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WikiSysop at 18:55, 27 September 2009

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A listing of various magazine, list, and FAQ sites in alphabetical order.
*[http://www.3dworldmag.com/ 3D World Magazine]
:News, features, reviews and discussion of everything 3D.

*[http://www.3dark.com/ 3D-ARK]
:Runs discussion boards supporting the activities of 3d artists. The homepage announces the site "on hiatus" since 2001. Discussions boards show current, though light, activity

*[http://www.virtuworlds.com/3DEZine/ 3DEZine home]
:Online informational resource and interactive forum for Web 3D- The VirtuWorlds' 3DEZine! Tips, tutorials, and 3D articles are just some of the highlights of this site.

*[http://3drender.com/ 3dRender.com]
:A general interest 3D rendering information site. Quality information and informative articles available.

*[http://www.siggraph.org/ ACM SIGGRAPH Online!]
:Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques. This is their site, tracking their stuff.

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pictures-faq/part1/index.html Alt.binaries.pictures FAQ]
:Posting etiquette for alt groups and why

*[http://www.animationartist.com/ Animation Artist Magazine]
:The best animation resource on the Web!

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/avi-faq/index.html AVI Graphics Format FAQ]
:AVI FAQ by John F McGowan (jfm@rahul.net)

*[http://www.cadalog.com/ CadaLog]
:The Auto Cad Magazine web and file library

*[http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/ Comp.fonts FAQ]
:Font FAQ by Norman Walsh dated 1996. Covers a broad range of topics from history to pronounciation, terminology to copyright.

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/algorithms-faq/ Comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ]
:A large FAQ maintained by Joseph O'Rourke containing references to many graphics algorithm resources plus a large number of solutions to mathematical questions, for example "How do I find the distance from a point to a line?".

*[http://www.haveland.com/index.htm?povbench/index.php CPU-Benchmark with POVRAY]
:This Web page contains a list of CPU Benchmarks done with the raytracing program POVRAY. This provides a comparison of different hardware by timing how long it takes for POVRay to render a standard image with standard parameters

*[http://www.demonews.com/ DemoNews.com]
:List of 3d game demos available on the web.

*[http://www.digitalproducer.com/ Digital Producer Magazine]
:The premier resource for information on Digital Video, Animation, Effects, Design, Imaging and Technology.

*[http://www.poynton.com/GammaFAQ.html Gamma FAQ and Color FAQ]
:Gamma represents a numerical parameter that describes the nonlinearity of intensity reproduction in video, computer graphics and image processing. Having a good understanding of the theory and practice of gamma will enable you to get good results when you create, process and display pictures.

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part1/preamble.html Graphics File Formats FAQ]
:Answers common questions in this area. A links collection of related resources, such as format specs, is about 65% broken. The 35% good ones could be invaluable though.

*[http://www.imp.org/ IMP POV-Ray Internet Movie Project Homepage]
:The Internet Movie Project supports the pooling of processing resources of its members for the rendering of animations. As such it can be a focus for animation projects and discussions.

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ Internet FAQ Archives]
:A comprehensive looking overview of FAQ's, nicely categorized

*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/ JPEG FAQ]
:A large FAQ maintained by Tom Lane. Deals specifically with JPEG questions

*[http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/med-volviz-faq.txt Medical Image Volume Visualization Software FAQ]
:A list of Visualization and related softwares. Several dozen softwares are listed and described in plain text.

*[http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/mpeg/mpeg2faq.html MPEG-2 FAQ - Table of Contents]
:A huge Table of Contents all with live links

*[http://www.pixar.com/ Pixar Home Page]
:The Makers of Toy Story and the Renderman Program

*[http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/ POV-Ray VFAQ]
:This is must reading for all new users of the program POV-Ray. This faq answers the most commonly asked questions in the news groups and was put together by many experienced volunteers.

*[http://www.haveland.com/povbench/index.htm POVBENCH - The Official Home Page]
:POVBENCH supports the benchmarking of different home systems and POV-Ray compiles against some standard POV-Ray scenes. These results can then be referenced and compared.

*[http://www.acm.org/tog/resources/RTNews/html/ Ray Tracing News Guide]
:This is a table of contents to the Ray Tracing News. RTN is maintained by Eric Haines. The TOC is maintained by Joe Cychosz. The earliest entry is from 1987, the latest from 2005.

