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Graphics
Most business writers recognize that graphics can contribute to their documents
in many ways. In addition to increasing clarity, graphics can simplify complex
or difficult information, emphasize or reinforce information, add coherence,
clarify relationships, illustrate processes, add interest and enhance appearance
of documents.
The web does have some types of graphics-related information, including
sites for obtaining photos, clipart and font resources for free and for a
fee, sites for information on hardware and software, and sites various other
kinds of graphic resources. Many of these sites will inspire your own creativity.
Resource Materials
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Clip Art
http://www.clipart.com
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Clip Art is a subscription
web site containing nearly three million clipart, photos, and
fonts for Windows and Mac. It offers subscriptions from one week
to one year for as little as $7.95. You can select from this
large database stored on its own server.
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Barry's Clipart Server
http://www.barrysclipart.com
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This site
provides subscription access to over three million clipart images,
fonts, animations, and photos.
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Clipart Connection
http://www.clipartconnection.com
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The ClipArtConnection.com is a webliography of clipart links.
The site categorizes the clipart as well as providing links to
other sites and a clipart of the day.
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Clip-art.com
http://www.clip-art.com
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This collection
of links to free clip-art is both annotated and rated. Additionally,
it provides links to a number of quality subscription sites for
photos, animations, fronts, and more.
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Corbis
http://pro.corbis.com
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Corbis offers a gigantic collection
of photos. It features collections both by subject and by photographer.
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FindSounds.com
http://www.findsounds.com
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FindSounds.com is
a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and
musical instrument samples.
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Getty Images
http://creative.gettyimages.com/photodisc
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Getty Images offers a gigantic collection
of photos, illustrations and images. It features collections both
by subject and by photographer.
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GraphicsFreebies.com
http://www.graphicsfreebies.com
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This easy-to-read, metalinks site ranks and describes sites
where various types of free graphics can be found.
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Index Stock Imagery
http://www.indexstock.com
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Index Stock Imagery, a source of high-quality stock
photography and images for advertisers, graphic designers, publishers,
and multimedia producers.
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Laura McCannas Free Art Site
http://www.mccannas.com
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The book
companion site provides a rich resource of graphics as well as
tips and tutorials on creating them.
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Matton Images
http://www.matton.com
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A searchable professional
database of quality, royalty free imagery, moving footage and
typographic fonts is available here for a fee. It includes over
440,000 images, 5,000 fonts and 6,000 footage clips, covering
people & lifestyles, business and travel to nature and technology.
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Jupiter Images
http://www.jupiterimages.com
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Featuring stock photos, clipart, illustrations, fonts, animations
and flash components including Comstock Images and graphic community Web sites providing news and links
to free sites. This Network comprises more than a dozen free graphics-related Web sites designed to educate and aid.
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PictureQuest
http://www.picturequest.com
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Nearly 500,000 images from 14 royalty free providers and
35 leading rights-protected agencies.
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U.S. Government Graphics and Photos
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
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Most of the images and graphics at this site are available for
use in the public domain; while most may be used and reproduced
without permission or fee, some images may be protected by license.
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Web Clip Art
http://webclipart.miningco.com
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The Mining Co.
Guide to web clip art offers a full service clipart page. It
includes well organized topic collections as well as numerous
links, newsletters, and even chat.
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Yahoo's Photography Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Photography
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Yahoo's photography page is a good place to start for finding
photos. Included in its listings are resources and companies
along with exhibits and galleries.
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Graphic Information
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About Graphics
http://graphicssoft.about.com
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Here you will
find annotated links to articles on a variety of software tools
for creating, using, and managing graphics.
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Center for Visual Learning
http://meta-tim.meta-time.com/visual
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The examples provided here show how graphics can be used to
serve a variety of purposes. You will also find links here to
books, logs, papers, people, presentations, and tools on graphics.
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Create Charts and Diagrams in PowerPoint 2002
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column09.asp
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This article covers the basic graphs and charts as well as advanced
diagrams. It talks about color use as well as animation.
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Eastman Kodak
http://www.kodak.com
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Eastman Kodak Company's
Web page presents information on its products and user groups
as well as techniques for creating better photos.
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FTPplanet.com
http://www.ftpplanet.com/cgi/_listreview/listreview.pl?list_path=Graphic&SORT=&PAGE=
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This page reviews nearly 50 sites, providing a linked list and
ranking.
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Gallery of Data Visualization
http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/noframes.html
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This fun site presents the best and worst of statistical graphs
and discusses them. It also provides links to sites for color
picking examples as well as many others that discuss the strength
and weaknesses of various graphics.
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Harvard Graphics
http://www.spco.com
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A collection of commercial software, specializing in presentation,
charting, and graphing.
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PhotoBlog Awards
http://www.photojunkie.org/photobloggies
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Excellent
examples in these award winning blogs may give your ideas for
photos as well as a ideas for a new source of photos.
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PinkJuice.com
http://www.pinkjuice.com/svg
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This site provides
excellent information and examples on the use of SVG, Scaleable
Vector Graphics.
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Microsoft
Clip Art and Media
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
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A collection of Microsoft clip art and media for purchase, sorted
into over 50 catagories.
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Smartdraw:
Business & Charting Cool Examples
http://www.smartdraw.com/resources/examples/business
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This page provides many examples of graphics for business use
including flowcharts, Gantt charts, organization charts, diagrams,
and many more.
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Visio 2002 Business Diagramming Tour
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/visio/2002biztour/
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This Microsoft page shows how to build business diagrams using
Visio 2002.
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Visual Mining Examples
http://www.visualmining.com/examples/graphs.html
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This pages shows many examples of the type of graphics generated
by Visual Mining software, enabling users to see and understand
their data.
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Work of Edward Tufte
http://www.edwardtufte.com
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This book companion site from a noted authority on graphics,
Edward Tufte, has a particularly interesting forum for use of
graphics as well as information on his books, monograph, and
seminars.
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