Solución de Preguntas Frecuentes VectorWorks

2008

1.- ¿Porque no me aparece el menú de exportación a a artlantis y  las teclas de acceso rápido como en la guia lcda?

Respuesta: para que el menú de exportacón a artlantis aparezca debes acceder a la zona de configuración de archivos http://tid.lcda.org y descargar el plugin correspondente a la versión de vectorworks

2- ¿Por que me desaparecieron algunos menús y cambiaron las herramientas?

Respuesta: Una vez insertados los archivos del curso el workspace como el de la guía lcda debes seleccionar en workspaces el modo default

5.- ¿Porque el VectorWorks se traba al usar el boton de classes?

Respuesta: La versión 2008 tiene un error, usando el sistema 10.5 leopard en adelante el cual no permite usar el menú de organización en classes, pero puedes usar la paleta de navegación con botón derecho?

6.- ¿Porque cuando exporto a autocad no me aparece el archivo?

Respuesta: La versión 2008 tiene un error al exportar archivos de autocad, puedes solucionar este problema de 2 maneras

Opción A: puedes encontrar el archivo en la siguiente ruta dando con clik derecho sobre la aplicación y mostrando los contenidos del paquete Applicaciones/VectorWorks/Contents/MacOsX/macosx.dwg una vez afuera puedes re nombrar el archivo

Opcioón B: Aplica el numero Update del VectorWorks SP3 en esta liga http://download4.nemetschek.net/nnapub/mac/UpdateToVW2008SP3.dmg

2009

7.- ¿Como puedo usar en una red de mac 2 vectorworks con el mismo numero de serie?

Respuesta: Activa en las preferencias del sistema en el icono de seguridad el firewall y añade el vectorworks en advanced en ambas maquinas.

8.- ¿Porque no puedo importar a dwg?

Opcion A: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/558/Tech+Bulletin%3A+Vectorworks+2009

Opcion B: en  caso que el de arriba no funcione en el info del programa activa el “open using rosseta” solo para abrir archivos de autocad.

9.- ¿porque no me salen las opciones de renderworks y spotlight?

Respuesta: el numero de serie de la versión 2009 no instala esos modulos

10.- ¿Porque no tengo favoritos en la paleta de Resources?

Respuesta: En ocasiones se borran al cambiar la configuración o por que se satura, procura solo añadir los que usas de el folder de Library en vectorworks de lo contrario el arranque del programa será muy lento usa esta guá de referencia

http://download2.nemetschek.net/

11.- Como Importo correctamente un archivo de autocad

Respuesta: Si solo es un archivo importarlo como single file las siguientes opciones son básicas
dxf unit = 1 Meter Scale 1/100 1/200 1/500 no usar fit to page  set color to Black and White colors equals to Line Weight.

2014

1.-Donde configuro mi workspace para exportar a artlantis

Respuesta: tid.lcda.org

2.-Donde esta el Export PDF  Batch

Respuesta: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/

3.-Donde esta mi Reshape Tool, Insert In wall, Screen Hints,

Respuesta: http://cadspeed.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/avoid-common-mistakes-when-you-set-up-vectorworks/

4.- Que es el Layer Plane y El Screen Plane

Respuesta: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/1086/Working+with+Screen+and+Layer+Planes

5.- no puedo abrir archivos anteriores de vectorworks

Respuesta: Dentro de el contendido de tid.lcda.org se encuentra la aplicación VectorWorksFileValidator descomprima y siga las instrucciones.

Some Usefull Links

Books + Tutorials:
http://forum.gfxnews.ru/viewtopic.php?t=12824 (link to various graphic tutorials ) Video tuts
http://www.video-tutes.com/ ( video tut. Search engine )
http://tutorialvid.com/ ( lots of video tuts, any programm )
http://www.cgtrade.net/ (GFX tutorials – Photoshop , After effects , Cinema 4d, Houdini, Autocad, etc etc all video tutorials )
http://www.guerrillacg.org/ ( CG tutorials , streaming on website )
http://www.vimeo.com/psdtuts ( photoshop tutorial channel on Vimeo )
http://www.duber.tv (3ds Max, Syntheye, Pftrack video tutorials )
http://wikivid.com ( seems to be down at the moment, used to have all kind of video tutorials for all programs )
http://www.wikivideo.it/en/ (italian wikivid site, also got english vids)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials ( iLife tuts, imovie, idvd, iphoto, garageband … )
http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/ ( blender video tuts )
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design … tutorials/ ( GIMP video tuts )
http://meetthegimp.org/ ( Gimp vide podcasts with some instructions )
http://mivid.net/video/2101/Maya-Dynami … ust-part-1 ( Maya dynamics dust efects tut part 1)
http://mivid.net/video/2102/Maya-Dynami … ust-part-2 ( Maya dynamics dust efects tut part 2)
http://mivid.net/video/2103/Maya-Dynami … rt-3-Final ( Maya dynamics dust efects tut part 3)
http://www.digitalarttutorials.com/tuto … .php?id=14 (Digital Painting: Photo Real video tut for Photoshop )
http://www.digitalarttutorials.com/tuto … .php?id=15 (Digital Painting: Sketch Painting video tut for photoshop ) Photoshop tuts
http://psdtuts.com/ ( some nice photoshop tutorials )
http://luxa.org/ (Photoshop tuts)
http://psdfan.com/ ( PS tuts )
http://pshero.com/ ( Photoshop tuts )
http://www.abduzeedo.com/tutorials ( PS tuts )
http://www.mickm.com/tutorials ( PS tuts )
http://www.3dtotal.com/ps100/pstut100.html (100 Photoshop tutorials for creating beautiful art )
http://www.vimeo.com/psdtuts ( photoshop tutorial channel on Vimeo )
http://www.tutorial9.net/ ( Photoshop / Illustrator / photography tutorials )
http://www.designvitality.com/blog/2007 … -tutorial/ ( 51 text effects tutorials for PS )
http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/ … photoshop/ ( 11 movie effects tutorials for photoshop )
http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/tutorials/ (Photoshop painting tutorials from carlos cabrer )
http://photojojo.com/content/tips/photoshop-tips-video/ (Deke McClelland’s 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes)
http://abduzeedo.com/tutorials (photoshop tutorials)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09 … ter-drops/ ( Photoshop tutorials on rain drops and other water effects )
http://www.digitalarttutorials.com/tuto … .php?id=14 (Digital Painting: Photo Real video tut for Photoshop )
http://www.digitalarttutorials.com/tuto … .php?id=15 (Digital Painting: Sketch Painting video tut for photoshop )

