Articles
Web
Graphics Basics - pixels, bits, and color modes
Creating
Web Graphics - differences beween JPG and GIF file
formats
Optimizing Web Graphics -
guidelines for creating images which load fast and look
great.
Affordable
Image Editing - a comparison of low cost programs
Scanning
for the Web - a detailed explanation of options for
digitizing images, file formats and more with excellent
links to other resources.
Introduction
to Imaging - excellent information on topics such as
dynamic range, resolution, compression, and image
quality. Provided by the Getty Museum in LA.
GIF89a
Tutorial - excellent information on preparing Gif
images in Photoshop, making files transparent, and
interlacing GIF89a files.
Preparing
Graphics for the Web - tips and tricks for optimizing
web graphics.
Copyright
GraphicsUser:
- this is a good article to start with.
Copyright
Website
CyberSpace
Law Center: Intellectual Property Resources
Browser Basics
Basic
browser skills
Anatomy
of a Web page
How
the Web works
Bookmarks
Searching
the Web
HTML Basics
The
Eight Minute HTML Primer for Windows - this is a good
place to start if you are using a Windows computer.
The
Eight Minute HTML Primer for Macintosh - this is a
good place to start if you are using a Macintosh.
A
Beginner's Guide to HTML - an online guide to writing
basic web documents using HTML.
Composing
Good HTML - a more advanced text on the finer points
of writing HTML.
Yale's
Web Style Guide - a discussion of good design
principles with lots of examples.
The HTML
Writers Guild - a good jump site for information
about writing HTML including introductions, references,
style guides, demos, and specifications.
HTML
Design Guide - the latest information on version 4.0
including new tags and capabilities.
Design Sites
David
Siegel's Killer Websites
Web
Pages That Suck
Microsoft's
Design Site
Software
Andyart.com's
list of graphics software (mostly windows)
Transparency
- Mac only program for making GIFs transparent
(free).
GifBuilder
- Mac program for making animated GIFs
Gif
Construction Set - Windows program for makin animated
GIFs
Fetch
- Mac only FTP application
CuteFTP -
Windows only FTP application
WS_FTP -
Windows only FTP application
FireWorks
- Web graphics tool from Macromedia (free demo for 30
days)
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