Network Programming, Web Graphics, Web Site Design, HTML & XHTML, Computer Graphics - General & Miscellaneous

Web Graphics Tools and Techniques

Name: Web Graphics Tools and Techniques
Author: Peter Kentie
ISBN: 9780201688139

by Peter Kentie

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Overview

Because the Internet is fast becoming the domain of Web page designers, developing a home page or a complete Web site requires skills from a designer that extend beyond graphics knowledge and ability. Based on the daily practice of a professional Web designer, you'll receive step-by-step instructions on how to create and produce visually exciting Web pages that meet the medium's current design standards. This lavishly illustrated, full-color book includes all the important HTML tags available to make your Web site both functional and aesthetically pleasing. It also offers a wealth of clearly demonstrated, practical information for advanced Web site designers on all the current techniques that an HTML programmer has to master, including formatting tables; converting copy to HTML files; understanding how to use GIF and JPEG image file formats; integrating typography into design; creating backgrounds; and designing effective Web page navigational devices.

Web Graphics Tools and Techniques provides an indispensable resource for Website creators, teaching basic HTML coding, introducing scores of tools, explaining advanced techniques, and at all times bringing the discussion to life with hundreds of visually exciting full-color illustrations. Anyone seeking to get up to speed on the technology of Website creation will find this book a pleasure to browse.

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In Web Graphics Tools And Techniques, expert webpage designer Peter Kentie provides a profusely illustrated, full color guide to the development and utilization of HTML tags to make a web site functional and aesthetically pleasing. Additionally, Kentie offers a wealth of clearly demonstrated, practical, "user friendly" information on advanced all the current techniques that an HTML programmer must master, including formatting tables, converting copy to HTML files, understanding how to use GIF and JPEG image file formats, integrating typography into design, creating backgrounds, designing effective web page navigational devices, and more. Web Graphics Tools And Techniques is a highly recommended instruction and reference guide for intermediate and advanced HTML programmers and website designers.

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The first section of this book provides an overview of Web design basics as they are implemented and impacted by the constraints of HTML. The second section of Web Graphics Tools and Techniques addresses a spectrum of design techniques, from basic GIF and JPEG images to the creation of seamless tables, how to integrate text and images and design a splash page. A final section on advanced techniques provides a cogent explanation of how navigable QuickTime VR movies can be made and loaded onto a Web site.