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From outfits for Lady Gaga to Madonna to Gwyneth Paltrow, see how the late designer put his stamp on pop style

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Photoshop brushes are one of the most useful and often under-rated aspects of the program. Download these Free Photoshop Brushes and upload them to Photoshop. Free original Photoshop brushes for web & graphic designers!

As usual, the Academy chose just three films as visual-effects nominees. That number seems smaller this year, given that it’s the first time that 10 movies were singled out as the potential best film of the year.
Still, to those who follow visual effects, there’s probably little shock this morning in the fact that the three [...]

A list of graphic design websites which are useful to any aspiring designer.
It is sorted by category: General Design, Web Design, Resources, Show cases, Development, Flash and Flex, Typography, Video and Motion, Personal Design Blogs, Web 2.0, Relaxation, Various.

I found this video tutorial on you tube on doing a cloning special effect
A very easy tutorial on cloning in after effects  (youtube user: videofxuniverse)

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A quick tutorial video on doing a cloning special effect with a hand off between clones (youtube user: helishorn)

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How To Clone Yourself In After Effects. (youtube user: techsupportgonebad)

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GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool.[3] In addition to offering freeform drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image workflow steps such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can [...]

Every designer needs a good collection of free fonts, when working on design projects weather your designing for the web or for print its always essential to have a good  collection of fonts.

Avid Free DV (Geedie says XP only): Avid Free DV is simply a streamlined version of Avid’s professional video editing software and has many limited capabilities. Once you’ve had a chance to familiarize yourself with the Avid editing interface we recommend upgrading to Avid Xpress DV or Avid Xpress Pro where you will benefit dramatically [...]