Local Resources

• Architecture Department's Required Computer Recommendations
• AAA Computing Labs and AAA Output Room [Department printing resource - large format prints]
• UO Computing Center [Live help, documents room, workshop info]

 

Computer Support

• Geekgirl [GuidesTutorials for beginners on basic computing, Windows & Office software]
• C-Net Computer News and Information [Pricing guides and reviews on hardware]
• Ziff Davis Publishing [Support, shareware, utilities, etc.]

 

Web Authoring

• Adobe GoLive Tips and Tutorials
• Web Safe Colors [Lynda Weinman's color palette]
• Doctor HTML [Checks your links, spelling, structure, etc., online]
• Yale C/AIM Style Guide [Detailed guide to creating effective web pages]
• Web Page Design for Designers [Joe Gillespie explains layout, typography and graphics]

 

Advanced Web Development

• HotWired: Webmonkey
• DevX:Project Cool
• The WDVL [A Guide to Creating Web Sites Using HTML, CGI, Java, etc.]

 

Image Processing & Illustration

• Eyewire [Photoshop tips]
• Adobe Tips & Techniques [Well illustrated tutorials]
• Photocollage: Models in the real world
• Photoshop Gradient Masks Tutorial
• Photocollage: Create an alpha channel for transparency
• Illustrator notes from Computer Graphics For Planners, UC-Berkeley (see Section D)

 

3D Modeling + Rendering

CGArchitect

Rendering

• 3D Animation Workshop by Rob Polevoi - see rendering Lessons 18-21
• Digital Lighting and Rendering by Jeremy Birn
• Texture Mapping by Mark Thurnauer, Miami University

FormZ

• FormZ Beginner Tips by UO's Phil Jones
• FormZ Overview by Dr. Samantha Krukowski and Scott Nyerges of Univ. of Texas Austin
• Intro to FormZ Modeling - Birdhouse.Joe Wood, Massachusetts College of Art's (good not complete)
• Tutorials from Inside FormZ Inside form·Z by Eden Muir, Cory Clarke, Nam-ho Park (uses older icons)
• Tips & Tricks and the FormZ Desktop Companion by Kenth Agurrell
• Learn FormZ for Architecture see sample pages
• FormZ Manuals - Free download
• older UO FormZ Tutorials Step-by-step graphical lessons
• FormZ Tutorials by Users
• Harvard Landscape Architecture - Locating Ballparks using georeferenced images
  (see graphic links under top photo, tutorial links in left menu)

3D Symbols

• boston society of architects
• 123d
• kit 3D models
• 3dtotal
• herman miller
• ultra 3D

Textures

• animax
• texturespace

Fonts

• abstract fonts
• highfonts
• dafont
• formfonts
• fonthead