Spoono – “the web designers’ playground”

http://www.spoono.com/
This guy is amazing. He’s had his site up since 2000, and it gets better every year.
The site has tutorials on a variety of subjects, including PHP, ASP, Javascript, Flash, Photoshop, and 3D Studio Max.

Sephiroth – PHP and Flash tutorials

http://www.sephiroth.it/
Another of the old school high quality Flash gurus. This guy’s work is amazing. He has tutorials on Flash and PHP.

Phireworx – Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver extensions

http://www.phireworx.com/
Extensions and (limited) tutorials for Macromedia’s (now Adobe’s) Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver.
Not sure if I’m just remembering this incorrectly, since I’ve not been to this site for a long time, but its wording is strange. For instance, there are very few extensions and tutorials, and it claims copyright only for 2007 (even though I’ve been [...]

Worth 1000 – advanced photomanipulation community

http://www.worth1000.com/
Want to see what some of the higher-end Photoshop users do when they want to goof off? Check this community site out. It also covers tutorials on some of the methods they use to achieve their effects.
For reference on the kind of excellent information you can find on this site, check out this thread in [...]

The GIMP – GNU Image Manipulation Program

http://www.gimp.org/
Not exactly a Photoshop killer, but it is free and open source. It does well with photo manipulation and retouching. An animation package is also available through plugins.