Many web workers are involved with digital photography, graphics and image editing. I know I am. There are a number of excellent, free resources available online for staying abreast of the latest news on these topics, and improving your skills. In this post, I’ll round up some of the best resources I’ve found.

While I don’t always reach for Photoshop when I want to do image editing, when I want to do a really nice job on an image I do. Photoshopnews.com is a fantastic blog on Photoshop that will keep you in the know about useful plug-ins, techniques, tutorials and more.
I mentioned that I don’t always reach for Photoshop when doing image editing. More often than not, when I want speed and a good set of tools–but not the long load time and bloat of Photoshop–I like to use Irfanview. This is a free application, and when I wrote about it before many readers chimed in with positive reviews. Check it out.
If you happen to use Nikon cameras, definitely keep up with Nikon Glass. This is a blog dedicated to Nikon equipment, photography techniques and software. You’ll get much better pictures with Nikon equipment if you read it.
Gimp is one of the very best open source graphics and image editing programs available. Originally developed at U.C. Berkeley, it has a rabidly dedicated community of developers improving it. Over on the OStatic blog, dedicated to open source, I’ve posted several free tutorial sites for Gimp. Even if you use commercial graphics software, try Gimp.
Do you have any favorite, free photography and graphics resources?
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