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CREATIVE TRAINING 
 
DESIGN RELATED LINKS
PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS
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digital camera
10 megapixel.net excellent resource! tons of reviews! great tutorials. More info than you'll ever need to know
10 imaging-resource.com basically same as above
10 dpreview.com basically same as above
10 steves-digicams.com basically same as above
09 dcresource.com basically same as above
- focus-online.com --
- graphic-design.com --
 
photography magazines
-- www.pdnonline.com --
-- pixelsnewsletter.com --
 
about cameras
07 cameras.about.com --
-- shortcourse.com --
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LINKS back to top
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general photoshop sites
-- photoshopcentral.com --
- photoshopdiva.com --
10 ledet.com/margulis/articles.html now this is some intense photoshop activity!!! strap the boots on
10 photoshopuser.com This is the home for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). It's a great organization if you are serious about Photoshop.
 
Photoshop brushes - most are sorta free
10 veredgf.fredfarm.com great links to tons of Photoshop brushes. Though some of the links are not to sites with psd brushes
-- zoorex.com --
-- pixelclique.net --
10 dubtastic.com just plain cool
-- fulllmoongraphics.com --
- focus-online.com --
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Photoshop actions - most are sorta free
-- actionxchange.com used to be a kickin' site, but now is owned by Adobe. still good though
- actionaddiction.com need to look at further. looks to be real kickin
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Photoshop Plug-Ins
09 thepluginsite.com pretty good stuff
-- procreate.com it's commercial stuff, no freebies
-- showcase.netins.net --
-- plugingalaxy.com --
-- flamingpear.com some good plug-ins here
- humansoftware.com --
-- gluon.com --
-- kewlpack.com --
-- planete.net --
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Photoshop Filters. I think these have free filters. I think
10 grafoman links to alot of free photoshop filters. Beware, alot of them are for pc.
-- 2hotdesigns.com --
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QUARK XPRESS LINKS
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general Quark sites
08 quark.com of course there's Quark's home site. They've vastly improved it in the last few years.
-- clubs.yahoo.com wanna chat about Quark. Here's a user group. Alot of stuff is basic chitter chatter though.
-- quark.com/about/events Here you can see if Quark has any official events planned
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Quark tutorials and tips
-- sketchpad.net --
-- spmswww --
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Quark XPress XTensions
-- badiasoftware.com --
-- MorrisonSoftDesign.com --
06 callassoftware.com The makers of TagIt XT: it gathers all sorts of information on your Quark document
09 quark.com/products/xtensions Quark gives you a ton of XTension links, including free XTensions. And they're up to date
09 thepowerco.com these guys have a ton of links to different XTensions
- alap.com --
-- codeware.de --
-- digitaltoolbox.com now part of transaction-one.com
-- expressions.com.au --
08 markzware.com/download/2001.html Markzware is nice enough to hand out some free XTensions. Here, here to Markzware
-- emsxt.com --
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FONTS FONTS FONTS FONTS!
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links to free fonts! Grab the kids! Tell the grandparents! Have a huge free font party! Promote the font love! And none of these sites have those stupid pop up ads and pop up windows that constantly create new windows.
10 chankarmy.com studly free fonts for the mac
09 core.nu good stuff
09 fontosaurus.com keep em coming
10 pizzadude.dk pizzadude has got the right recipe for free fonts
-- phantompower.de --
-- blambot.com --
-- sparkytype.com only two freeware fonts. used to have a ton? what happen sparky?
-- swank.ca --
-- reflectiondesign.com --
-- fontomas.com --
-- fontalicious.com --
-- turbofonts.com --
-- bvfonts.com --
09 fontdiner.com good free fonts
10 fuelfonts.com gimme some more
-- fontparty.com it's now a part of poprave.com. Too bad. There once was literally thousands of free fonts to be had. Absolutley incredible. I have never seen so many free fonts on one site before.
-- devroye --
-- makambo.com now a part of myfonts.com. Boo hiss. I don't like it when individual font makers get taken over by bigger websites. They lose a piece of their individualism.
-- myfonts.com don't know if they have any free fonts
-- fonthead.com --
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commercial font sources and font foundries
10 desktoppublishing.com Holy Smokes! This is the jackpot of links to commercial font foundries. I'm not even going to bother putting down all the sites on this page. Just visit this link site to see who the movers and shakers are in the font world.
 
