Keeping on the WebTrack -- Sights and Sounds

Sights and Sounds

Tired of plain text? Spice up your pages with multimedia, graphics, sounds, and movies. Want to make your own graphics? here are some tips.

Graphics Tips

Dr. Ozone's Photoshop tutorials URL: http://www.ozones.com/handson/	Advanced
Comments: If you're already familiar with Photoshop but want to know more, learn from Dr. Thaddeus Ozone's tutorials. While you're there, check out the rest of his site for visual inspiration.

Adobe Photoshop Tips URL: http://www.adobe.com/studio/tipstechniques/photoshop.html	Intermediate
Comments: Advanced Photoshop techniques are described in step-by-step detail. Regularly updated with fresh tips and techniques.

The Pixel Foundry URL: http://www.pixelfoundry.com	Beginner
Comments: This site is an excellent way of getting started on making buttons and graphic designs for your websites. It teaches you some of the most advanced photoshop techniques in a step-by-step tutorial. It has some cool links to some other sites showing ho w to make graphic animations and designs to jazz up your webpage.

HotWired URL: http://hotwired.com/	Intermediate
Comments: This site is a bit overwhelming and flashy, but it does have a great deal of information. Great glossary of terms and tutorials on a variety of subjects including web development, graphics, fonts, java, and more. Includes a searchable database.

The Web Developers Virtual Library URL: http://www.stars.com	Beginner
Comments: This site has a lot of useful information and about the web and its elements. It's not the most user-friendly site, but it has a wealth of information on just about everything.

Graphics Galore - Get your free downloads here

The ClipArtConnection Other Sites List URL: http://clipartconnection.com/mainframe.php3?page=sites.htm	Beginner
Comments: A huge list of sites, indexed by subject and reviewed for quality.

NASA Photo Gallery URL: http://www.nasa.gov/hqpao/library.html/photo/index.html	Beginner
Comments: You will not find more beautiful graphics, especially for free, than at this site. If you don't need graphics with aeronautical/space themes, you'll want to need them!

Web Reference Collection of Graphics Sites URL: http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/collections.html	Beginner
Comments: A list of graphics site links and graphics site list links.

Adobe Photoshop Tips and Techniques URL: http://www.adobe.com/studio/tipstechniques/main.html	Advanced
Comments: Learn advanced graphic techniques from the people who know.

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