Top 5 Links

01. Kuler

http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor

An amazing web application which allows you to specify colors within specific color schemes. Provides hexadecimal, RGB and CMYK values. Check out the "themes" section, here you can find excellent examples of color palettes that you can use in any kind of design project including posters, brochures, websites, corporate identity, and motion graphics.

02. Motionographer.com

http://motionographer.com/

In case you were feeling good about your design abilities, check out this website for links to hundreds of humbling motion graphics by the top designers of the day. In addition to up-to-date motion graphics information and a very user-friendly layout, you will find blogs, forums, articles and job listings. The "cream" section of the website shows off some of the best contemporary motion graphics and broadcast graphics from around the world.

03. CSS Zen Garden

http://csszengarden.com/

A single sample of content is reformatted by CSS in a variety of ways. Shows the power of CSS. Many complicated and ingenious CSS tricks, including using transparent images as backgrounds in DIV classes are apparent here. CSS image replacement is also used extensively in these layouts in order to create much richer typography in the place of H1 and H2 tags.

04. Nav Menus Trends and Examples

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/26/navigation-menus-trends-and-examples/

An in-depth examination of current trends in web navigation including the web 2.0 look and "speaking block" navigation. A wide variety of navigation possibilities are explored. Some of the topics covered are Mac-style icons, vertical tabs, the trend towards using more icons in navigation, handwriting in use, and experiments in navigation styles. This is a must read for web designers.

05. Processing Software

http://www.processing.org/

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. Good for code art, generative Art and data-set driven imagery. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool.