• Author:
  • Smith, Bud E.
  • Frazier, Peter
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  28/03/2003
• Price:
  $37.99
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* The only starter guide on Web graphics that covers static images, such as buttons and banners, as well as photos, animation, and video
* Written for beginning Web page designers who don't have a graphic design background
* Features step-by-step instruction to help first-time designers learn the tricks to making Web graphics come out perfectly
* Includes instructions on creating and placing animated GIFs, digital photos, Flash animations, and digital video on a Web page
* Coauthor Bud Smith is the bestselling author of Creating Web Pages For Dummies, Sixth Edition (0-7645-1643-4), which has sold more than 500,000 copies in all editions
* CD-ROM contains trial versions of popular graphics software: Adobe's Photoshop Elements and Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, and JASC's Paintshop Pro, plus sample clip art and examples from the book

Bud Smith runs the creating-web-pages.com Web site and has authored or coauthored five For Dummies books.

Peter Frazier is a graphic designer and consultant for Zanzara Design and Research.

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Going with Web Graphics.

Chapter 1: Handling Web Graphics Tasks.

Chapter 2: Creating a Graphical Web Page.

Chapter 3: Creating Great Web Graphics.

Part II: Discovering and Using Cool Graphics Tools.

Chapter 4: Cool Tools for Web Graphics.

Chapter 5: Compressing Photos with JPEG.

Chapter 6: Creating GIF Images.

Part III: Getting Photos in Your Web Site.

Chapter 7: Preparing Photos for Your Web Site.

Chapter 8: Getting Photos for Your Web Site.

Chapter 9: Processing Photos for the Web.

Chapter 10: Resizing and Fixing Photos.

Chapter 11: Compressing and Post-Producing Photos.

Part IV: Using GIF in Your Web Site.

Chapter 12: Using GIF Images in Your Web Site.

Chapter 13: Using GIF Animation.

Chapter 14: Creating and Obtaining Images.

Chapter 15: Laying Out Web Pages with Images.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Cool Online Resources.

Chapter 17: Ten Graphics Tips for Business Web Sites.

Appendix A: About the CD.

Appendix B: Glossary.

Index.