Resources
Curriculum and Certification
- Visual Design: Foundations of Design and Print Production: Visual Design is a yearlong, project-based curriculum that develops career and communication skills in print production and graphic design, using Adobe tools.
- Adobe certification programs: Announcing a new certification to validate entry-level digital communication skills — creating, managing, integrating, and communicating information using Adobe's dynamic multimedia, video, graphic, web, or design software.
Favorites
- Brain Buffet: This is one of my favorite new sites. Rob Schwartz will have your students eating out of his hand in no time. He is one of the coolest guys I know and his curriculum is design to provide students all the training they will need to pass the ACA exam!
- http://tv.adobe.com/ - Adobe TV Rocks! It is full of great tutorials and informational video that you can link to or even embed right into your own web site!
- http://www.adobe.com/education/ – This site is Adobe’s education support page, with links to class activities, online tutorials, and other handy things. Some of the free tutorials require free registration to use.
- http://studio.adobe.com/ – This site is for more serious users of Adobe products. Free registration is necessary to use it, but loads of resources.
- http://www.photoshopuser.com/ – A web site just for Photoshop users. Some free materials, some for-fee. Well worth the money!
- Adobe Photoshop.com: Photoshop.com is your online photo sharing and editing resource. Upload, tweak, rotate, edit, share and store your photos.
Tutorials: Kelby Training Videos (These are great!) - ttp://thebestdesigns.com/ The Best Designs.com The Best Designs recognizes the best Flash and CSS web sites from around the world. Websites are categorized by CSS or Flash and also by elements of the design.
- http://kelbytv.com/photoshopusertv/ Kelby TV (Photoshop user TV) Tons of great video content and contest
- http://www.graphicmania.net/ Graphic Mania great stuff for Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, 3D and more.
- http://www.fudgegraphics.com/ Fudge Graphics Freebies, tutorials and inspiration for design lovers
- http://www.planetphotoshop.com/ Planet Photoshop tips, tricks and tutorials
- http://abduzeedo.com/2008-most-useful-photothop-tutorials Most Useful Photoshop Tutorials
- http://www.graphiccompetitions.com/ Graphic Competitions
Free Stock Photos
Pics4Learning
The Library of Congress's American Memory Project
Kid's Image Search Tools
Online Image Libraries
Government Sites
NOAA: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/index.html
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
NASA: http://nix.nasa.gov/
Free Fonts
1001 Free Fonts: http://www.1001freefonts.com/
Font Freak: http://www.fontfreak.com/fonts-a.htm
Type Now Themed Fonts: http://www.typenow.net/
DaFont: http://www.dafont.com/
Copyright
- Teaching Copyright http://www.teachingcopyright.org/
- Image Piracy http://www.stockphotography.com/faq/ImagePiracy/Overview.html
Design
- Kuler: This is a great site for developing color schemes.
- ColorBlender: your free online tool for color matching and palette design.
Magazines/Memberships
- NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals): A must for every Photoshop teacher! Look for the educational pricing.
- Layers Magazine: Both a great magazine and web site on everything Adobe.
Books
- Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book
- The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
- How to Cheat in Photoshop
- Digital Photo Projects in Easy Steps
Tutorials
- http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home - Subscription-based online software training accomplished through brief "atoms" of learning
- http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/index.asp - Subscription-based online software training. Great selection. My students favorite.
- http://www.totaltraining.com/ - DVD and subscription-based online software training. I have a bunch of their DVD's.
- iTunes Photoshop Killer Tips - These are 2-5 minute free tutorials that are a great way to start you class or keep you constantly learning. Just download and install iTunes (free) and then go to the music store and search for the tutorials