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Richard Rosenman has released a new collection of 162 edge burn image light leaks in 4K resolution. The library costs $29.99, you can find out more on Richard's website.

Matte Paint is a new resource site with a growing collection of over 100,000 extremely high resolution photos suitable for matte painting artists. Images are available in multiple resolutions at 5 exposures, categorised under general headings like aerial, skies, locations landscapes, castles, forests, water and much more. Within each section are many sub-categories plus filters for resolution and viewing angle to make finding images even easier. The repository uses a credit-based system to purchase images, or low resolution versions are available for free accounts. Find out more on Matte Paint's website.    

HDRI Hub is offering a 50% discount on all of their video clips until January 11, 2015. For more details you can visit the HDRI Hub website.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is making its publications available online, which cover a range of subjects related to art. Most of its titles may be read online, searched and downloaded as PDF files. Current book titles that are in-print may be previewed online. More on The Met's website.

Concept Point Architecture have released 6 multitexture wooden floor sets, each style comprises between 15 to 45 high resolution plank textures. More on their Facebook Page (like required to download).

Archviz artist Krzysztof Czerwinski has generously released a number of free resources for use in architectural projects, including 3D models of trees and plants (created with AvizStudio's ATree3D plant generator script), cutout images of people, etc. More on Krzysztof Czerwinski's site.

Lee Perry-Smith from Infinite-Realities announced that he has relaunched the Triplegangers website, which offers quality 3D scans, character models and reference materials. More on Triplegangers.com. (Note: mature content)

The World Wide Web Consortium announced the launch of a website dedicated to providing accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive references and tutorials for web development and design. It will cover emerging HTML5, video and animation technologies and is bound to become an invaluable resource on these subjects. Read the announcement and find out more at WebPlatform.org.

Endless Reference have made available animation reference videos for male and female characters on their YouTube channel. Additional videos are available on their website. More on YouTube and EndlessReference.com.