*[http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/ Rendering software List - Paul T. Bourk's]
:An extensive list of raytracing and rendering programs

*[http://www.spake.org/rtimes/ Rendering Times News]
:This is a loose collection of software how-to's (mostly for Crystal software) and some opinion. It looks to be no longer maintained. There is a small POV section with some tuts authored by the mythic Sonya Roberts.

*[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/faqs/ai/robotics/top.html Robotics FAQ]
:Robotics FAQ within the AI (Artificial Intelligence) repository of Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

*[http://www.repairfaq.org/ Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ]
:Tips and advice for servicing a range of come electronic appliances

*[http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/known-math/index/spheres.html Sphere FAQ]
:A FAQ that is just about spheres

*[http://www.kaacza.cz/stereo/faq/ Stereogram / SIRDS / SIS FAQ]
:Stereogram / SIRDS / SIS FAQ by Stuart Inglis
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 :<p>Answers common questions in this area.  A links collection of related resources, such as format specs, is about 65% broken.  The 35% good ones could be invaluable though.</p>
-*[http://www.imp.org/ IMP POV-Ray Internet Movie Project Homepage]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506062953/http://www.imp.org/ IMP POV-Ray Internet Movie Project Homepage]
 :<p>The Internet Movie Project supports the pooling of processing resources of its members for the rendering of animations.  As such it can be a focus for animation projects and discussions.
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 :<p>Tips and advice for servicing a range of come electronic appliances</p>
-*[http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/known-math/index/spheres.html Sphere FAQ]
+*[http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/spheres.html Sphere FAQ]
-:<p>A FAQ that is just about spheres OFFLINE, SEARCHING FOR A MIRROR</p>
+:<p>A FAQ that is just about spheres.</p>
 *[http://www.kaacza.cz/stereo/faq/ Stereogram / SIRDS / SIS FAQ]

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 *[http://www.imp.org/ IMP POV-Ray Internet Movie Project Homepage]
-:<p>The Internet Movie Project supports the pooling of processing resources of its members for the rendering of animations.  As such it can be a focus for animation projects and discussions.</p>
+:<p>The Internet Movie Project supports the pooling of processing resources of its members for the rendering of animations.  As such it can be a focus for animation projects and discussions.
 *[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ Internet FAQ Archives]
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 :<p>A list of Visualization and related softwares.  Several dozen softwares are listed and described in plain text.</p>
-*[http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/mpeg/mpeg2faq.html MPEG-2 FAQ - Table of Contents]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20010411225159/http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/mpeg/mpeg2faq.html MPEG-2 FAQ - Table of Contents]
 :<p>A huge Table of Contents all with live links</p>
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 *[http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/ POV-Ray VFAQ]
 :<p>This is must reading for all new users of the program POV-Ray. This faq answers the most commonly asked questions in the news groups and was put together by many experienced volunteers.</p>
 *[http://www.acm.org/tog/resources/RTNews/html/ Ray Tracing News Guide]
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 *[http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/ Rendering software List - Paul T. Bourk's]
-:<p>An extensive list of raytracing and rendering programs</p>
+:<p>An extensive list of raytracing and rendering programs OFFLINE, SEARCHING FOR A MIRROR</p>
 *[http://www.spake.org/rtimes/ Rendering Times News]
-:<p>This is a loose collection of software how-to's (mostly for Crystal software) and some opinion.  It looks to be no longer maintained.  There is a small POV section with some tuts authored by the mythic Sonya Roberts.</p>
+:<p>This is a loose collection of software how-to's (mostly for Crystal software) and some opinion.  It looks to be no longer maintained.  There is a small POV section with some tuts authored by the mythic Sonya Roberts. OFFLINE, SEARCHING FOR A MIRROR</p>
 *[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/html/faqs/ai/robotics/top.html Robotics FAQ]
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 *[http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/known-math/index/spheres.html Sphere FAQ]
-:<p>A FAQ that is just about spheres</p>
+:<p>A FAQ that is just about spheres OFFLINE, SEARCHING FOR A MIRROR</p>
 *[http://www.kaacza.cz/stereo/faq/ Stereogram / SIRDS / SIS FAQ]
 :<p>Stereogram / SIRDS / SIS FAQ by Stuart Inglis</p>
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