http://www.wacom.com/tips/index.cfm?category=Photoshop - Tutorials from the Wacom drawing tablet people.

http://www.creationengine.com/html/tutorials_main.html - Tutorials from Creation Engine, educational software vendor.

http://www.photoshoplab.com/ - Tutorials, tips, tricks, and news.

http://www.digitaldog.net/tips/ - Lots of information on color management, some of it old, but some fairly recent. All in downloadable PDF format.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/learningcenter/ - Online training for Photoshop Elements.

http://www.photoshoptraining.com - Subscription tutorials put on by the NAPP folks.

http://photoshopnews.com/ - The latest news and info about Photoshop. Tons of links to other related stuff.

http://www.photoshoptechniques.com/main/defaulth.php - Techniques, forum, news, links.

http://www.retouchpro.com/ - Info on retouching, forum, discussion.

Video Training

http://www.totaltraining.com - Great video training by the experts in Adobe software.

http://www.software-cinema.com - In addition to training events, Software Cinema produces videos of their speakers. Good variety of topics and trainers.

http://www.lynda.com - Lots of training options - videos to purchase, online training subscription for 24/7 access, events, books.

http://www.photoshoptraining.com - The National Association for Photoshop Professionals how has a site for online training, not free, but with a discount for NAPP members. Each 21-day course has a dailly 5-minute video (in Flash). Check out the site for cost and tutorial choices.

Sites of the Gurus

Bert Monroy
http://www.bertmonroy.com - Photoshop guru & photorealistic artist

Deke McClelland
http://www.DekeMcClelland.com/ - Author of the Photoshop Bible, among other books, CDs and DVDs

Russell Brown
http://www.russellbrown.com - Adobe Evangelist

Julieanne Kost
http://www.adobeevangelists.com/ - Adobe Evangelist

Ben Willmore
http://www.digitalmastery.com/ - Photoshop Master of layers and layer effects

Katrin Eismann
http://www.photoshopdiva.com/ - Expert in Photoshop with photography, making selections, using Adjustment Layers

Seminars & Events

PhotoshopWorld
http://www.photoshopworld.com - Twice yearly (East Coast, West Coast) totally Photoshop conference. Well worth the price of admission and seriously cheap as techie conferences go, at $400 NAPP member price for the total affair (plus air/hotel if needed).

Software Cinema Training Camps (videos) & Live Training Camps (real person demos)
http://www.software-cinema.com - Inexpensive ($49-$99/day) Photoshop training, lecture/demo only, no computers, often at the South San Francisco Conference Center.

Photoshop Seminar Tours
http://www.photoshopseminars.com - Put on by NAPP (see below) and Adobe, lecture/demo only, no computers, on specific topics such as Down and Dirty Tricks, Photoshop for Photographers, Photoshop Creativity. See the site for latest dates and locations.

Adobe events
http://www.adobe.com/events/main.jsp - Mostly on Adobe software, some events cost for entry, some don't.

Apple events
http://www.apple.com/seminars - Mostly free events on new or existing Mac system features or Mac-specific software.

Associations & Groups

National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
http://www.photoshopuser.com/ - Well worth the price of admission ($99/yr regular, $79/yr educational). Members have access to tons of tutorials and resources, discounts at yearly PhotoshopWorld conferences, and contact with an international Photoshop community.

Graphic Artists Guild (GAG)
http://www.gag.org/ - A national union of illustrators, designers, and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers. Northern California chapter: http://norcal.gag.org/

Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS)
http://www.rps.org/ - An international organization of amateur and professional photographers created in 1853 to promote the art and science of photography. RPS-Pacific Chapter in California: http://www.rps-pacific.org

Newsletters and Email Subscriptions

Photoshop Cafe
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/ - Lots of Photoshop news, tutorials, offers.

Ben's Extra-Strength Photoshop Tips
http://www.digitalmastery.com/tips/ - Ben Willmore's periodic tips and tricks newsletter.

Photoshop Roadmap Newsletter
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-news/ - Lots of tutorials and news.

Photoshop Elements User Magazine and Newsletter
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/ - Subscribe for email tips, tricks, downloadable info on Elements

Clip Art Sampler from Dover
http://www.doverpublications.com/sampler1/ - Weekly emails with a link to that week's free clip art samples advertising Dover's books and CDs. The samples are free use. They provide pages of images with instructions to download. I've searched this site for restrictions and can't find anything other than a limit of 10 images per project. No photos, just line art and illustration, both color and B&W. Link above is the subscription page. Here's a link to a samples page: http://www.doverpublications.com/designsampler/0322/index.html

Artist Resources

Resources for Anyone in the Art Community
http://www.artistresource.org/ - Tons of resources for artists - jobs, competitions, portfolios, events...

Looking for a Live-Work Space?
http://www.arthouseca.org/links.html - This site has housing info, financial links, artist in residence program info, etc.

Copyright Information
http://www.asmp.org/commerce/legal/copyright/ - This site is aimed at media photographers, but the copyright info applies to illustration artists as well.

Put Your Portfolio in Book Form
http://www.fastbackbooks.com - Fastback Creative Books makes books one at a time - very unusual in our mass produced world. The printing, assembly and binding are all done in-house. Watch the video on the website for detailed info. The site also has detailed info on how to submit your work.

Books & Reference

PeachPit Press Visual QuickStart Guides
http://www.peachpit.com/ - Great books on a variety of applications, online "club" discounts, periodic emailings if you subscribe. It's a local Berkeley company.

O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly is a local publisher with a number of technical books, among them a new Designer's Notebook series on Photoshop, translated from the original French by Berkeley editor and translator William Rodarmor. Check out this page for more information: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/illustphotoadn/index.html. These are beautifully designed books, with detailed artist notes about the Photoshop projects illustrated.

Browse bookstores, libraries and Amazon.com
There are literally hundreds of Photoshop books, each with a different perspective, from basic learn-the-tools beginning level to advanced color management. Different authors have different approaches to the same topic. Do a search at Amazon, Google, bookstores, and libraries for Photoshop topics of interest to you. Be sure to check the level of instruction or content, generally indicated on the back cover. Before buying, read a few pages or chapters to make sure the author's approach makes sense to you and how you learn. Once you have authors and titles in mind, purchase from an independent bookseller like Cody's in Berkeley.