Illustrator tutorials
http://vectortuts.com/ (illustrator tuts)
http://vectips.com/ ( illustrator tuts )
http://www.tutorial9.net/ ( Photoshop / Illustrator / photography tutorials )
http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/ … n-30-days/ ( illustrator tuts, “learn it in 30 days” )
http://vectortuts.com/web-roundups/40-c … tutorials/ ( 40 challenging illustrator tuts )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10 … of-part-2/ ( over 50 best illustrator tuts ) Gimp tuts
http://gimp-tutorials.net/ ( Gimp tutorials )
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design … tutorials/ ( GIMP video tuts )
http://meetthegimp.org/ ( Gimp vide podcasts with some instructions )
http://gimpology.com/ ( gimp tuts )
http://www.gimptalk.com/ ( lots of tuts )
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html ( gimp tutorial book ) mixed programm tuts
http://www.scribd.com ( the youtube of documents, you can also search for tutorials )
http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77002 (lightwave tuts)
http://www.tutorialsphere.com/ ( 3d apps, photo editing apps, audio tutorials, huge list )
http://www.vast.ws/resources/xsi/tutori … rials.html (XSI tuts )
http://toi.bk.tudelft.nl/toi-pedia/inde … =Main_Page (Maya, Rhinoceros, Autocad, PS, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere tuts )
http://cg-hq.com/shop/cart/index.php?ac … &c=1&page= ( Maya modeling tutorial , creating cartoon character )
http://www.good-tutorials.com/ ( tuts for various different programs )
http://www.houseoftutorials.com/ (zbrush, maya , 3dsmax & PS tuts )
http://www.tutorialguide.net/ ( tutorial search engine ) other tutorials
http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm (animation basics tutorials)
http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php ( game programming tutorials )

Colour related
http://www.colourlovers.com/ ( inspirational colour patterns and other stuff )
http://kuler.adobe.com/
http://pic2color.com/ ( upload photos and convert them into colour schemes)
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/0 … tterflies/ (A Collection of 18 Beautiful Butterflies & Their Color)
http://www.handprint.com/LS/CVS/color.html (collection of pages on the theme of color vision)
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/09 … lor-tools/ ( top 10 colour tools )
http://www.colr.org/ ( get the colour scheme from websites, images and more )
http://livelabs.com/blog/pull-down-the- … ar-gadget/
http://garmahis.com/reviews/color-match … ine-tools/
http://www.colorspire.com/color-schemes/creator/ ( create colour schemes for websites )
http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/ (schemes for webdesign etc )
http://thisissand.com/ ( virtual coloured sand on your screen )
http://www.colorjack.com/ ( colour scheme creator and other online tools )
http://beta.dailycolorscheme.com/ ( colour scheme creator )
http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html ( colour scheme online )
http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/?src=rss ( get the colour pallete from images online )
http://cre8tivecontrol.com/cre8tive3/to … lorer.html ( color explorer tool )

Traditional art + Drawing:
http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/pose/ ( for drawing poses , in case you don’t have a real model Smile )
http://www.anime-model-sheets.com/ (Lots of free anime model sheets)
http://www.artgraphica.net/ ( some free tutorials and guides )
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ (traditional engravings and illustrations from old books)
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/ ( Yale Digital Images Online )
http://www.elfwood.com/farp/art.html (fantasy art tutorials and technique resources)

2D graphics

Graphics design
http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com (Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s, mostly travel posters )
http://www.timetableimages.com/index.htm ( a site devoted to the collecting of airline timetables )
http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/index.htm (Maritime Timetable Images )
http://digilander.libero.it/adretichette/ ( Luggage labels graphics design )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavesjax/ ( Art of the Luggage Label’s photostream )
http://ffffound.com (bookmark manager for graphics design related images)
http://logopond.com/ (get inspirations for logo design )
http://www.scalenine.com/ (Collection of skins and themes created for Flex and Adobe AIR)
http://www.fairspot.com/ (online resource dedicated to giving the creative industry a spot to find inspiration, share work and stay updated with the community)
http://thisissand.com/ ( virtual coloured sand on your screen )
http://arje.net/rasterbator (application which creates rasterized versions of images, for poster creation )
http://www.bookscans.com/ ( Graphically illustrating the evolution of Vintage American Paperbacks )
http://thevisualdictionary.net/ ( collection of words in the real world , typography in photos -> signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos )
http://adsoftheworld.com/ ( collection of ad posters )
http://colorburned.com/ ( graphics blog, with lots of free patterns, textures and other useful stuff )

Vector graphics ,Clip art and icons:

Icons
http://www.icofx.ro/ ( application for creating icons )
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear ( various icons )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08 … icon-sets/ ( some nice icons )
http://www.iconfinder.net/ ( icon search engine )

Vectors
http://vectips.com/ ( vector tips, lots of free stuff and tutorials )
http://www.vecteezy.com/ ( “ stupid name cool vectors “ )
http://qvectors.com/ ( free vector graphics, similar to vecteezy )
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/categories/ ( company logos )
http://www.vectorportal.com/
http://www.logotypes.ru/ ( more logos )
http://vectortuts.com/articles/web-roun … -art-pros/ ( 60 Free Vector Graphics for Digital Art Pros )
http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html ( Adobe SVG viewer )
http://www.allfreelogo.com/ ( company logos )
http://www.freevectors.net/
http://vector4free.com/
http://vectormagic.com/ (convert bitmap images to vector graphics online, not free anymore -> still possible to save them as .bmp / check under applications for some opensource programms )
http://www.colortracer.com/ ( convert images to vector – requires registration, its in beta so free for the moment )

Graphics & illustrations
http://createsk8.com/category/freebies/ (hand drawn Illustrator graphics)
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/sitemap.htm (25.000 B&W tiffs )

Textures:

Large textures
http://www.textureking.com/ (high res, 2mb file size, 1600x 1064 @ 300p/i )
http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/index.php ( 1360 x 1024 @ 300p/i )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05 … t-results/ ( high res, 700 MB of total textures, some about 3456 x 2304px )
http://www.defcon-x.de/textures ( high res , 720 dpi, 3388x2186px )
http://textures.vertx.ca/ ( 2832×2128. res )
http://texturez.com/ ( high res, 3072×2304px )
http://www.freetexturemaps.com/ ( high res, 2848 x 2136 )
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free … hp/cat/506 (good res , 3264 x 2448)
http://www.openfootage.net/ ( high res texture packs , 2048 x 2048)
http://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html ( 2560 x 1920)
http://www.autofx.com/utc.asp ( good res , 2920px x 1930px ; requires registration texture preview currently doesn work , but textures online )
http://www.art-dept.com/artists/rankin/ … source=20i ( high res eye textures )
http://www.grungetextures.com/gallery/ ( really nice high res ones , 3136 x 2204 )
http://www.artssphere.com/textures.php (panoramic cloud shots in high res, from 4285 x 2252 to 13002 x 2201 )
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/t … x?id=23983 ( link to FORMICA IMAGE CD 2006 , with textures A4 @ 72dpi )
http://free3dstextures.com/ ( some textures hosted on flickr, some up to 3072px / 2048px )
http://www.flickr.com/groups/textures/ ( various sizes, up to 3872 x 2592)
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/index … splay=1164 ( high res textures, some up to 3872 x 2592 )
http://urbandirty.com/ ( some grunge textures, great selection at 3072 x 2304 – 180 p/i )
http://colorburned.com/2008/06/colorbur … undup.html ( high res beach / sand related textures)
http://www.freerangestock.com/ ( needs registration , also has textures 2304 x 1728 )
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7109 ( earth satellite images, some 21600 x 21600 JPEG 11.4MB)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ ( high res earth image maps, earth globe @ 4096×4096 and other high res earth images )
http://www.sxc.hu/category/1001 ( high res textures, various sizes , around 3264×2448 )
http://gimp-tutorials.net/GMIP-Free-Textures ( old paper, book cover textures , links to various sites, around 2207×3133 )
http://www.mayang.com/textures/ mid sized
http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ ( 1611×1239 @ 72p/i )
http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/textures.html ( between 1600×1009 and 2000×1330)
http://www.2textured.com/ ( 1804 x 1920 )
http://www.yourdailytexture.com/ (1647×1233 res )
http://www.cgtextures.com/ ( lots of categories in Small (1024×1024), 498Kb Large (2030×2030), 1121Kb )
http://www.davegh.com/blade/davegh.htm ( various hand drawn textures, 1000 x 1000 )
http://www.texturenwelt.de/texturen.php ( german page / 1024 x 1024 high res )
http://translate.google.de/translate?u= … e&ie=UTF-8 ( translation of texturenwelt )
http://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml (various good res textures, some 1536x 1024 ) small sized
http://www.freefoto.com/browse/33-00-0?ffid=33-00-0 ( need to type in email address for watermarkless image download, 900 x 600 )
http://www.noctua-graphics.de/english/Tex/metal_01.htm (low res metal textures 500 x 500 )
http://www.texturearchive.com/ ( requires registration, curently only small and some med sized images, small : 500×370 )
http://www.amazingtextures.com/textures/ ( need to register to download, most are tilable , also got tree shadows 500 x 431, need to pay for high res textures )
http://www.rabbarien.de/ ( photostock and textures 1600x 1066px German page “Vollbild” to get full seize picture )
http://translate.google.com/translate?u … n&ie=UTF-8 (rabbarien.de translate ) patterns & seamless textures
http://squidfingers.com/patterns/ (just patterns)
http://patterns.ava7.com/ ( seamless pattern collection)
http://grsites.com/textures/ ( low and reasonable ok res tilable textures, good for web design 200 x 200 )
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free … hp/cat/603 ( seemless , tilable textures, good res 1024 x 1024 )
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freedo … Patterns-/ ( 125 free seamless patterns, 288 x 288 )
http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/patterns.html ( flower patterns in .psd format )
http://www.freeseamlesstextures.com/ ( 1024 x 1024 , small selection )
http://colorburned.com/2008/11/25-seaml … ttern.html ( 25 seamless polka dot patterns )
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/micro-patte … p-patterns ( patterns for PS or Gimp ) applications
http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/index.php?PAGE=HOME (application for creating textures)
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm (seamless texture editor that specializes in the creation of seamless wood textures) not working sites, might be back some time
http://textures.forrest.cz/ (down at the moment )

Photostock:
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphic … n-the-net/ ( list of some links to free photostock pages )
http://www.paintbits.com/2008/09/03/25- … -websites/ ( list of 25 more free photostock weblinks )
http://www.fredzone.org/50-banques-d-im … es-et.html ( list of 50 further free photostock links, in french )
http://translate.google.com/translate?u … n&ie=UTF-8 ( translation of 50 links ) Photostock
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.cepolina.com/freephoto/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.photocase.com/en/
http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/
http://www.stockvault.net/ (Registered users can download 7 free images weekly)
http://www.openfootage.net/ ( various stuff also video footage )
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/
http://characterdesigns.com/ ( human photo reference )
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/
http://www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php ( also got human figures )
http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/
http://www.freerangestock.com/ ( needs registration , also has textures )
http://www.bigfoto.com/ ( good res )
http://www.photocase.com/en/ ( photo community, high res , needs registration )
http://www.rabbarien.de/ ( photostock and textures 1600x 1066px German page “Vollbild” to get full seize picture )
http://translate.google.com/translate?u … n&ie=UTF-8 (rabbarien.de translate )
http://www.imageafter.com/ ( between 1600 x 1200 and 2560 x 1920 also got textures)
http://www.pixelio.de/ ( free high res pics, needs registration and its in german )
http://translate.google.de/translate?u= … e&ie=UTF-8 ( pixelio translation )
http://www.openphoto.net/ ( high res )
http://www.photogen.com/ ( need to register , high res )
http://www.twicepix.net/
http://www.nationsillustrated.com/ (worldwide landscapes )
http://www.pixelgalerie.com/ (small selection in german )
http://translate.google.de/translate?u= … e&ie=UTF-8 (pixelgalerie transl.)
http://www.freepixels.com/ ( high res ) vintage/ historic photos
http://images.google.com/hosted/life ( LIFE photo archive, historic photos from 1860s till 1970s )
http://www.vintagepixels.com/ ( vintage photos, needs registration ) vehicle / automobile images
http://www.supercars.net ( nice photos of cars )
http://www.dieselstation.com/ ( car wallpapers )
http://seriouswheels.com/ ( cars )
http://www.autogaleria.pl/tapety/ ( just cars )
http://www.infocoches.com/fotos/ (cars)
http://www.desktopmachine.com/ ( cars again )
http://www.planepictures.net/ ( planes )
http://www.planespotting.net/search/index.php (planes )
http://www.jetphotos.net/ ( planes )
http://www.airliners.net/ (planes )
http://www.railpictures.net/ (trains )
http://www.train-photos.com (trains )

Wallpapers
http://forum.gfxnews.ru/viewtopic.php?t=17750 (GFxnews wallpapers 1600 X 1200, thanks to mail.masoud and other contributors)
http://interfacelift.com ( free wallpapers, icons and photos )
http://www.desktopnexus.com/ ( lots of wallpapers in various categories , most 1600 x 1200 px )
http://www.dieselstation.com/ ( car wallpapers )
http://adsoftheworld.com/ ( collection of ad posters )

Blueprints:
http://www.suurland.com
http://www.the-blueprints.com/
http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html ( in russian )
http://www.combataircraft.com/ ( aviation pictures and blueprints and some 3d rotating gifs )
http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm ( guns pics )
http://www.stormloader.com/alexbard/ ( starwars blueprints )
http://www.architecturalhouseplans.com/ ( floor plans )
http://www.amazingplans.com/index.php ( more floor plans )
http://www.theplancollection.com/ ( floor plans )
http://www.housemouse.net/ebooks/ebooks.htm ( some samples of ebooks about historic floor plans)
http://www.3dsn.com/ ( next to the search bar change the search results to blueprints, then sort by price )
http://istockpack.com/v2/index.php ( cardboard templates )

