Resource List
Image Editing, Drawing, & 3DPrograms
- The Gimp *
- Inkscape *
- DAZ Studio *
- Terragen *
- Adobe Photoshop
- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Poser
- Bryce & Carrara
Font Archives:
Movie/Video/Effects Software:
- Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for Windows *
- Wikipedia on Windows Movie Maker
- Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows
- Pixelan Video Effects, multi-platform effects, including pan/zoom
- Apple iMovie for Macintosh *
- Wikipedia on iMovie
- ProShow Gold
- Adobe Flash and Adobe Premiere
Royalty-Free Stock Images
Royalty-Free Video Clips
- Istock Video
- Shutterstock Footage
- Getty Images Stock Footage
- Free Stock Footage
- Pond5
- Freebies from Footage Firm *
- Internet Archive: Open Source Video *
Royalty-Free Music/Audio Clips
- Creative Commons Audio, Video, Images, and Text *
- Internet Archive: Open Source Audio *
- Flash Kit *
- Royalty Free Music: Free SFX *
- Efiddler: Violin, fiddle, and strings music loops *
- Partners in Rhyme: Free SFX clips *
- StockMusic.Net
- Partners in Rhyme
- Music Loops
- Sound Rangers
- Studio Cutz
- Sound Dogs
- Smart Sound
- Productiontrax
- Blish
- Audio Network PLC (UK)
- Shockwave-Sound
Video/Flash Utilities
- Rad Video Tools (converts .mov to .avi) *
- Media Convert (online) *
- Riva Video Tools
- Alloksoft
- Video to Flash Converter
- FLV Converter
- AVS Video Tools
- CoffeeCup's Web Video Player
- Flash Video Player, including WP Plugin
- Proxus Flash Video Player
- DivX Utilities
Free Image Resizing/Cropping Tools
- Blue Five PIX Resizer
- XP Power Toys
- Shrink Pictures (online)
- Resizr #1 (online)
- Resizr #2 (online)
- PXN8 (online)
- My Theme (online)
- Snipshot (online)
- Mypictr (online)
Plugins for Image Editing Programs **
- Filter Forge
- Mr Retro
- Alien Skin
- Eye Candy 3 *
- Twisting Pixels
- Flaming Pear
- Flaming Pear's Freebies *
- Primus *
- Auto FX
- Dreamy Photo *
- Harry's Filters *
- Photo Freebies *
- B/W Styler
- Xero Graphics *
- GML Matting *
- Mehdi *
- VirtualPhotographer *
- Little Inkpot *
- Background Gradient Blur *
- SmartCurve *
- LUCE *
- Redfield *
- Cybia *
- VanDerLee
- Particle Generator *
- MV's Plugin Site *
- Martin Koch's Line Art/Dither
Ebook Ideas and Inspirations
Misc Book Video Links
- Book Trailer Links
- Online Tutorial
- Brenda Coulter's How-To
- SFX Directory
- Misc Media Utilities Directory
- YouTube’s Book Trailers Group
- Watch the Book
* Free. Please note that many commercial sites also offer freebies.
** Photoshop is the industry standard for graphics program and most resources are geared toward PS users. However, the standard *.8bf format plug-in can be read by Paint Shop Pro. Information on how to use PS/PSP plugins in GIMP.
Always check the licensing information/usage requirements before using images, sound files, or other resources. Even royalty-free resources and freebies may have restrictions.