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Well, since this section is basically where all the graphic designers gather and post their stuff, I decided to make a list of the best sites related to graphical design and art. Like programs, tutorial, fonts, etc. I know there are more sites that could help and I plan to add others so please contribute. Point people here when they need this kind of stuff.
Some of these links are duplicated and are planned to be removed later. This list is still under construction.
Legend:
* = Good Program/Resource/Site
HT = Stands for Hosted Tutorial Meaning that many/most/all tutorials on the site are hosted somewhere else other than the site. This is listed because some of these tutorials are likely to be deleted/moved. You may also browse the site that has the specific tutorial for other ones there.
(From my post at http://www.emuasylum.com/forums/show...795#post328795 )
Image Editors
* http://www.adobe.com
Producers of:
Photoshop/Photoshop CS - An amazing, powerful, highly-critizied, well-known, commonly used image editor. It comes packed with ImageReady, an animation program based off Photoshop. Costs some pretty pennies though. I did see $80 for PS7 on Google though. If $650 is too much for this great program, then I can't help you. *cough*P2P programs *cough* )
Photoshop Elements - A Photoshop for the masses! Photoshop Elements provides the ease of use for hobbyists and the high-end power of Photoshop in a package 1/6 the cost of its bigger brother. Though, it doesn't has as much depth and options as the original PS (such as Blending Options, you can only use preset styles). I say, just get the original.
Illustrator - I don't know too much personally about this program. I believe it provide better use to actual artists, not just sig makers
* http://www.jasc.com/
Produced:
Paint Shop Pro (PSP) -Another highly revered Imaged editing Program which usually comes packed with Animation Shop. Not as expensive as PS, but not as good in some opinions. I think you can beta test the latest ones for free.
http://www.ulead.com/ (Offer many programs also. I don't know how they are, but they are a somewhat popular name)
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/ (Looks good, don't know how it is)
http://www.gamani.com/ (GIF Movie Gear-I heard it was suggested for making animated sigs)
* http://www.gimp.org/
Produced: The GIMP- A FREE image editor with many features. Is open sources and has many plug-ins that can be downloaded for it. This is your best alternative to Photoshop.
http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net (GIMP like Image Editor. Possibly by the same person(s)? Was known to be used for editing some movies frame by frame like Scooby-Doo.)
http://www.photopos.com/ (A nice Image Editor Similar to PhotoPlus, but has features similar to PSP,PS, and TG. )
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/index.asp (PhotoPlus 5- A very nice free Image editing program. Give it a try.)
http://www.zophar.net/utilities/graphics.html (Various Sprite Rippers and such)
http://www.bakhter.com/html/main/dogwaffle.html (Nice Painting program. Give it a try).
http://www.download.com (Huge software site. Look for Image Editing)
http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/categories/6/ (Free Graphic Design Programs/Tools)
Modeling/Textuing
http://www.wings3d.com/ (Free 3D modeling software. It seemed pretty decent from what I've used)
Assistance Programs
Not exactly Image Editors, but they can help.
http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html (Fractint-Unsure how its used.)
http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/ (Terragen- Nice Terrain Generator. I don't think you will need a superstrong computer, as you work in 2D. Try this out.)
Resources
Sprites
Sprites:
http://www.wickedgifs.com
Photoshop Related Items
Tutorials
* HT http://www.good-tutorials.com/ - many PS tutorials
http://www.vtc.com/productdetail.php?sku=33329 - has Quick Time videos to help PS begginers. You can also buy a learning PS CD there.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/Default.asp - Has various stuff for various Adobe products. Takes forever to load, and didn't load. May remove this link.
http://www.effectlab.com - Has nifty effect tutes I think. Click the Power Button to get it started.
http://www.designsbymark.com - Offers many tutes on a DVD. Not sure if it is trustworth.
http://www.80four.co.uk/tutorials/photoshop.html - A handfull of some small, nice tutorials.
http://nocturna.net/brushes -brushes for Photoshop
http://www.planetphotoshop.com -Handfuls of Handy tutes.
http://vrya.net/ts/photoshop8.php - tutorial on making brushes in PS
http://actionfx.com/ Some photoshop actions and tutorials. Actions seem to be only for older versions.
Brushes
Actions
Plugins
Paint Shop Pro Items
http://qtone.sidez.net/v02/brushes.php - brushes I guess
http://www.pinoy7.com/default.htm - Paint Shop Pro(PSP) stuff
http://mardiweb.com/web/ - Various PSP tutes, mainly 5 & 7
http://www.grafx-design.com/psp_tut.html PSP 5-7 Tutes
http://psptips.com/ - PSP 6 & 7 tutes
http://www.putertutor.net/paint/psplinks.htm PSP 4-8 tutes
http://www.psplinks.com/
Tutorials
* HT http://www.pixel2life.com - Tons of tutorials for many applications, most specifically for Photoshop.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey
http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial/chapter8.htm - tutorial on producing FF2-like sprites
Fonts:
* http://www.dafont.com - A great font archive. There are some theme fonts here too.
* http://www.1001fonts.com/
* http://www.1001freefonts.com/ - Many fonts, some of which you may recognize.
* http://www.pcfonts.com/index.php -Endless Font Resources and Links. Top Font Site list too.
