i found a great web site for special effects on photshop, explained well and works.
Hope It Helps
EDIT: silly billy forgot to put in the link
http://xonium.net/pstutorials.php (http://xonium.net/pstutorials.php)
Nice site...
I used THIS (http://www.phong.com/tutorials/) site a few times... 8)
great site for all kind of disgne programes (http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/)
here you can find almost effry brand in the world in eps ore ai format (http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/)
adobe tutorials (http://www.carijansen.com/tips/)
nice tutorial to make vectors in illustrator (http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22807.html)
flashfocus-flash forum were you can learn a lot (dutch) (http://www.flashfocus.nl/)