Software

Programs + Applications (mostly cross platform, just mac/ linux apps further down)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_op … e_packages ( great list of open source software )
http://portableapps.com/ ( portable opensource programs for the USB stick ) graphics editing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:F … s_software ( list of free graphics software )
http://www.gimp.org/ ( open source PS )
http://www.getpaint.net/ ( open source PS )
http://www.gimphoto.com/ (GimPhoto is GIMP modification with new menu layout, great selection of plugins)
http://thegimpshop.net/index.php ( gimp with PS like layout )
http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 ( Gimpshop , gimp with photoshop layout )
http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_p … hop_layout ( GIMP portable with Photoshop layout )
http://www.cinepaint.org/ ( graphics editor )
http://www.wizard-tools.de/index.php/co … le/54-jpeg ( JPEG Batch Resizer)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ascgen2/ ( convert Photos to ASCII art )
http://arje.net/rasterbator (application which creates rasterized versions of images, for poster creation )
http://www.fotoview.nl/ ( pop art studio – convert images to andy warhol / roy lichtenstein style )
http://www.memecode.com/image.php ( quick and small graphic editor ) painting / drawing apps
http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version ( free painting software )
http://www.tuxpaint.org/ ( free painting software aimed for children )
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/ ( free paint program )
http://www.anandavala.info/TASTMOTNOR/c … PD5_1.html ( particle drawing programm )
http://www.smoothdraw.com/product/freeware.htm ( SmoothDraw NX -> easy yet powerful freehand drawing tool )
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/ ( painting tool )

Office packages
http://www.openoffice.org/ ( opensource Office )
http://www.koffice.org/ ( opensource office )
http://opengoo.org/ ( online office )
http://eyeos.org/en/ ( online office, very nice GUI ) photo apps
http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/ (open source application for the digital photo workflow )
http://www.rawworkflow.com/instant-jpeg … w-utility/ ( instant jpeg from RAW utitlity )
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php ( photoediting software )
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ ( panorama sticher )
http://www.geosetter.de/en/index.html ( program for showing and changing geo data of image files )
http://www.bergphoto.org/ ( RAW image developer for single images )
http://www.photoonweb.com/en/ ( creates online photoalbum, alternative with free 20MB hosting space )
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html ( automatically stiches photos to panoramas )
http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/index.php ( HDR image application )
http://www.shiftn.de/ ( correct converging lines automatically in photos )
http://www.pictomio.com/Default.aspx?LangLCID=1033 ( manage, categorize, search, and archive photos )
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php ( photo editing software ) vector editing
http://www.inkscape.org/ ( open source illustrator )
http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ ( vector graphics programm )
http://www.goosee.com/ ( Vector editor )
http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/ ( convert bitmaps into vector graphics )
http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ ( convert bitmaps into vector graphics )
http://linetracer.sourceforge.net/ ( convert sketches to vector format )
http://www.wintopo.com/ ( convert images to vector )
http://www.skencil.org/ ( vector drawing programm ) video apps & animation
http://jahshaka.org/ ( open source video editing )
http://www.digilab.uni-hannover.de/docs/manual.html (free camera tracking program)
http://www.xiberpix.net/SqirlzReflect.html (animated water reflection and water ripples effects freeware)
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html ( stick figure animation tool )
http://www.onyxbits.de/giftedmotion ( Gif animation program )
http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/penci … hp?id=Home ( traditional 2D animation program )
http://synfig.org/Main_Page ( 2D animation program )
http://ktoon.toonka.com/ ( flash animation tool , site currently offline )
http://www.animpixels.com/ ( create pixel animations )
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/ ( simple video editor )

Web apps
http://www.kompozer.net ( open source dreamweaver )
http://jalbum.net/ ( free web album creator )
http://stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ ( convert an Image directory into a web photoalbum ) other apps
http://www.scribus.net/ (page layout publishing, open source indesign )
http://www.beranek.de/lineal ( Desktop ruler )
http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/index.php?PAGE=HOME (texturing tool)
http://pic2color.com/ ( for creating colour schemes )
http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/ ( opensource planetarium )
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php ( Font viewer program )
http://www.yworks.com/de/products_yed_about.htm ( Graph editor)
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/e … ndex.shtml ( 2D drafting application, requires registering )
http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/index.php ( HDR image application )
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm (seamless texture editor that specializes in the creation of seamless wood textures)
http://www.openrp.com/products/index.htm ( free rapid prototyping plugins and viewer. requires registration )
http://www.shadermap.renderingsystems.com/ ( only the command line tool is free – crazy bump alternative )
http://www.xnormal.net/ ( opensource displacement, normals mapping tool)
http://www.icofx.ro/ ( application for creating icons )
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaxodraw/ ( graph plotting tool )

CAD + 3D programs:

3D packages (modeling animation and other functions)
http://www.blender.org/ (3d modeling and animation program )
http://www.amabilis.com/ ( 3d modeling and animation program )
http://cart1.caligari.com/web/Truespacemainreg.aspx ( caligari truespace , need registering to be able to download)
http://www.moonlight3d.eu/cms/ ( 3d modeling and animation tool )
http://www.misfitcode.com/misfitmodel3d/main.html ( OpenGL-based 3D model editor + animation tool aimed for game creation )
http://www.jpatch.com/ ( spline based 3D modeling and animation tool )

CAD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:F … n_software ( list of free CAD )
http://archimedes.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal ( open source CAD )
http://www.opencascade.org/ ( open source CAD + numerical simulation )
http://brlcad.org/ ( CAD )
http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html ( gear template generator , also allowes you to export to CAD )
http://avocado-cad.sourceforge.net/ (open source CAD software for Mac Linux and Windows )
http://autoq3d.ecuadra.com/index.php ( CAD [Community version = free] )
http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/ (freeware CAD viewer)
http://www.ar-cad.com/products/freecad.html (free CAD application)
http://www.alibre.com/xpress/software/a … xpress.asp (free CAD version of Alibre Design)
http://www.ar-cad.com/products/freecad.html ( free CAD with motion simulation )
http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/produc … jsp?k=4029 ( Pro Engineer model viewer )
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/f … nloads.htm ( solidworks free tools, DWG viewer etc )
http://www.infograph.com/products/dwgviewer/ ( free DWG , DWF + DXF viewer ) FEA / CFD
http://openfvm.sourceforge.net/ (CFD)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ ( open source CFD code )
http://www.opencfd.co.uk/index.html (open source CFD )
http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer ( Open Source Finite Element Software for Multiphysical Problems )

