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, inexpensive online training subscription for 24/7 access, events, books.

Sites of the Gurus

Bert Monroy
http://www.bertmonroy.com - Photoshop guru & photorealistic artist. Worked with Photoshop before Adobe had it!

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. Check out his Tips and Tricks section. Tons of free tutorial movies.

Julieanne Kost
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/photoshop-training-videos - Adobe Evangelist. Great photographer.

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. Discounts for NAPP members.

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 when in the Bay Area.

Photoshop Seminar Tours
http://www.photoshopseminars.com - Put on by NAPP (see association listing 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

East Bay Mac User Group
http://www.ebmug.org - Has monthy (2nd Thurdsay) meetings about Mac-oriented topics, as well as guest speakers on other topics.

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 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.

Tim Grey Newsletter
http://www.timgrey.com/ - Sign up for Tim Grey's free newsletter on digital imaging. He also has paid yearly subscriptions for more features, like discounts on items sold on his site, ability to ask questions on his blog, and more.

Artist Resources

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.blurb.com - Blurb makes books one at a time - very unusual in our mass produced world. Download a template and fill in with your images and text. Prices vary according to size and the number of pages. Astounding value for a few books at time. Blurb is only one of many.

Put Your Portfolio Online in Interactive Format
http://www.yudu.com - Yudu puts your online documents in interactive format. Visitors can scroll through pages. You can create your own library of documents or images. And it's free.

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.

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. Search for an independent bookseller near you: http://www.bookweb.org/aba/members/search.do.