Creating Web Graphics for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
• Published by: For Dummies April 1, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764525956
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764525957
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
* 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

Back Cover Copy
Build cool Web pages with buttons, photos, animation, and more

Create great graphics and use them like a pro – no experience necessary!

A Web site without graphics is like a hot dog without mustard. This helpful guide promises that your sites will never lack flavor! Even if you have no design experience, youll discover fun, easy ways to create banners, buttons, animated GIFs, and more – then find out how to use them to spice up your pages.

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• Tryout versions of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Elements
• Macromedia Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX trial versions
• Evaluation version of Paint Shop Pro, and much more

Reader Reviews
Book Review for AAUG Communique Title: Creating Web Graphics for Dummies Authors: Bud Smith & Peter Frazier Pages: 312 Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2003 Price: $24.99 Web: www.dummies.com Phone: 1-800-762-2974 Pro: The eye-catching yellow covers of the For Dummies books are widely acknowledged to maintain a high standard of excellence when it comes to their how to books and Creating Web Graphics for Dummies is no exception. Con:The book's back and forth between the world of Microsoft and Apple's way to create great graphics for the web I found distracting at times. Rating: 4.5 Moose Reviewer: Penelope Wells Graphic design authors, Bud Smith and Peter Frazier recently produced Creating Web Graphics For Dummies. The focus of this book is to teach both amateurs and semi-pros alike how to create good looking graphics for the Web. The importance of minimizing the user's waiting time which is less about the means of transmission and more about what's on the page is also discussed. The authors don't try to cover everything related to Web page design and graphics rather this book is part of Bud Smith's other For Dummies books related to this topic, including Creating Web Pages; Web Design and Web Usability. This book follows a certain progression starting out with an introduction to topical and how-to information allowing you to start to do web graphics tasks right away in the first section. Part II covers specific graphic tools, and devotes a lot of space to Window's Paint, Microsoft's Paint Shop Pro followed by Adobe's Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Part III is a step by step guide on how to get your photos into your web site, and, without causing problems for the user. There's also a section devoted to the mechanics of compressing photos. Part IV, the do's and don'ts of using GIF images in your Web Site and how and when to use animated GIFs. Part V refers to useful online resources. The authors also include some graphic tips for creating a business web site in contrast to a personal home page. There's a CD-ROM in the back of the book which allows you to try out versions of Adobe's Photoshop, Elements and Illustrator, and other software geared more for Microsoft and PC users. Overall Creating Web Graphics for Dummies is a well-written book and serves the student well. However, the authors guide us through many tasks with more reference using Microsoft's software programs. For a novice in both graphics and the web and one who prefers to focus on information and instruction for the Mac at this stage, I found some parts of this book confusing and distracting. According to the authors Microsoft's user-friendly Paint Shop Pro is now on a par with Photoshop Elements leaving the user with more software choices for creating eye-catching graphics for your web page.