3d modeling
http://homepage3.nifty.com/escargot/MCLFrm.html (Japanese modeling tool)
http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php ( free 3d character modeling tool )
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/ergun/r … /topology/ ( topological mesh modeler)
http://www.k-3d.org/wiki/Main_Page ( 3D modeling )
http://www.zmodeler2.com/ ( 3d modeling tool aimed for computer games )
http://gsculpt.sourceforge.net/index.html ( sub-D modeller )
http://gooseegg.sourceforge.net/ (3d modeler aimed for games)
http://www.3dvia.com/software/3dvia-shape/ (3d modeling tool for beginners)
http://ldd.lego.com/download/default.aspx ( virtual LEGO builder )
http://www.ayam3d.org/ (free 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharp3d (3D painting program, Zbrush like modeling) other 3d programs
http://www.glc-player.net/index.php (.obj .3ds and .stl model viewer, really good app )
http://assimp.sourceforge.net/ (Open Asset Import library – free library for .3ds , .obj and other 3d file formats)
http://vrmlengine.sourceforge.net/view3dscene.php ( 3d model viewer, VRML 1.0/ 2.0, 3DS, MD3, OBJ and GEO )
http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/ ( an Ivy generator )
http://www.treegenerator.com/download.htm ( tree generator )
http://www.world-machine.com/download.html ( next gen terrain generation software, free version with little limitations )
ftp://ftp.uniovi.es/pub/mirrors/avalon.viewpoint.com/ ( old avalon viewpoint application and 3d objects )
http://www.sweethome3d.eu/index.html ( interior design application )
http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/ ( converts 3d models into POV-ray scenes, Moray objects or wavefront objects )
http://www.looxis.com/en/k75.Downloads_ … wnload.htm ( create a 3D face from 2 photos )
http://sourceforge.net/projects/arbaro/ ( implementation of the tree generating algorithm )
http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html ( 3d Terrain Visualization and Flyby Animation )
http://www.jsingler.de/software/crosssections/ (program that visualizes polyhedra and their cross-sections with a plane)
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/rooms_idea … nners.html ( IKEA room planner , for kitchen, wardrobe, bedroom and office design )
http://skullydoo.sourceforge.net/description_en.html ( 3D digital image segmentation and visualization)
http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/elmer ( Open Source Finite Element Software for Multiphysical Problems )
http://www.nextd.com/bonelab.asp ( free skeleton anatomy tool ) animation
http://home.gna.org/cal3d/ (3d character animation library)
http://www.anim8or.com/main/ ( free 3d animation software )
http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html ( 3d Terrain Visualization and Flyby Animation ) 3d plugins
http://www.itoosoft.com/english/menu.php?id=news ( free 3ds max Plugins )
http://code.google.com/p/sketchyphysics/ ( Physics library for Google sketchup )
http://highend3d.com/ ( maya, 3ds max , xsi , zbrush scripts, plugins )
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/phys … ugins.html (physx plugins for maya and 3dsmax )

OSX applications
http://coge.lovqc.hu/ ( open-source semi-modular VJ app based on Quartz Composer )
http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ ( open source image editor )
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/xee.html ( open source image viewer, supports .iff and various other )
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php ( Office for OSX)
http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ ( PDF viewer + editor )
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/i … izeit.html ( resize multiple images at once or convert them )
http://www.getdrawit.com/drawit/ ( Lite version = free Leopard vector drawing application)
http://www.mac-fun.com/ipaint/index.html ( simple painting application )
http://www.raw-photo-processor.com/RPP/Overview.html ( RAW photo editor )
http://oxidizer.sourceforge.net/Site/Oxidizer.html ( fractal flame editor )
http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Soft … Frame.html ( stop motion creator )
http://www.chocoflop.com/home_en.html ( image editor – free as long as its in beta version )
http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/ ( virtual LEGO modeling tool )
http://www.terafractal.com/ ( fractal image creator )
http://www.shinyfrog.net/en/software/img2icns/ ( ICON creator )
http://www.photonator.com/ ( Photo organizer )
http://www.rhapsoft.com/ ( Photo retouching for OSX )
http://opensword.org/Pixen/ ( graphics editor )
http://projects.digitalwaters.net/index.php?q=cocopad ( Sketch pad program )
http://ipalette.info/ ( Color palette )
http://www.digiteyeocr.free.fr/ ( optical character recognition program, converts scanned in text )
http://raifra.fh-friedberg.de/Mac/index-en.html ( RAW image converter )
http://www.osirix-viewer.com/index.html (image processing software dedicated to DICOM images produced by imaging equipment and confocal microscopy )

Linux applications
http://cinelerra.org/ ( Linux non-linear video editor and compositor )
http://www.kinodv.org/ ( Linux non-linear video editor )
http://www.winehq.org/ ( Windows emulator )
http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php ( Digital audio workstation, also available as windows binary )
http://www.reptilelabour.com/software/flow/index.htm ( particle animation application )
http://www.highend3d.com/downloads/tool … ow-99.html ( flow download alternative )

Online applications
https://www.photoshop.com/express ( online PS, 2GB free storage)
http://www.flauntr.com/ ( free online photoeditor )
http://www.picnik.com/ ( free online photoeditor )
http://fotoflexer.com/ ( another online photoeditor )
http://www.drpic.com/ ( online photoeditor )
http://rsizr.com/ (online photoeditor )
http://www.easycropper.com/ (crop images online )
http://www.splashup.com/ ( yet another online PS, need free registration , nice GUI)
http://mydeco.com/plan-my-room/ ( upload photo and change the interior design )
http://www.onlinephototool.com/
http://www.fixpicture.org/
http://vectormagic.com/ (convert bitmap images to vector graphics online, not free anymore -> still possible to save them as .bmp / check under applications programms for some opensource programms )
http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html ( online drawing application )
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/ ( online drawing application )
http://goanimate.com/go/ ( online animation program )
http://flashface.ctapt.de/ ( create a face online )
http://www.text-image.com/ ( online Ascii art generator , matrix effect etc )
http://www.typorganism.com/visualcomposer/index.html ( Visual composer )
http://www.litha-paint.com/demo.html ( online vector graphics drawing application )
http://www.mikons.com/ ( online vector graphics drawing application )
http://www.queeky.com/ ( online drawing application , also got multi-draw -> drawing one picture together with the community)
http://make3d.stanford.edu/ ( convert 2d images to a 3d shockwave animation, requires registration )
http://www.colortracer.com/ ( convert images to vector – requires registration, its in beta so free for the moment )
http://www.pixer.us/ ( simple easy online image editor )

