Graphics can make or break a Web site. If the images are beautiful but slow-loading, you'll make enemies. If they're ugly yet fast-loading, you may not make enemies, but you won't make friends either.
Fortunately, with Web Graphics Bible, you can ensure that all your graphic images wilContinue
Graphics can make or break a Web site. If the images are beautiful but slow-loading, you'll make enemies. If they're ugly yet fast-loading, you may not make enemies, but you won't make friends either.
Fortunately, with Web Graphics Bible, you can ensure that all your graphic images will add value to your pages without adding to download time. In this comprehensive reference and tutorial in one, Web and multimedia pro Ron Wodaski reveals not only high-tech tips and tricks that make for efficient graphics, but also proven design principles to ensure that the look of your site is ideally suited to its content and purpose.
Turn to Web Graphics Bible for complete information on how to:
Use HTML tags to embed graphic images in your Web pages and control placement, size, and text flow Take advantage of freely available images and clip art Get beyond HTML's typographic limitations with bitmapped text Use popular image-editing software and amp up performance with special graphics hardware Know when to save images as GIFs and when to save them as JPEGs Reduce bit-depth to make image file sizes smaller without making images look bad Make graphics seem to load faster by using interlaced GIFs and progressive JPEGs Create client-side and server-side image maps and transform graphics into useful, appealing navigation elements Add animation to your Web pages in one of the easiest ways possible (for you and for visitors to your site): use animated GIFs Plus, Web Graphics Bible features a 16-page, full-color insert illustrating the effects you can achieve. The book also comes complete with a bonus CD-ROM containing over 500 megabytes of Windows shareware, trial versions, and demos, including:
Image-editing applications such as Painter, Expression, and Paint Shop Pro Special effects programs and plug-ins such as Detailer, Kai's Power Tools, Bryce 2, Auto F/X, and trueSpace Essential utilities for compressing images and uploading them to your Web server Tutorials, Web tours, palettes, sample graphics, and design tips
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