorVision -calibration & profiling for monitors, printers, Mac, PC

ColorVision Monitor Spyder -review on this monitor calibration device

Image Manipulations Downloads -calibration & gamma charts, filters, more

Printer Test Images -several images for calibration use

Digital Glossary -dictionary of digital terms

adobe.mag -for users of Adobe software products

Legal Issues -helpful articles for designers

Intellectual Property on the Web -primer on the law & related topics

Selling Your Art Online -helpful tips and information to get started

Graphic Design -writing contracts for your services

Graphic Design -pricing guides for your work

Web Developer's Contracts -sample contracts for your work

What is Copyright -what you should know

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -overview

DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Desktop Publishing -sources for faq, clipart, fonts, mailing lists

Desktop Publishing for All Platforms -articles, forums, links, more

Design & Publishing Center - design, type & graphics, tips, articles

DesktopPublishing -resources for traditional & web publishing

Digital DTP -articles, layouts, prepress, & more

PDF Zone -Adobe Acrobat articles, tips, & tools

Electronic Publishing Magazine -digital publishing & printing

RGB -Publish magazine online edition

Printing Glossary -printing industry terms

WEB DESIGNER'S RESOURCES

Web Page Design for Designers -excellent page for designers

Art & the Zen of Websites -tips on making your websites appealing

Web Graphics Zone -web page how to's from Project Cool

DreamInk -web design guide, tutorials, resources

HTML Help -guides, references, tools, & more

SearchEngine World -by webmasters for webmasters

reallybig.com -complete resources for all webpage builders

Makeawebpage! -beginners guide to webpage construction, excellent

W3Schools -free online step by step web tutorials

Web Design -articles, forms, chat, & links

HomePage Tools -scripts, articles, help files

Website Goodies -news, tools, promotion, tutorials, more

Web Style -Photoshop & HTML for web designers

WebMonkey -tips & tricks for html from Hotwired magazine

Getting Started -tutorials for webpage construction

FlamingText -tools for web graphics & animations

Creating Transparent Gif's -Photoshop tutorial

4YEO -webpage graphics, fonts

Victorian Elegance -web graphics & design sets

Andy's Art Attack -clipart & webpage construction

Free Web Graphics -buttons, backgrounds, dividers, bullets

Christmas Graphics -primarily for webpages

Boggie Jack's Web Depot -graphics, html & graphics tutorials

Graphics by Caneekis -web graphics, tutorials, reviews, links, more

Background Archives -downloadable, tilable, for your website

Web Image Tool -make buttons online

htmlgoodies -valuable resource

Pixie -color picker, shows html, rgb, cmyk, hsv values

Hexed! -hex, rgb number converter application

123 Webmaster -tools, scripts, resources

A List Apart -for people who make websites, discussion group

W3 Validator -validate your webpage coding online

HTML Tidy -handy utility to clean up HTML coding (PC, DOS)

Browser Archive -every known browser on face of earth, more

Sizing Up Browsers -working space for NS & IE, size, text, elements, more

Web Pages That Suck -learn from the worst

HTML Specs/Browser Support -tag history for different versions of browsers

Web Designer's Paradise -useful tools, clipart & other resources

David Siegel's Home Page -design tips on homepage construction

Standard Default Color Space -Internet, sRGB, technical

Death of Web Color Palettes? -in depth, informative article

DotColor -application that shows color values

ColorMix -interpolate 2 or 3 web-safe colors to make over 10
million colors
(need latest NS or IE browsers for java to work)

Huey 1.9 -freeware, HTML color picker, rgb & hex

ColorDrop -another free & easy to use HTML color picker

ColorServe -java color wheel for picking web colors

GIF Works -online GIF image editor

FlashKit -Macromedia's Flash help plus online Flashtyper app.

SwishZone -Swish, inexpensive alternative to Flash?

Master List -browser comparision of DHTML codes

CSS Pointers -a whole bag of resources for Cascading Style Sheets

Dynamic Drive -scripts & components for website enhancement

The House of Style -cascading style sheets application

TopStyle -cascading style sheets editor

Dynamic HTML -examples of what can be done with DHTML

Dynamic HTML -information on writing for Dynamic HTML

DHTML Menu Builder -easy menu building software

Crossbrowser DHTML -comparison chart between IE & Netscape

ZDnet Script Library -good resource for dhtml, java & javascripts

XML Pitstop -tools, tutorials, examples

Adobe LiveMotion -resources, tutorials, and more

LiveMotion Studio -tips, techniques, examples, more

Adobe LiveMotion Tutorials -web effects & animation software help

USReference -resources for internet users & webmasters

WebAttack -website tools and applications

LinkAlarm -low cost service for checking dead links

Visibone -html & web color charts, helpful information also

XHTML & CSS Tags -nice charts with latest information

Web Test & Site Management Tools -nice selection of links

Screen Ruler -measure deminsions in your browser (PC)

PictureDicer -divides large images into segments (PC)

Image Mapper -easy to use imagemap software (PC)

EyeDropper -select RGB or Hex values of single pixel (PC)

Effective Banners -designing, advertising, link swapping, & more

Banner Generator -create graphical banners online

1 Cool Button Tool -easy java buttons for non-programmers

Animation Online -create animated banners and buttons online

Color Chart -best browser-safe color chart on the Web

JPEG Wizard -optimize jpgs online

GIF Wizard -optimize gifs online

GIF Movie Gear -build GIF animations, download

RGB to Hex -online color converter, both way conversion

Palette Man -try different combos of web-safe colors, Neat!

Color Manipulation Device -select background, text, link colors, download

R35 Direct -web-safe color wall chart & mousepads for sale

Writing for the Web -how to write for the web

Contentious -writing content for online media

AOL Guide for Webmasters -help with AOL's browser from hell
(tip: get clients to use IE or NS browsers, or turn off AOL
picture compression)

WebTV Developer -how to develop for WebTV sites

WebTV Viewer -see what your html looks like on WebTV

onMouseOver Generator -Javascript generator for mouse-overs
(if you've never used Javascript, familiarize yourself with
basics first)