* http://www.aenigmafonts.com/index.html - Some very cool fonts.
*http://www.flamingtext.com -Neat text Effect generator. They have a few other resources also.
* http://www.acidfonts.com/ Plenty of fonts. Xara3d Sampler online.
* http://www.fontfreak.com/ You can get all their fonts in one download for a small fee.
http://www.will-harris.com/ Plenty of GD stuff. Check it out!
http://www.wantedfonts.com/ - Good collection. Broken imgs ?
http://www.dsg4.com/04/link/index.html - I think it has links to other pages with fonts and such.
http://www.kao-ani.com/fonts.htm - Small fonts. Site dead, may revive.
http://www.typenow.net/ Decent font source. Some are free, some aren't.
http://www.fontfile.com/ Fonts don't seem to dl correctly.
http://www.adobe.com/type/main.html - Great fonts require great $$$. Dag nabbit Adobe.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/
http://www.asiasoft.com/ No more Fonts?
http://www.myfonts.com/ Fonts don't seem to be free, but you can buy collections and use "What The Font?" that checks images for their fonts.
http://www.aerotypecatalog.com/
Image Hosting
* http://www.photobucket.com (Great, Free, Image hosted, highly and personally suggested)
* http://www.imageshack.us/ (Similar to PaintedOver, limits on front page. Commonly suggested)
http://www.villagephotos.com -free image hosting(very limited though)
http://www.myimgs.com
http://jeeran.com/?lang=e (Webhost I used to host my Images)
http://www.paintedover.com (Free, no registration required image host. Pictures are likely hosted temporarily)
http://www.fapomatic.com (same as Painted Over, but you are allowed to post 'adult' theme images there)
http://www.web1000.com/ (another Webhost, I don't know how good it is, I just heard it was suggested for images)
http://www.yoxio.com/ (1MB space, GIF or JPEG, no pornographic, racial, offensive content)
http://walagata.com/ (I think 1MB of space. No longer offering free accounts. May open more later. It looks like a small site, so use another.)
http://www.uploadit.org (20, no bigger than 200kb JPEG files allowed only. Unlimited Transfer.)
http://www.gfoto.com (earn up to 1GB of storage, provided that you refer enough users to Gfoto.)
3D Studio Max Resources
www.maxforums.org
www.3dcafe.com
www.3dlinks.com
www.maxhelp.com
www.3dkingdom.org
www.web3dservice.com
Art Communities
* Rhttp://www.deviantart.com - Large, well known art community. Many tutorials and resources. I believe there is a fee for registration, but it is probably worth it if you are a true artist/graphic designer.
* Rwww.renderosity.com -Great Digi-art community. Tons of tutorials and free resources. Free Registration.
http://www.logolounge.com/default.asp - A site related to logo development.
Others/Unsorted
(From http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=14208 . Some of this has been edited.)
Image Editors
PhotoStudio:
http://www.arcsoft.com/
PhotoStudio is an excellent light graphics editing program for casual editing.
3D Graphics Programs
3D Studio Max:
http://www.3dmax.com/
3D Studio Max is the most popular 3D graphics program. Its very powerful, and in turn needs a decent PC to run. It can be daunting through its multitude of abilities it has, but with some good tutorials and help it isnt difficult to get started. It costs thousands though, so unless your rich it might not be possible to own.
g max:
http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
g max is a free stripped down version of 3D Studio Max, primarily for low polygon modelling it was made Discreet to become a popular games development medium.
Maya 3
http://www.aliaswavefront.com
Many people find Maya 3D to be on par with 3D Studio Max, it is a finer organic modeller. Both have their strong points. There is a Personal Learning Edition for $5 for beginners who would like to use the program, which is extremely beneficial to anyone who cant afford the Complete at $2000, or Unlimited at $7000.
Terragen
http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
A free alternative to the choices above. As the title indicates, it only generates landscapes, but rather well for the price. Free
http://www.3dlinks.com/
Resources
Photoshop Resources:
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/
http://www.pslover.com/
http://www.designsbymark.com/
http://www.steeldolphin.com/
http://www.stewartstudio.com/
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/
http://www.rainworld.com/
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/
http://www.deepspaceweb.com/
http://robouk.mchost.com/
http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...tutorial1.html
http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/
GIMP Resources:
http://sourceforge.net/ You'll have to search under GIMP
http://ipxplugins.sourceforge.net/
http://registry.gimp.org/index.jsp
http://www.vic.uklinux.net/software/gimp/plugins.html
http://the.sunnyspot.org/gimp/plugins.html
Sites with plug_in previews using the same PIC:
http://www.xach.com/gimp/previews/cubism.html
http://www.infotech.tu-chemnitz.de/~...-distorts.html
Stock Photos:
http://stock.d2.hu/
http://www.animeinn.com/
http://images.google.com/
R http://www.gamerenders.com/ (Seems to have good stuff, but requires forum activity to get most of the good stuff. Teh gay.)
For Mac users wary of installing (or unable to run X) XFree86 there's also GraphicConverter:
http://lemkesoft.com/us_index.html
"Wagh's" Big O' List of Tutorials for Photoshop
[url]http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=14208
Check there for it, I had no more post space.
Hope this helps.