Graphics Tools, Techniques, Examples and Resources

was introduced to the web by the IMG tag, in NCSA's Mosaic for X, written by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina. Graphics add visual interest to a page but can substantially increase total download time for a page, and can't be understood by search engines and other spiders, or user agents for the blind.

An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop by Selena Sol and Kenji Tachibana A three half day course for the novice to intermediate Photoshop user. Day one and two cover tools and definitions with the focus changing from definitions to the actual process by day three. Instructions are given for creating a 3D logo, shape with shadows, cast and drop shadow, buttons, relief arrows and beveled frame using such tools as Layers, Channels, Masks, Filters, Gradients and more.

An Introduction to Paint Shop Pro 5 by Linda Cole Designed to initiate the newcomer to the program as well as orient the seasoned Paint Shop Pro user with the new interface and features. This tutorial follows a similar plan to the Photoshop tutorial. Purloining and Pilfering by Linda Cole Downloading an image or file is easy, but if it is done without permission it is theft. Find out why it's wrong, why people do it, how to know if it's happening to you, and what you can do about it.

Formats	The main formats have been GIF and JPEG, while PNG waits in the wings.
Colo(u)r	The Web Developer's Virtual Library tells you about colo(u)r, and the non-dithering 6x6x6 color cube.
Backgrounds	Spicing up a page with background images.
Graphics Techniques	Follow the above link for an introduction to some basic graphics techniques such as transparency and anti-aliasing.
Graphics Tools and Collections	Here are some of the best tools and graphics collections on the web.
Images'n'Icons	Examples of the various kinds of uses for images on the web. Selected examples from some of the web's best icon collections.
Graphics Resources	Here are some further graphics resources.

More Links..

• The IMG tag
• GIF Animation
• Introductions to GIF, JPEG.
• The Library: Graphics, Images & icons.
• Image Maps: server-side image maps, client-side image maps.

When authoring HTML with style, you might use cascading style sheets, or graphics tools to create background images, icons, 3d graphics. Multimedia can help to animate them, e.g. using GIF animation or Java applets. For interactivity use forms processed by JavaScript or CGI software. Use META tags to help search engines find you on the Internet. Our reference index or the WWW-VL can help you locate more.

GIF animation	Java	Shockwave
Space	Style	VRML