Graphics Resources
Here are a list of graphics resources.
I have a collection of public domain links, software, on-line image creation tools and a whole collection of images I have put in the public domain.
Make your own
Create your own graphics for free on the Web
You can use these tools to create your own art.
- http://www.gifworks.com/- Make your own clipart.
- http://cooltext.com/ - Make logos or buttons out of your text.
- http://www.addesigner.com/ - Make your own web banners.
- http://www.flashbuttons.com/ - Make your own flash navigation buttons.
- http://www.abcbanners.com/index.html - another banner creation tool.
Software
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There is some great free software available. Pricelessware is a reliable site to find the really good programs.
A list of what's available at Pricelessware is here
http://www.pricelessware.org
My choices for the Windows environment are IrfanView for an easy out of the box solution and the GIMP for Windows for something a bit more muscular.
My Favorite Sources of Public Domain Images
Here are a few good places to find images which are in the public domain. Always check for copyright information at the site where you found the image.
- http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/default.asp - Centers of Desese Control - Here you can find everything from human parasites to cells. This site might not be suitable for younger students.
- http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ - Iowa State Entomology Image Gallery Great bugs (insects) found here!
- http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ - The NOAA collection spans centuries of time and much of the natural world from the center of the Earth to the surface of the Sun.
- http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE.html - The IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules
- http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/basic_search.jsp - The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries.
- http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/ - The NASA image collection
- http://memory.loc.gov/ - Access sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- http://images.fws.gov/ - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library
- Earth Imagery Source - http://www.resmap.com/
- Utah Image Collection - http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/ucme/ucme.hts
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Image_Library.htm - Parasite image library
- Prints and Photographs Division Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids (Library of Congress) - Guides, collection overviews, subject overviews, and finding aids help provide access to the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division's resources
- New York Public Library - http://digital.nypl.org/index.html
- Presidential Libraries http://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/addresses/addresses.html
- http://web4j1.lane.edu/libraryservices/mediainst/graphicsguide.html- a list of public domain image resources
- http://www.pdimages.com/web6.html-ssi
Graphics Tutorialsup
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Photoshop Tutorials
- Hands-On Training by DocOzone
- Adobe Photoshop Resources including actions, tips, and more.
- The following pages are designed for instruction in Photoshop
- Tutorials — Scratchboard & Photoshop Tutorials By Michael Halbert
- TQNYC Photoshop Tutorial
- Photoshop Layers
- Photoshop - blending 2 images
- Photoshop Tips & Tricks
- Make a wireframe sphere - http://www.phong.com/tutorials/wiresphere/
Gimp - RRU Gimp Tutorial
Flash
- Flash Tutorial
- Tutorialized - http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Flash/63
- Portfolio - http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/portfolio_bc/
- Mask effect - http://www.metamorphozis.com/tutorials
- Random Movement - http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/random_movement_bc/
My Public Domain Images |
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 arches.jpg |
 arches2.jpg |
 archway.jpg |
 atom.gif |
 autumn_leaves.jpg |
 bay.jpg |
 beeblossom, w bugs.jpg |
 bird.jpg |
 bird_art.jpg |
 bird_flying.gif |
 boats.jpg |
 butterfly.gif |
 butterfly1.jpg |
 butterfly2.jpg |
 butterfly3.jpg |
 butterfly4.jpg |
 calculator.jpg |
 calculator2.jpg |
 cat.gif |
 cdrom.jpg |
 cfish.jpg |
 chemist.jpg |
 clouds-bg.jpg |
 clouds_bg.jpg |
 clouds_bg.psd |
 coastal-grass.jpg |
 compass.gif |
 design.jpg |
 dog.gif |
 dragonfly.jpg |
 engraving.jpg |
 fire.gif |
 fish.gif |
 flag.jpg |
 floppy.jpg |
 flower.jpg |
 galveston home.jpg |
 gorge.jpg |
 grass_bg.jpg |
 great_egret.jpg |
 green lines.jpg |
 heart.gif |
 lake.jpg |
 lane.jpg |
 laughing gull.jpg |
 lightbulb.gif |
 lines.jpg |
 lines2.jpg |
 luckybamboo.jpg |
 matrix.gif |
 meadow.jpg |
 mission control.jpg |
 palm top.jpg |
 palm tree.jpg |
 parrot.gif |
 pawprints.gif |
 pen.jpg |
 prairie.jpg |
 radiation.gif |
 recycle.gif |
 rice perspective.jpg |
 rice.jpg |
 rocky.jpg |
 ruler.jpg |
 scallops.jpg |
 shape.psd |
 snail.gif |
 spiral.gif |
 spiral.jpg |
 spoonbill.jpg |
 sun.gif |
 syrrange.jpg |
 tree.jpg |
 treeart.jpg |
 watch.jpg |
 watch.psd |
 watchface.jpg |
 water.gif |
 wires.jpg |
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