Designing Web Graphics 2 [Paperback]

Lynda Weinman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1562057154 | ISBN-13: 978-1562057152 | Publication Date: February 1997 | Edition: 2

National bestseller updated to include the latest web graphics technologies! Master web graphics with step-by-step instructions from acclaimed author and instructor Lynda Weinman. This full-color guide will teach you the most successful methods for designing and preparing graphics for the World Wide Web. Completely updated and expanded to include the latest on file formats, file sizes, compression methods, cross-platform web color, and browser-specific techniques, Designing Web Graphics.2 is the definitive graphics guide for all Web publishers. Step-by-step instruction in a conversational and easy-to-read style from one of the leaders in the field will help you understand the best methods and techniques for preparing graphics and media for any Web site. Get in-depth coverage of different file formats, and learn how to keep your file sizes small and your quality high to ensure that your graphics will look the best and load quickly over the Net.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A good design title practices what it preaches, and Designing Web Graphics 2 is on its second round of showing off how elegant web graphics can be. Significantly expanded in its new edition, the book is a superb overview of the web design process, rich with examples and illustrations, and very practical and hands-on when offering advice.

Unlike similar books, it offers software-specific advice on getting tasks completed. Many screen shots from programs like PhotoShop and Fractal Design Painter, and step by step screen shots from both programs and web sites, help Lynda Weinman walk between the theoretical and practical in very compelling fashion.

Weinman plans to update this book annually, which is both a warning and sign of an interesting phenomenon. This is one of the few books for which I've not hesitated to purchase the 2nd edition, and won't feel resentful purchasing a third. The new version adds so much to the original and makes so many improvements, it's keeping the subject alive while at the same time keeping pace with graphics tools that have a lot of new functionality to offer. Word processors have pretty much evolved as much as they can at this point in history, but graphics tools are still making some big leaps and offering some exciting upgrades. Weinman has devoted herself to keeping pace with the change and promises to persist in adding value to each new edition. From the looks of her first revision, she'll keep the promise.

From Library Journal

Weinman is a one-woman graphics factory turning out essential web-design guides. Coloring Web Graphics is a simply beautiful description of browser/platform safe colors. Anyone who has carefully designed a web site only to view what looks like a bizarre parody on a friend's machine will welcome this work. The CD is full of color palettes and clip art. Deconstructing is a total case study approach to understanding web design. This hands-on, backwards look at existing web sites includes examinations of the site code in html, Java, JavaScript, ShockWave, and even PhotoShop that produced the sites. Designing Web Graphics is a total approach to building a successful web site, from advice on buying hardware to animation techniques. Especially clear discussions of graphics formats (e.g., jpegs vs. gifs) and navigational graphics are augmented in this second edition with updated information on frames, interactivity, and more. In early summer, look for Preparing Web Graphics (ISBN 1-56205-686-7. $39.99) and Creative HTML Design (ISBN
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Product Details

• Paperback: 447 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub; 2 edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562057154
• ISBN-13: 978-1562057152
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,246,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 29, 1999

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RealDeal "novgirl" (Vallejo, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing Web Graphics 2 (Paperback)

I find that all of Lyndas books are excellent. I have been able to create some wonderful pages on my own by using her examples and following her easy to understand guide lines. There are a lot of Web Design books on the market, and most of them say the same things over and over again. With Lynda's books I know she's telling it like it is in the most easies format possible. Everyone wants to be a star on the internet, and Lynda tells you how to get there the simplest and yet the best creative way possible...Thanks Lynda for be a great source of help and inspiration....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one to the rescue if u think u know some yet forget all, April 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Designing Web Graphics 2 (Paperback)

This book is very useful, either for beginner or advance user. I find that whatever I think I knew some of it already, yet I still able to find some 'extra' useful tips from it. So, I won't behave as I knew it all because after go thru this book, it reveals quite a lot of things which I 'don't actually know' You had do me proud, Lynda!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You are new to web design? This is the best book, July 13, 2000

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Sam Sagittarius "imagik" (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing Web Graphics 2 (Paperback)

I am not without being in an arm's length distance to this book. It is a reference book for me that I use constantly. I appreciate the author's expertise and conciseness in explanation as well as the visual layout of this book. The series that this author produces has never let me down. If you want to start somewhere start with this one.