here is an ongoing list of online magazines, tutorial sites, resources for sounds, as well as community hub where you can begin to become involved in 3DS Max, Flash, and Director.

 

 

Macromedia Flash

 

www.artswebsite.com/
not sure who he is but he has a wonderfully organized site with flash examples of every kind of actionscripting need available. saw his link on macromedia forums.

www.actionscript.org/
a site devoted to actionscript - templates, open flas, etc.

www.flashguru.co.uk/
learn about the undocumented areas of flash here!

www.debreuil.com/docs/ch01_Intro.htm
learn the basics of object oriented programming using Flash in a step by step tutorial. nice simple (if you can call object oriented programming that@!!).

www.flashmagazine.com/flash.htm
another place to find the latest and most recent info on
flash, plugin reviews, articles as well as resources....
subscribe to have info sent to your e-mail account...

www.shockfusion.com/gotflash.html
flash community... must create user name and password

www.phatz.com/flash.htm
link list of tutorials and help, discussions and newsgroups

www.flashkit.com/index.shtml
resource of tutorials, fonts, sound loops, board, job center etc....

www.flashzone.com
exempliary flash movies, tutorials, articles and resources....

www.enetserve.com/tutorials/
the flash academy... tutorials, and links to other sites

navworks.i-us.com/ffoundry.asp
the flash foundry.... resources such as tutorials, books,
reviews of products etc......

www.extremeflash.com/tutorials/
one of the best tutorial sites for beginners and intermediate

www.virtual-fx.net/tutorials/index.asp
cool effects (fx...s) tutorials

www.vectorzone.com
helping you make the best of vectors in your design...

sylloge.com:8080/5k/entries/171/visualizer.html
sounds for you...

www.flashkit.com/links/Sounds/Free_SFX/
sounds for you again...

www.flazoom.com/
magazine to keep you up with who is who in the flash world

www.macromedia.com/support/flash/
macromedia's support center - see tech notes

hotwired.lycos.com/animation/
collection of flash animations ala Hotwired Site

hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/34/index3a.html
Hotwired Site presents a simple beginner's tutorial on Flash

www.animationmeat.com
animation tutorials

http://polar-lights.com/fla/links_e.html
tutorials and sound resourse - zillions....(ok maybe less than 50)

miniml.com
free fonts

fontfreak.com
free fonts with less pop-up windows!!!

sound links!!!

www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html

freesoundfiles.tintagel.net/Audio/

www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

www.soundhunter.com/

www.members.tripod.com/%7Ebuggerluggs/ie/wav-dir184.htm

www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm

thefreesite.com/Free_Sounds/Free_MP3s/index.html

 

 

Macromedia Director

 

www.behaviors.com/
site for lingo with tutorials and behaviors to download

www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/
another site with help using director and getting the most out of lingo.

www.shockwave.com/sw/home/
a mix of director created and flash created web sites.

www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/index.html
a substantial site with newsgroup and tutorials all with regards to Macromedia Director. Including new 3d tips.

www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/Director/
a very nice site that has step by step tutorials to teach you director. this is a university in south wales...

www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/index_sample_files.htm
sample files brought to you by macromedia

www.mediamacros.com
another director site with tutorials etc.

 

 

Discreet 3d Studio Max

 

www.3dbuzz.com
free tutorials that come highly recommended

www.3dcafe.com
site with models, tutorials, and texures free for your use

www.3dgate.com
based on 3d Design magazine (no longer available); offers tutorials, articles from renouned 3d artists, downloads.

www.oken3d.com/
amazing texture artist creating inspiring and colorful textures. She carries on on-line classrooms (for a price) teaching her method of texture making.

www.animfound.com/
a basic animation site with informative methods for animating balls to humans with explanations of ik and fk (go there if you want to know what they are!)- combining traditional techiques of expression with 3d applications.

www.3dartist.com/
created by the publishers of 3d Artist magazine. this site has tutorials and support for all 3d apps. also, if you sign up for a subscription to their zine you get a free listing on their 3d artists directory!

www.webreference.com/3d/
3d animation workshop that has 3d modeling tutorials, reviews etc. on its site. this site has tutorials for creating animations designed for the web specifically but its general lessons are appropriate for any medium.

www.animationartist.com/htm/homeset.htm
References for 3d and 2d animation and its ilk.There are features of movies released as well as tutorials and events. There is also a forum for your questions.

www.3dluvr.com/content/
another site for 3d lovers with an interesting community benchmark area where you can see how your computer stacks up using 3ds max

www.3dalliance.net/
another site devoted to showcasing, animation shorts, masters and tutorials with links etc.

www.gamasutra.com
lots of articles and information for the game designer devotee. become a member (free) and receive more information!!!

www.siggraph.org/
what to stay up on what is happening in the computer graphics community? Become a member of Siggraph (student discounts).

comet-cartoons.com/
nice animations and tutorials...specifically it seems for 3ds max.

comet-cartoons.com/
nice animations and tutorials...specifically it seems for 3ds max

www.rethinkfx.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm

www.3dlinks.com

http://area.autodesk.com/discussions/
'official' 3DS Max Site


 

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