Scripts + plugins:
http://www.fxshare.com/nuke/ ( for nuke)
http://www.scriptspot.com/ ( 3ds max + Sketchup )
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101635 (demolition script for blender)
http://www.indigosm.com/modoscripts.htm ( scripts for modo)
http://www.vertexmonkey.com/ ( modo scripts , plugins etc )
http://www.smustard.com/news/ ( sketchup scripts)
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDep … _Depot.htm ( sketchup plugins and scripts)
http://park7.wakwak.com/~oxygen/lib/scr … index.html ( modo scripts , in Japanese )
http://research.animationsinstitut.de/ ( Maya facial animation plugin )
http://www.itoosoft.com/english/menu.php?id=news ( free 3ds max Plugins )
http://vectips.com/tricks/10-free-and-e … r-scripts/ ( 10 illustrator tips)
http://tutorialblog.org/free-photoshop-plugins/ ( some free PS plugins )
http://www.ltplus.de/ ( DXF/3DS/VRML/STL-Plugin for Google sketchup / its under download _ main page > Download)
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html ( Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in )
http://www.openrp.com/products/rp_plugins.htm ( Rapid prototyping plugin for AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Alibre Design, SpaceClaim and Rhinoceros, requires registration )
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/20 … ontroller/ ( Photoshop brush controller )
http://www.digimation.com/home/Downloads.aspx?sm=ds ( 12 formerly commercial 3ds max plugins )
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/phys … ugins.html (physx plugins for maya and 3dsmax )

Photoshop/Illustrator and Zbrush brushes:
http://www.cgindia.org/2008/04/free-pho … ushes.html ( for PS )
http://forum.gfxnews.ru/viewtopic.php?t=25289 ( Venton’s Zbrushes )
http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/113 (free Zbrushes by gnomonology )
http://gnomonology.com/tutorial/114 ( more free Zbrushes)
http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes (Ps brushes)
http://www.psbrushes.net/
http://getbrushes.com/
http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes.htm
http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/brushes.html ( flower brushes )
http://www.brusheezy.com/ ( Photoshop brushes search engine )
http://qbrushes.com/ ( similar to brusheezy )
http://www.freephotoshop.com/html/free_brushes.html ( some free ones )
http://speckyboy.com/2008/05/12/top-50- … rce-sites/ ( a link list to all kind of PS brushes sites )
http://www.brushking.eu/
http://vectortuts.com/freebies/brushes/ … r-brushes/ (illustrator watercolour brushes )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10 … photoshop/ (splatter and watercolour brushes )
http://www.fudgegraphics.com/2008/08/fr … -textures/ (fabric brushes )
http://www.photoshopgoodies.com/ ( some PS brushes, faces/ flowers/ animals etc, also got textures and patterns )
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/brushes-categories ( lots of brushes in different categories )
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/ … psbrushes/ ( brushes at deviantart )
http://dezignus.com/fingerprints/ ( finger and footprint brushes )
http://www.tutorial9.net/category/resources/brushes/ ( over 250 high res brushes for PS )
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/brushes.html ( huge list to various brushes webpages )
http://websitetips.com/graphics/photoshop/brushes/ (another list to various brush links )
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/20 … ontroller/ ( Photoshop brush controller , PS script )
http://highend3d.com/zbrush/downloads/a … ush_shapes)/ ( some Zbrushes )

3D / HDR

Renderers + Shaders
http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/ ( indigo render )
http://www.nvidia.com/gelatozone ( nvidia gelato Pro )
http://mymentalray.com/ ( great link for mental ray users )
http://www.vray-materials.de/ ( great link for vray users )
http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/ ( open source renderer )
http://www.toxicengine.org/ ( open source renderer )
http://www.aqsis.org/xoops/modules/news/ ( open source renderer )
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/ (open source renderer)
http://www.yafray.org/ (another renderer)
http://www.renderpixie.com/ (opensource renderman)
http://www.povray.org/ (renderer)
http://drqueue.org/cwebsite/ (open source renderfarm manager also used by ILM)
http://www.3dsn.com/ ( next to the search bar change the search results to shaders , then sort by price)
http://www.luxrender.net/ ( open source renderer with exporters for MAya, XSI and Blender, for Windows, Linux, Mac)
http://www.horde3d.org/home.html ( opensource renderer )
http://www.unparent.com/ ( some HDR probes, go to Photography -> HDR probes )
http://randomcontrol.com/index.php?opti … 31&repid=1 (fryrender material shaders )
http://www.nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm ( Pov-ray alternative )
http://www.pixero.com/downloads_mr.html ( some mental ray shaders )

3D Models _ .3ds, .obj , .lwo etc:
http://www.3dsn.com/ (3d model search engine, list the result by price to get the free stuff , you can also just search for shaders and blueprints etc )
http://dmi.chez-alice.fr/freemodels.html (huge list to various transportation models , cars, ships , planes etc in various formats)
http://www.scifi3d.com/ ( Science fiction movie figures )
http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/freestuff.asp ( more sci-fi poser figures)
http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page ( blender architecture models and also textures )
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_cus … ry_id=1115 ( free character models .lwo + .obj)
http://www.3dxo.com/page/36.htm ( some models and textures )
http://www.3dvia.com/home.php ( the youtube for 3d models)
http://www.sharecg.com/ ( big search engine for 3d models and textures )
http://archive3d.net/ (lots of architecture models in .3ds)
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ (models for sketchup and google earth)
http://www.archibase.net/ (architectural models, quite similar to archive3d
http://artist-3d.com/ (lots of models in different categories )
http://www.blendermodels.org/ ( 3d models for Blender )
ftp://ftp.uniovi.es/pub/mirrors/avalon.viewpoint.com/ ( old avalon viewpoint application and 3d objects )
http://www.adobe-tools.com/content/3dmodells.php (various 3ds max architecture models )
http://www.arif3dtutorial.com/category/free-3d-models/ ( lots low poly models )
http://www.3dxtra.cygad.net/de/list/44/1.htm ( huge list to various free 3d model pages )
http://www.sixus1media.com/freebies.html ( free human model figures, poser & obj format )
http://www.sweethome3d.eu/importModels.html ( free .obj furniture models )
http://3delicious.net/ ( .3ds models )

HDRI +HDR :

