Graphic design, the discipline which focuses on visual communication and presentation, belongs in this category and includes, page layout, visual arts, and typography in the composition of logos, advertisements, banners, and other art which is relevant.
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Features discussions on terminology, designer's portfolios and typography. Includes design basics, graphic design tools, business tips and how-to's.
http://graphicdesign.about.com/
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
Information resource for photographers interested in using Adobe Photoshop. Includes videos on CS4's new features and an ordering index for the book “Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers.”
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/
Allows digital photo customization. Turn photos and images to jigsaw puzzles, mosaics, movie or magazine posters, calendars, trading cards, CD covers, billboards and other fun stuff.
http://www.bighugelabs.com
Provides a way for people to remember birthdays and other special events. Includes free birthday reminders by email and a wide variety of free eCards.
http://www.birthdayalarm.com
The International Color Consortium is a membership organization that provides standards on color. You can read the Consortium's specification documents to make sure that you are meeting their exacting standards. The website will likely be of interest to print manufacturers, professional photographers, the press and others who work with images.
http://www.color.org/
The Communication Arts Network is dedicated to this thriving cultural industry. One of the site's most useful features is the job listings that cover the entire United States. You can also find a variety of columns on items of interest to creative professionals such as advertising and legal affairs.
http://www.commarts.com/
Exhibits a collection of free MySpace layouts, provides tips, and dispenses advice on how to customize profiles.
http://www.coolchaser.com
Graphic design resources, news and designer's talk forums.
http://www.designtalkboard.com
Collection of rated user-submitted desktop pictures, wallpapers, themes, icons, skins and some other tweaks. Rate a desktop picture or download wallpapers.
http://www.desktoprating.com
Offering fully-customizable design templates for flyers, brochures, newsletters, business cards, letterheads, postcards, print advertisements, menus, posters, and CD inlays. Purchased templates may be downloaded in a variety of formats, with some free flyer templates available.
http://www.flyerstarter.com/
Provides a free browser-based online photo/image editor. Add effects, fonts, shapes or clip art doodling on photos, or distort or retouch images.
http://www.fotoflexer.com
Provides free and for sale fonts for Mac OS computers. Includes PC computers fonts and an array of font management software.
http://www.freemacfonts.com
Offers thousands of free desktop wallpapers from animated Christmas to other holiday-themed wallpapers. Includes lots of images such as animals, 3D and digital art, celebrities, nature, movies, music and others
http://free-wallpaperbase.com/
Contains free graphics for the winter season, from popular screensavers to animated wallpapers to clip art. Includes 3D Christmas cottage and trees as well as animal and fantasy wallpapers.
http://www.freeze.com
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. Organizes Canadian graphic designers for advocacy and exhibitions.
http://www.gdc.net/
Provides graphics, layout, glitter texts, animated background, avatars and other fun graphics for networking platform profile customization. Includes a wide range of graphic categories such as animals, anime, cartoons, love, friendship and a lot more.
http://www.glitter-graphics.com
A variety of topics and resources relating to graphic design are presented, including news, information and events, as well as interviews with industry professionals, opinion columns, and tutorials.
http://www.graphicdesign.com/
Provides an easier way to store and share digital images on blogs, message boards, or on eBay auctions. Includes a free editing tool for a clearer and easily usable image.
http://www.imagevenue.com
Contains a wide selection of wallpapers, icons and themes for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux systems sorted by date or resolution. Includes download section, user ratings and comments.
http://www.interfacelift.com
Provides online greetings and eCards for weddings, birthdays, illness, New Year's, Christmas, and other occasions. Includes custom cards for personalized messages.
http://www.jacquielawson.com
Personal website about a professional woman based in New York City. Find information about her published and unpublished writing projects as well as information about this person's art works and Web design experience.
http://www.lunaeterna.net/
3D graphics service where users can create avatars, games and rooms. Forums and videos help people to share their experiences with Meez and learn how the system is used.
http://www.meez.com
Provides easy-to-use custom photo book software and is a digital photo album publisher. Learn how to turn photos into cards, calendars and coffee table books.
http://www.mypublisher.com
A collection of shared photos with discussion forums and a free online magazine with some of the best user-submitted photos.
http://www.pbase.com
Photo Editing, Image Converter
Full-featured batch image, graphics, and photo editing and converter software for 140+ formats (JPG, JPEG2000, PDF, etc). Complete command-line operation and an entire arsenal of editing features.
http://www.autoimager.com
Provides easy-to-use tools to tweak and edit photos, and add effects, fonts, shapes, frames and tons of special effects. Works with photos from MySpace, Facebook, Photobucket, Flicker, Picasa, Webshots, Webs as well as from computers, whether it may be Mac, Windows or Linux.
http://www.picnik.com
Online community and photo website builder offering graphics, glitter texts, video and photo tools and other customizable content. Includes music, movies, games, quizzes, tips and other fun stuff.
http://www.piczo.com
Typography dedicated portal that provides news, manuals, books, downloads and more.
http://www.planet-typography.com/
Web and application graphic resources: free icon sets, custom icon design, icon maker, articles, forum, and directory of graphic sites.
http://www.rw-designer.com
Provides personalized skins for various mobile devices including laptops, MP3 players, gaming devices, cellphones and other. Allows users to create or choose from hundreds of archived designs.
http://www.skinit.com
Facilitates creation of personal digital scrapbook, slideshows, photobooks and postcards for all occasions using the user's own photos and videos in three easy steps.
http://www.smilebox.com
Offers thousands of free smiley emoticons for email and instant messaging and allows the user to download free smileys, icons and animations without requiring signup.
http://www.smileycentral.com
Provides an easier way to store and share photos online. Includes a print ordering index and web-based tools for file management and organization.
http://www.snapfish.com
Provides high quality images of the hottest male and female celebrities and features the latest entertainment news. Includes movie trailers, exclusive cast and crew interviews, behind the scenes footages and downloadable wallpaper and screensaver.
http://www.superiorpics.com
Community website contains discussions about graphic design and graphics software, advice about designing menus in applications, website styles, Flash designs and more. Includes CorelDRAW and Corel Painter interactive forums.
http://www.talkgraphics.com
Provides educational copyright-free images covering the United States, natural disasters, weather, oceans, national parks, architecture, maps, biomes and more. Allows users to mix images together using the site's ImageBlender.
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Ted DeCagna is an award-winning graphic designer with 27 years of experience. He worked for several prestigious NY design firms and NJ ad agencies before opening his own business and he is ready to put his talents and ingenuity to work for you on an array of projects that promote your business. Ted has designed numerous pieces for major corporations but specializes in servicing the promotional and advertising needs of small and mid-sized businesses throughout the NYC metro area.
http://www.tdgraphicdesign.net
Information resource dedicated to graphic design for the 1920s to 1930s in travel brochures. Includes information on graphic design journals and brochures from Austria, France, Germany, Russia and several other countries.
http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/
This website provides in an introduction to web clip art. Using the advice on this website, you can quickly improve boring websites and presentations. The site has lists of clip art websites to suit any occasion. Whether you are looking for holiday clip art, sports images etc, you can find out about it here.
http://webclipart.about.com/
Provides layouts, 3D graphics, e-cards, screen savers and searching in one simple package. Includes a downloadable toolbar to integrate graphics and entertainment tools directly into user's browser.
http://www.webfetti.com
Provides links to an array of skin sites, programs and other customization software websites. Includes a gallery, articles, discussion forums, technical support center and an online store.
http://www.wincustomize.com
