Class Documents

• Our Wiki links. login design@uoregon.edu Course Folder password
• Bibliography
• Who is your personal tutor?
• How to Access the Course Folder

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.]

  SketchUp Resources

• SketchUp Help [Links and tutorials]
• Quick reference card - Useful! contains modifier keys
• Our Wiki links

  Web Authoring

• Link Checker [Checks your HTML links 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]

  Photoshop

• UW Landscape Architecture Digital Tutorials [ basic intros to Photoshop, Illustrator...]
• Fixing poor photos - Nancy's videos
• Adobe Tips & Techniques [Well illustrated tutorials ]
• Photocollage: Josh Capistrant's Models in the real world
• Photoshop Gradient Masks Tutorial
• Scott Onstott's Photoshop for Architects Video Tutorials : useful, slow-loading large files

 Illustration

• Veerle's blog includes simple and beautiful Illustrator tutorials
• VectorTuts [ sometime elaborate Illustrator tutorials ]
• Illustrator notes from Computer Graphics For Planners, UC-Berkeley

  3D Modeling + Rendering

CGArchitect

Rendering

• IDX Renditioner - Download a free version of Express
• 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

  Color

• Kuler provides a delightful interface for browsing and creating color palettes
• Idee's Multicolr : reveals Flickr photos that match your choice of colors

3D Symbols

• Oregon Entourage Project - Awesome! Stephen Duff drawing!
• 123d
• kit 3D models
• 3dtotal
• herman miller
• formfonts

  Textures

• texturespace
• Get Textures from Accurender - Get free textures here!

  Fonts

• larabie fonts
• highfonts
• dafont
• fonthead

  FormZ

• FormZ Beginner Tips by UO's Phil Jones
• Intro to FormZ Modeling - Birdhouse.Joe Wood, Massachusetts College of Art's (good not complete)
• Learn FormZ for Architecture see sample pages
• FormZ Tutorial Manual + advanced tutorials - all free
• older UO FormZ Tutorials Step-by-step graphical lessons
• FormZ Tutorials by Users,
• advanced NURBS toilet (see graphic links under top photo, tutorial links in left menu)