Creating Web Graphics for Dummies [Paperback]

Bud E. Smith (Author), Peter Frazier (Author), Bud Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764525956 | ISBN-13: 978-0764525957 | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

* 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

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From the Back Cover

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, you’ll 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

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764525956
• ISBN-13: 978-0764525957
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,020,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creating Web Graphics For Dummies, August 2, 2003

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Penelope Wells (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Web Graphics for Dummies (Paperback)

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: [phone]
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.

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