Web Designer's Guide to Graphics: PNG, GIF, & JPEG [With CDROM]

by Tim Webster

A tutorial/reference designed to guide readers through the process of creating graphics for the Web. All the major file formats are covered, with visual examples of how to create each one. In-depth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568303637
• ISBN13: 9781568303635
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Hayden Books
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

My Book of Choice on Web Graphics Theory

Timothy Webster provides a superior treatment of web graphics fundamentals, using clear and practical examples. Writing for both Windows and Mac, his Web Designer's Guide to Graphics first lays down a tight review of graphics file formats, monitors, color models, bit depth, resolution, palettes, anti-aliasing, compression and interlacing. Not stopping there, he gives pragmatic examples of when to use PNG, GIF and JPEG formats.The book's one major weakness is that many of the color screen shots used do not hold up well when printed. The occasional ineffective 1:1 screen shot is used to point out details which would only be recognizable if printed at the same size as its screen display counterpart. This problem, present in many of the current web design books, could be easily resolved by zooming in on the screen to show the slight differences in detail. That being said, out of all the many books that are available on web graphics, there are none that I've found which are more comprehensive and accurate than this one. Web Graphics Instructor Bellevue Community College Bellevue Washington