Graphic Design
When building a good web site design, graphics play
a large role in the over all appearance, speed and search
engine optimization.
- choose a color scheme which fits the
vibe of the site.
- test, test, test.. to make sure your
design features degrade gracefully
in diverse web browsing environments and screen configurations.
- use commonly accepted good
site design practices
- optimize for the web. squeeze as much extra file
size out of the image as possible.
Topics include graphic design for print, web and video.
Backgrounds, buttons and screensavers.
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Graphic Design Tips
tip #97
- use transparent GIF images
tip #87
- use GIF animation
tip #7
- know the difference between GIF and JPEG
tip #40
- get free graphics from the web
tip #47
- choose non-dithering colors
tip #22
- change your background color
tip #53
- change your background pattern
tip #65
- use smaller graphics files for quick response
tip #30
- master your graphics tools
tip #80
- use dark against light
tip #77
- background color is faster than background pattern
tip #25
- design a logo
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Design
& Publishing Magizine - The Design
& Publishing Center is all about the exchange of
information, news, reviews, and all things revolving
around the broad topics of design and publishing. Here
you will find all kinds of resources relating to graphics,
layout, design and typography.
IStockPhoto.com
- Awesome stock photo, video, vector and flash file
site. The prices are very reasonable.
StockLayouts.com
- The company offers a library of design templates at
affordable prices. Value-bundled CDs, which contain
hundreds of pre-designed templates, stock photos and
artwork are also available. The design templates are
available for both Mac and PC platforms in QuarkXPress™,
Adobe® InDesign®, Adobe PageMaker®, Adobe
Illustrator® EPS, CorelDRAW®, Microsoft®
Publisher and Microsoft® Word file formats.
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