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Software Companies [top]
Adobe Systems http://www.adobe.com	Makers of software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere. Site contains an immense amount information of their products as well as downloadable tutorials.
Alien Skin Software http://www.alienskin.com	Makers of Eye Candy filter plug-ins for Photoshop and After Effects.
Aportis http://www.aportis.com	Creates, develops and markets a line of excellent software products for Palm Computing devices.
Apple Computer http://www.apple.com	Site contains in-depth information of all Apple products.
Bright Light Tech http://www.brightlight.com	Anti-Spam company founded by Sunil Paul, previously of FreeLoader, Inc.
Canon http://www.canon.com	Makers of Digital Camera and other imaging essentials.
ChromaGraphics http://www.chromagraphics.com	Makers of Photoshop plug-ins, such as EdgeWizard and MagicMask.
Cinema4D http://www.cinema4d.com http://www.3d-gear.com	Cinema4D is the best integrated 3D application for the MacOS. 3D Gear, its US publisher, provides excellent support.
DigiEffects http://www.digieffects.com	Makers of great After Effects and Photoshop plug-ins.
Digital Frontiers http://www.digfrontiers.com	Web design tools for GIF and JPEG production, including plug-ins for Photoshop.
Equilibrium http://www.equilibrium.com	Makers of the popular image conversion program, DeBabelizer.
Extensis http://www.extensis.com	Makers of production plug-ins for Photoshop.
Form•Z http://www.formz.com	Form•Z is an award winning 3D modeling program that includes drafting and rendering.
Gulture Enterprises http://www.gulture.com	Gulture Enterprises is dedicated to promoting artists, musicians and storytellers who stretch the boundaries of their media.
Kinetix http://www.ktx.com/3dsmax2/	Home of 3D Studio Max, the world's best selling professional 3D modeling and animation software for PCs.
Kodak http://www.kodak.com	Site contains excellent information and products, including their line of digital cameras
LuRaTech http://www.luratech.com	Amazing wavelet compression plug-in for Photoshop.
MacCPU http://www.maccpu.com	We think this is the best place to buy boards, CPU upgrades, and drives.
Macromedia http://www.macromedia.com	Makers of Director, Dreamweaver, Freehand, and other excellent products.
Metacreations http://www.metacreations.com	Makers of Bryce, Painter, Infini-D, Goo, and other consumer imaging programs.
Microtek http://www.microtek.com	Full line of scanners and related products.
Newtek http://www.newtek.com	Makers of Lightwave and Inspire 3D.
Olympus http://www.olympus.com
Play, Inc. http://www.play.com	Home of Electric Image Animation System and other products.
Puffin Designs http://www.puffindesigns.com	Makers of plug-ins such as Knoll Lens Flare Pro, Cybermesh, and Commotion, the incredible visual effects program designed for video and film work.
UMAX http://www.umax.com	Information about UMAX scanners, and other UMAX products.
Valis Group http://www.valisgroup.com	The home Page for Flo', Metaflo', Movieflo', RenderMan, Pixar's Showplace, MacRenderMan, Materia Prima, PixelPutty, Goo sidegrade!

Tech Publications [top]
MacWorld http://www.macworld.com
New Riders http://www.newriders.com
Publish (RGB) http://www.publish.com
Seybold Seminars http://www.seyboldseminars.com	Seybold is the premiere graphic publishing convention and conference. David Biedny is the top-rated teacher at Seybold with his courses on Photoshop.
Thunderlizard http://www.thunderlizard.com
Gamma Homepage http://www.cqsd.com/papers/gamma.html	Important information on gamma correction and the most in-depth information on gamma anywhere.
Electronic Publishing http://www.electronic-publishing.com/	Publishes information on publishing technology with reviews.
desktopPublishing.com http://desktoppublishing.com	Resource for traditional and web authoring. Massive clip art and images listings, and comprehensive compendium of DTP links.

 

News & Information [top]
ABC News http://www.abcnews.com	Network news on the web.
CNN http://www.cnn.com	Access to every current event on the hour.
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com	America's #1 newspaper.
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com	Nice charts and instant information.
Washington post http://www.washingtonpost.com	Washington D.C.'s leading newspaper with excellent coverage on the nation's capital.
Wired News http://www.wired.com	Technology news and current trends.

 

Visual Effects Companies [top]
Banned from the Ranch http://bftr.com
Rhythmn & Hues http://www.rhythm.com
RezN8 http://www.rezn8.com
Bluesky http://www.bluesky-vifx.com
Digital Domain http://www.d2.com
H-Gun Labs http://www.hgun.com
Industrial Light + Magic http://www.ldlhr.com
Sony Imageworks http://www.imageworks.com
Western Images http://www.planetpoint.com/western_images

 

Internet Related [top]
Bandwidth Conservation Society http://www.infohiway.com/faster/index.html	The leading source for designing web graphics at minimal size with the highest impact.
Cnet.com http://www.cnet.com
Download.com http://www.download.com
High Bandwidth Web Page http://www.specialty.com/hiband/
Lynda Weinman http://www.lynda.com
Software.com http://www.software.com

 

3D Design [top]
3D Artist http://www.3dartist.com	its online activities are dedicated to those who make, or aspire to make an artful livelihood with computer 3D graphics.
3D Design http://www.3d-design.com
Computer Arts http://www.computerarts.co.uk	is the on-line site of Computer Arts magazine. We cover all aspects of digital art and design, and have a section dedicated to 3D & Animation, as well as a discussion forum where you can ask and answer questions about your 3D problems and tips.
Computer Graphics World http://www.cgw.com
Digital Video Magazine http://dvlive.com
Animation Journal http://www.chapman.edu/animation/
Animation Magazine http://www.imall.com/stores/animag
Animation World http://www.awn.com/index.html
Computer Artist http://www.pennwell.com/compart.html
FPS http://www.cam.org/~pawn/fps.html
FX World http://www.aok.com/fxworld/
PC Graphics & Video http://www.pcgv.com
Tessellation Times http://www.3dartist.com/tess/tessmain.htm