Creating Great Web Graphics
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Books › Computers › Computer Graphics
ISBN: 1558284796 / Publisher: Mis Pr, February 1996
Explains how to create eye-catching, quality graphics for World Wide Web sites, with step-by-step directions on how to create icons, type, background tiles, and images that work within Web protocols. Original. (Intermediate).
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Creating cool graphics for your web site is no longer a daunting task with Laurie McCanna's expert advice and easy-to-Follow Photoshop and CorelDRAW recipes. Everyone from novices to webmasters needs help fashioning a well-designed web site that includes fabulous and quick downloading images.Creating Great Web Graphics focuses solely on how to create quality PC graphics for World Wide Web sites. Through step-by-step instructions, you learn how to create icons, type, background tiles, and images that work well within Web protocols. McCanna uses the popular PC applications Photoshop and Corel's PhotoPaint to address the major challenges of creating graphics for the Web - creating low-resolution, small files that load quickly but look professional on all major computer platforms (Mac, UNIX, PC). In her straightforward, humorous style, McCanna teaches essential web graphics tricks such as anti-aliasing files so they display smoothly on low-resolution computer monitors, using transparency to create non-rectangular buttons and images, or using beveled edges to give depth to icons. Expert color advice includes color indexing instructions to create the smallest possible files, and a hex code color chart for quick reference when creating your pages. This high-powered but friendly reference belongs on every webmaster's desk.
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