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opsound: free love, free music Free Music Archive Kids' Vid: Video Production for Students This is the process of writing down on paper what the video is about. Is your piece a comedy? A Drama? Are you interviewing someone? NEW! freeSFX.co.uk - Download Free Sound Effects Best of 2008 – Graphic Design Tutorials As we arrive at the last month of yet another year, it’s time we revise and reflect on all the goodies this year had to offer. At the same time it’s great to practice the tips and lessons learnt for the years to come! We have brought together a series of what we feel are some of the best tutorials of 2008 from around the web. We’re starting off with the most useful graphic design tutorials of the past year. In no particular order, read on to see 33 that have stood out in particular. Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment “With oil prices the way they are today, everybody is thinking Green… In the following Illustrator tutorial, I’ll teach you how to create a Green type treatment. Excellent tutorial, great use of highlights and shadows to create depth. Visit tutorial Illustrate for magazines “Illustration is a constantly changing field, especially in today’s digital age. Visit tutorial X-ray effects in Photoshop Visit tutorial Magic lighting effect Visit tutorial Visit tutorial