Light probes
http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=6790 ( big list to various link, tutorials, resources, info, galleries etc )
http://www.hdrimaps.com/downloads.html ( 3 interior light probes HDRi )
http://www.cgindia.org/2006/08/hdrshop- … h-res.html ( some links to free HDRI light probes )
http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unf … =exclusive ( free HDRi collection from Evermotion)
http://www.yboo.net/hdri/ ( small selection)
http://hdri.3dweave.com/library/ ( big selection )
http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/HighResProbes/
http://www.unparent.com/photos_probes.html (1,600 x 1,600)
http://www.lightworks-user.com/hdri_sta … exture.htm Lightworks Realtexture HDRI files )
http://www.lightworks-user.com/hdri_sta … chform.htm (LightWorks HDRI Starter Collection – Sachform )
http://www.aversis.be/hdri/index.htm ( some HDRI maps )
http://debevec.org/Probes/ ( small selection )
http://hdri.3dweave.com/library/ ( hemispherical HDR images 512 x 512 )
http://www.hdrmill.com/Freebies.htm ( tiny selection )
http://www.openfootage.net/?cat=15 ( some high res panoramas )
http://smashmethod.deviantart.com/art/H … -1-9597501 ( 30 high res HDRI maps )
http://pogon.deviantart.com/art/Light-P … 1-25795163 ( smaller selection )
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cwis/resea … S/envmaps/ ( environement maps )
http://hyperfocal.vismasters.com/catalo … =Downloads (VM Store – Hyperfocal Design HDRI samples)
http://dativ.at/lightprobes/ ( interior light probes , good quality )
http://www.dbki.org/hdr/index.html ( hdri volume 1 )
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/cwis/research … index.html ( environment maps )
http://www.aversis.be/hdri/hdri-free.htm ( some free ones by aversis )
http://www.clarac.net/nataz/hdr.html ( hdr )
http://www.hello-napalm.com/hdri.html ( some custom made ones )
http://smashmethod.deviantart.com/art/H … b-10036562 (HDRI map pack 2 )
http://smashmethod.deviantart.com/art/H … 3-10152791 (HDRI map pack 3 )
http://www.hdrmill.com/Freebies.htm (hdrmill freebies )
http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unf … =exclusive ( some free ones from evermotion – sky textures )
http://www.lfgrafix.com/grafix/Skies_Fr … sic-1.html ( some free 360 degree sky maps )
http://www.digitalin.fr/index.php?page=goodies ( some HDRI 512×256 )
http://www.orkron.com/downloads_hdri.html (orkon studio hdri )
http://www.deviantart.com/download/2579 … ertke_.zip (light probe pack 1 by Nick Bertke )
http://www.3dsn.com/#keywords=hdri&cate … ortOption=[[price,0]] ( some free turbosquid freebies) wall papers/ images
http://hdrcreme.com/ (HDR photo gallery )
http://hdrwalls.com/ ( wallpapers )
http://interfacelift.com ( free wallpapers, also HDR images ) applications
http://www.debevec.org/FiatLux/hdrview/ (hdrview , view .hdr files , small programm )
http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/index.php ( HDR image application ) broken links
http://www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php?path=50 ( link broken ? might be back)

Motion Pics

Mocap + Animation + Video:
http://mocapdata.com (mocap)
http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu (mocap)
http://www.mocapclub.com/ ( some more Mocap )
http://www.animazoo.com/Free_downloads.aspx (mocap)
http://accad.osu.edu/research/mocap/mocap_data.htm (more mocap)
http://gl.ict.usc.edu/animWeb/humanoid/sampleData.html (mocap)
http://audiomotion.com/downloads.html ( small selection of mocap )animation
http://www.aniboom.com/ ( youtube for animation, also HD channel )
http://www.mytoons.com/ ( same as aniboom )
http://www.animationlibrary.com/ ( a selection of cliparts and gif animation )
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/ ( Powerpoint animation guides etc )
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/index.html ( NASA and ESA animations, some in HD)
http://www.movietools.info/ ( free animated background animations and video loops ) video footage
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx (although all the clips are royalty free, still good if you need some reference for animation or something else. Clips can be downloaded, but have a watermark)
http://www.creative-content.de/de/produ … _stuff.htm ( some video footage and animations )
http://www.openfootage.net/ ( timelapse and other nice stuff )
http://www.movietools.info/ ( free animated background animations and video loops ) motion graphics
http://idents.tv/blog/ ( TV channel intro and logos )
http://mmbase.submarinechannel.com/titl … /index.jsp ( movie title sequences and intros )
http://www.trailersfromhell.com/ ( grindhouse, B- movies trailers )

HD Video
http://vimeo.com/ (HD video host 500 MB upload limit per week)
http://crackle.com/ (HD video host unlimited upload)
http://www.mytoons.com/ (HD video host specific for animations)
http://www.archive.org/ (allows you to upload videos uncompressed and unlimited in size, video will be hosted uncompressed as well as converted into a web preview)
http://www.hdshare.tv/ (HD video host, videos should not exceed 4GB, fast upload)
http://exposureroom.com/ (HD video host, unlimited file size)
http://www.shareview.us/ (HD video host)

Web design +Html stuff:
http://www.forwebdesigners.com/ ( anything to do with web )
http://www.flashmo.com/ ( free flash templates and some more stuff )
http://www.flasheezy.com/ (free flash templates etc )
http://webdesign.org ( webdesign, photoshop, illustrator, 3D etc. )
http://www.html.net/ (free Html + CSS tutorials )
http://members.freewebs.com/index.jsp ( free website creator and host, good for beginners )
http://browsershots.org/ ( view your webdesign in various browsers, free and online )
http://www.izzymenu.com/ ( create CSS menus )
http://btemplates.com/ (templates for blogs )
http://blogskins.com/ ( templates for blogs )
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/free-icons/ ( some resources to free icons )
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/ (Css menus )
http://www.favicongenerator.com/ ( create favicons )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02 … vent-seen/ ( 83 wordpress templates)
http://www.oscaralexander.com/tutorials … h-css.html ( css button tut )
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01 … e-without/ ( 53 CSS techniques)
http://jalbum.net/ ( free web album creator )
http://www.photoonweb.com/en/ ( application for online photoalbum, alternative with free 20MB hosting space )
http://stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ ( convert an Image directory into a web photoalbum )
http://sproutbuilder.com/ (online tool to create rich media web content , good for ads )
http://osflash.org/ ( opensource flash developing community )
http://osflash.org/open_source_flash_projects ( some open source flash applications, scripts etc )

Games and development:

3d engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines ( list of 3d engines )
http://www.ogre3d.org/ (3d engine)
http://crystalspace3d.com/main/Main_Page (Blender friendly engine )
http://sourceforge.net/projects/crystal/ (crystal space 3d sdk )
http://www.apgardner.karoo.net/retrib/index.php (first person shooter engine)
http://globe3d.sourceforge.net/ (open source realtime 3d engine)
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/ (open source 3d engine)
http://panda3d.org/ (free engine developed by Disney)
http://g3d-cpp.sourceforge.net/ ( C++ 3D engine)
http://monsterengine.sourceforge.net/ (game engine)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dmlw/ ( 3D engine and markup language based on XML )
http://www.horde3d.org/home.html ( next- gen 3d rendering engine )
http://www.sio2interactive.com/HOME/HOME.html (opensource iphone & ipod 3d engine)
http://www.neoengine.org/ ( 3d engine )
http://www.kajala.com/ka3d/ (a scene graph based 3D-engine with a tool-chain for 3dsmax)
http://apocalyx.sourceforge.net/ ( open source 3d engine )
http://www.exocortex.org/3dengine/ (C# 3D game engine for Microsoft .NET based upon OpenGL and NVIDIA’s Cg)
http://www.delta3d.org/ ( 3d engine )
http://www.genesis3d.com/ ( 3d engine )

