Web Graphics

This document was originally written by Andrew Liles of the University of Georgia's Digital Media Support Group.
(used and modified for the Forestry computing environment with permission)
The original page is located at http://www.uga.edu/~ucns/dms/webclass/.



Fundamentals
Tools Overview
Using the Tools
htm Tagging
Design Guidelines
Terminology
References

[Last Update - 8/04/97]

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Welcome to a virtual seminar on Web Graphics - Getting the Most Out of Your Images On the World Wide Web.

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. It's cliche but can be very true because we are visual creatures by nature. Images communicate information that would be impossible or too difficult to communicate in words. This is all the more reason to include high quality images in your web pages if you truly have something you would like to communicate to your audience. Of course much of this communication takes place on a non-verbal level as emotions, mood, or feeling. Arguably text is not the main communicator - it's actually the images and sound (what the salespeople call MULTIMEDIA). After all, the web IS imagery or else we would all still be using gopher. In the following "cyber-space" we'll be talking about how to get the most from your images or pictures on the World Wide Web - in other words how to get the most bang for your buck!

What you see to the left is an outline of the topics to be covered. You're welcome to browse at your leisure or to follow the seminar in a step by step fashion. To do the latter, just click the START button below. At the end of every page you will see several buttons. The [Next Topic] button will take you to the next topic in order without having to re-visit the page you are now on. The button called [Terminology] at the end of each page will take you to a page describing some possibly unfamiliar words - a glossary of sorts. To get back to the page you're on now at any time, press the [Start Over] button.

Please make a point to check back often. I will be updating this page as new information arises and you can always see if the page has been updated by looking at the Last Update located under the seminar topics to the left of the text you are now reading. Enjoy!

Oh, and by the way, this site was created using Apple Macintosh and is best viewed with Netscape.

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