Images

Going Further

Image Formats | Creating Images | Changing Format | Transparent Backgrounds | Background Tiling | Animated GIFs | Image Resources | Screen Captures | Going Further

The creation and manipulation of images is an essential technique in the construction of a modern Web site. Here are links to a general set of Web image tools:

• Mega Web Tools
• The Tool Box
• Web Graphics on a Budget

The use of background colors requires the hex codes for those colors. These can be found easily from the following links:

• Color Samples and Corresponding Hex Codes
• More of the Same

There is a lot of clip art available on the Web that can serve many of your general image needs. Some sites where clip art can be found include

• The Clipart Universe
• Yahoo Clip Art Links

Detailed instructions for making animated GIFs, as well as galleries of existing animated GIFs may be found at

• Gallery of Animated GIFS
• Animagic

There are several newsgroups that deal either totally or partially with graphics issues. Some of these include

• comp.sys.mac.graphics
• comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
• comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images

The discussion in this section has remained as non-technical as possible and is intended to impart a basic knowledge of how to use images in simple applications on the Web. Those interested in optimizing the quality of image presentations in their Web pages may wish to consult more technical discussions of image formats and browser displays. Here is a more extensive discussion of color palettes for browsers, which is part of a general discussion of optimizing Web graphics, and here are some Web graphics hints that expand on issues discussed here.