Other engines, python scripts , SDKs, libraries etc
http://fxpression.com/ (free particle plugin for ogre)
http://www.goldenstudios.or.id/index.php ( Java based game engine )
http://www.havok.com/ (free to try game physics solution and animation SDK )
http://www.libsdl.org/ ( 2d game library C++ )
http://ode.org/ (open dynamics engine)
http://www.tokamakphysics.com/ (open source physics engine)
http://www.bulletphysics.com/Bullet/wordpress/ ( open source physics SDK )
http://www.h3dapi.org/ (open source software development platform for multi-sensory applications)
http://www.pygame.org/news.html ( Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games – freeware )
http://www.qcake.org/ (QCake (GPL) is a programming environment as well as a scene editor for 3D games)
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/ ( Open Source Computer Vision library )
http://www.wxwidgets.org/ ( GUI library )
http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ ( documentation generation tool )
http://python.org/ ( programming language )
http://www.lua.org/ ( programming language )
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta … laylang=en (DirektX SDk)
http://code.google.com/p/sketchyphysics/ ( Physics library for Google sketchup )
http://www.ambiera.com/irrklang/index.html (cross platform audio library to be used in games etc)
http://www.scalenine.com/ (Collection of skins and themes created for Flex and Adobe AIR)

Tutorials
http://www.gamedevelopertools.com/ ( a website full of book, tools , engines and other resources, good info also some free stuff)

Games
http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/gta.html ( GTA 1 + 2 for free )
http://www.yofrankie.org/download/ ( opensource game created with Blender)

Miscellaneous things:

Fonts:
http://fonts101.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://www.sketchpad.net/freefonts.htm
http://www.abstractfonts.com/
http://www.dafont.com
http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en ( great preview )
http://www.typetester.org/ (compare screen type )
http://www.showfont.net/
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php ( Font viewer program )
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designe … /index.htm ( old book fonts , mostly German classical fonts)
http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/rk_fonts/ ( ancient fonts , Sanskrit Hieroglyphics, Ugaritic, Persian Cuneiform )

Sound:
http://www.freesound.org/
http://www.soundsnap.com/
http://www.jamendo.com/en/ (creative common licensed music )
http://ardour.org/ (free audio workstation)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net (open source audio recorder and editor)
http://www.speex.org/ ( open source audio compression codec for speech )

Hardware
http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/ (free lens hoods for photo cameras , printable pdfs. )
http://istockpack.com/v2/index.php ( cardboard packaging templates )

Photography
http://www.pbase.com/magazine (12 issues of PBASE Magazine – photography/Photoshop tips)
http://www.photographybb.com/ ( photography community )
http://www.photographyblog.com/ ( reviews , portfolios, gallery, buyers guide, forum and more )
http://www.rawworkflow.com/instant-jpeg … w-utility/ ( instant jpeg from RAW utitlity )
http://jalbum.net/ ( free web album creator )
http://www.photoonweb.com/en/ ( application for online photoalbum, alternative with free 20MB hosting space )
http://www.geosetter.de/en/index.html ( program for showing and changing geo data of image files )
http://www.bergphoto.org/ ( RAW image developer for single images )
http://images.google.com/hosted/life ( LIFE photo archive, historic photos from 1860s till 1970s )

Other Forums
http://www.productdesignforums.com/ ( Product Design forum )
http://www.realflowforum.com/ ( RF forum )
http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/ ( graphics design forum )
http://www.thephotoforum.com/ ( photography forum )
http://www.phototakers.com/ ( photography forums )
http://highend3d.com/boards/ ( CGI + 3d forum )
http://forums.cgsociety.org/ ( CGI + 3d forum )
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/ ( PS forum )
http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/ ( PS forum )
http://www.drawingboard.org/index.php ( drawing illustration forum )
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/ ( concept art / illustration )
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/ ( game development forum )
http://blenderartists.org/forum/ ( Blender forum )
http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/index.php? ( cinematography forum )
http://www.gfxvoid.com/forums/ (GFX / art forum )
http://sketching.cc/forum/ ( sketching forum )
http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/ ( design, motion graphics, graphics forum )
http://www.designwire.org/ ( design, motion graphics, graphics forum )

Blogs / webpages
http://www.linesandcolors.com/ ( art blog / traditional art, cartoons, illustrations, animations etc )
http://www.geeks3d.com/ ( 3d blog / hardware, software , anything about 3d )
http://motionographer.com/ ( motion graphics blog )
http://www.guru3d.com/ ( 3d hardware blog / graphic cards and other hardware )
http://www.yankodesign.com/ (design blog / interior architecture, product design , concepts etc )
http://www.joystiq.com/ ( gameing blog )
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ ( cartoon , illustration blog )
http://www.cardesignnews.com ( all about car design, forums, portfolios etc )
http://drawn.ca/ ( illustration, drawing art blog )
http://www.tuvie.com/ ( industrial design, concept design blog )
http://www.toxel.com/ ( product design, illustration, art blog )
http://www.carbodydesign.com/ ( automotive design news )
http://www.photographyblog.com/ ( photo blog, mainly hardware )
http://www.gamedev.net/ ( game dev community )
http://www.filmsound.org/ ( news about film/movie sound )
http://www.skineart.com/ ( Sketching, pencil drawing, art blog )
http://www.urbansketchers.com/ ( architectural sketches and drawings )
http://www.glossyinc.com/ ( advertisement blog )
http://www.designspotter.com/ ( design blog )
http://www.core77.com/ ( design resource, portfolios, design firms etc )
http://coroflot.com/ ( design portfolios )
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/ ( UK design blog )
http://thevisualdictionary.net/ ( collection of words in the real world , typography in photos -> signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos )
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/ ( drawings , illustrations, historic material from books etc )
http://typographica.org/ ( typography webpage/ blog )
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/ ( advertisement, motion graphics etc )
http://adsoftheworld.com/ ( collection of ad posters )
http://drawlogic.com/ ( Game dev and Web dev blog )
http://one1more2time3.wordpress.com/ (traditional animation illustration and art blog )
http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/ (art, illustration and graphics book reviews )

non_GFX related, but usefulonline applications

http://www.media-convert.com/ ( convert various file formats online )

http://zamzar.com/ ( online file conversion )

http://webpdf.net/ ( pdf creater / converter )

http://www.youconvertit.com/convertfiles.aspx (online converter)
http://pdfmenot.com/ (online pdf viewer )
http://www.gliffy.com/

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