Check out this large site devoted to the acquisition and exchange of information and opinion on the theory, design, implementation, and application of computer-generated graphics. Here you'll find a great place to search for jobs, internships and schools—a wealth of information.

Check out this collection of some of the coolest computer animation clips you'll find online. The site also includes online tutorials lessons.

Read a chapter of "Introduction to Computer Animation" by Rick Parent—a great introduction to the field. Includes links to computer graphic activity centers and companies.

Check out this page devoted to Ray Harryhausen, one of the great stop-motion animators whose credits include the skeleton battles in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad " and "Jason and the Argonauts."

Read up on special effects news and information, updated weekly.

Browse through this comprehensive bulletin board of information targeted to those entering as well as those currently working in the special effects industry.

Check out the official Web site of the Star Wars films. Read up on the latest news about the upcoming prequels.

Check out this collection of optical illusions.

This book takes a look at special effects from the beginning of cinema up until 1984.

This is the first of a two-volume history of the groundbreaking special effects created by Industrial Light and Magic, the effects company founded by George Lucas.

This is the second of two volumes of ILM's history, which chronicles the advent of the digital era in effects.

Here you will find an authoritative, lively introduction to visual perception.

This is the definitive magazine of the special effects industry, published quarterly. It includes lengthy, well-illustrated articles documenting the making of current films.

Sheridan College
Schools of Communication Design
1430 Trafalgar Rd.
Oakville, Ontario
CANADA L6H 2L1
Undergrad. Admissions: (905) 845-9430
Animation: (905) 845-9430 ext. 2579
http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
Undergrad. Admissions: (805) 255-1050
Dept. of Film & Video: (805) 253-7825
Character Animation: (805) 253-7818
http://www.calarts.edu/

Rhode Island School of Design
Two College Street, Providence, RI 02903
(401)454-6200
http://www.risd.edu/

ACCAD - The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
The Ohio State University
1224 Kinnear Road
Columbus, Ohio 43212-1154 USA
http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/

Ringling School of Design
2700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL
1-800-255-7695 or 941-351-5100
http://www.rsad.edu/