cool fonts. I have a folder in my Explorer favorites that says "fonts cool" I guess I liked these sites at one time or another. some are from the free fonts section above. I didn't put them in this "cool" section because they offer free fonts. I just liked the website in one way or another
-- core.nu --
-- chank.com --
-- pizzadude.dk --
-- philsfonts.com --
-- letterror.com --
-- bvfonts.com --
-- emigre.com --
-- t26.com zing zanging font company and they're based in Chicago
-- 3st.com i really like the name of this site
-- shiftype.com --
-- p22.com --
-- garagefonts.com --
-- fountain.nu --
-- buttfaces.com --
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER LINKS AND SQUIRRELY ART DIRECTOR LINKS
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general goodies for graphic designers, production designers, art directors and smart dogs
10 digitalmedianet.com nice site. tons of links to creative sites
-- macalert.com part of digitalmedianet.com
-- pixelsnewsletter.com part of digitalmedianet.com
09 creativemac.com part of digitalmedianet.com. great site for designers to keep on top of technology
-- FORdesigners.com good site for designers to grab things here and there
-- graphicdesign.about.com about.com's graphic design section. about.com used to be a powerhouse website, but has lost alot of its muster. Still a good site.
-- graphicsoft.about.com another section in about.com. This one focuses on software for designers
-- desktoppublishing.com some cheesey stuff in here, but still a good site for any designer to visit
08 thinkdan.com good site
-- commarts.com home of Communication Arts. They produce the industry-standard graphic arts publication. Excellent content
-- theispot.com appears to be a great portal of illustrators. still have to check out more.
-- design-tools.com not much on the site. Their print publication is very nice. Costly for the amount you pay per page, but it is jammed with very useful every day content.
-- aquent.com health insurance for you brave freelancers out there
-- metrocreativegraphics.com --
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STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS
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royalty-free
-- photodisc.com i see these guys as the ones who started the current trend in stock photography. They are now part of the getty one site.
10 gettyone.com a whole bunch of stock photo agencies here. If you want only royalty-free, be sure to select that in your search. They have agencies that I don't mention here. I mention other gettyone agencies in this section because they once were independant before the gettyone umbrella was formed
-- photospin.com --
-- imagestate.com --
-- stockbyte.com --
-- johnfoxx.com --
-- creatas.com --
-- photosphere.com --
-- pictor.com --
-- wonderfile.com --
-- brandxpictures.com --
-- artville.com now a part of the gettyone gang
-- corbisimages.com have traditional-based as well. beware.
-- comstock.com have traditional-based as well. beware.
-- stockmarketphoto.com have traditional-based as well. beware.
-- indexstock.com have traditional-based as well. beware.
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multiple search
-- randomeye.com --
10 1ss.com --
-- gettyone.com --
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traditional-based
-- fpg.com now a part of the getty one gang
-- tonystone.com --
-- imagebank.com now a part of the getty one gang
-- corbisimages.com have royalty-free as well. beware.
-- comstock.com have royalty-free as well. beware.
-- stockmarketphoto.com have royalty-free as well. beware.
-- gettyone.com a whole bunch of stock photo agencies here. If you want only traditional-based, be sure to select that in your search. They have agencies that I don't mention here. I mention other gettyone agencies in this section because they once were independant before the gettyone umbrella was formed
-- indexstock.com have royalty-free as well. beware.
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LOGOS LINKS
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custom logo design
10 unlikelymoose.com your one stop shop for customized logo design. why look anywhere else. Check it out. Love your logo.
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vector logos
10 logo.nino.ru need a particular logo? Do a search on this site. This site has about 50,000 different logos. Incredible. Alot of the logos are weird european companies (the site is hosted in Russia after all.) And get this, you can download vector art logos. Fantastic! Too many logo sites out there only offer dinky bitmap versions. Not here you can get the vector goods.
10 logotypes.ru same concept as above. What's up with all these russians that have downloadable logos?
-- thesle.com cool site. tons of sports teams logos. yes, they are vector art!
-- logoserver.com more sports logos
10 hqfl.dk tons and tons of soccer logos. Need a soccer logo? come here. Don't need a soccer logo? Come here any way and admire the 2000+ soccer logos of the world.
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CREATIVE TRAINING
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it pays off
-- computerarts.co.uk --
-- dgusa.com --
-- macseminars.com --
-- CorporateTrainingDept.com --
-- smartplanet.com --
-- ledet.com --
8 adobe.com good resource. Adobe is always putting on free seminars. check it out.
-- photshopseminars.com very good series. They come to chicago about once a year. It's a day long seminar for $99. Good deal. Get your company to pay for this. It's action-packed. I've been to two of these so far and I haven't been disappointed.
-- darkwatermarketing --
10 graphtechsys.com What a great bunch of guys and gals. I've learned everything I know about the world of technology from them. And they do it in a friendly way. They don't have that air of snobbery that alot of tech people have. They server as our support staff at my 9 to 5 job, so I have learned alot from them on the job, but they also offer seminars. Their seminars are action-packed too. They're in Deerfield, Illinois by the way.
-- ascendtraining.com These folks are in the same office as Graphtech (mentioned above). I've only taken one seminar from them but it was good. Check it out.
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