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Title: Creating Web Graphics for Dummies by Bud E. Smith, Peter Frazier, Bud Smith, Peter Frazier ISBN: 0-7645-2595-6 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Creating Web Graphics For Dummies
Comment: Book Review for AAUG Communique
Title: Creating Web Graphics for Dummies
Authors: Bud Smith & Peter Frazier
Pages: 312
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2003
Price: $24.99
Web: www.dummies.com
Phone: 1-800-762-2974
Pro: The eye-catching yellow covers of the For Dummies books are
widely acknowledged to maintain a high standard of excellence
when it comes to their how to books and Creating Web Graphics
for Dummies is no exception.
Con:The book's back and forth between the world of Microsoft and Apple's way to create great graphics for the web I found distracting at times.
Rating: 4.5 Moose
Reviewer: Penelope Wells
Graphic design authors, Bud Smith and Peter Frazier recently produced
Creating Web Graphics For Dummies. The focus of this book is to teach
both amateurs and semi-pros alike how to create good looking graphics
for the Web. The importance of minimizing the user's waiting time which
is less about the means of transmission and more about what's on the
page is also discussed. The authors don't try to cover everything
related to Web page design and graphics rather this book is part of Bud
Smith's other For Dummies books related to this topic, including
Creating Web Pages; Web Design and Web Usability.
This book follows a certain progression starting out with an
introduction to topical and how-to information allowing you to start to
do web graphics tasks right away in the first section.
Part II covers specific graphic tools, and devotes a lot of space to
Window's Paint, Microsoft's Paint Shop Pro followed by Adobe's
Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
Part III is a step by step guide on how to get your photos into your
web site, and, without causing problems for the user. There's also a
section devoted to the mechanics of compressing photos.
Part IV, the do's and don'ts of using GIF images in your Web Site and
how and when to use animated GIFs.
Part V refers to useful online resources. The authors also include some
graphic tips for creating a business web site in contrast to a personal
home page.
There's a CD-ROM in the back of the book which allows you to try out
versions of Adobe's Photoshop, Elements and Illustrator, and other
software geared more for Microsoft and PC users.
Overall Creating Web Graphics for Dummies is a well-written book and
serves the student well. However, the authors guide us through many
tasks with more reference using Microsoft's software programs. For a
novice in both graphics and the web and one who prefers to focus on
information and instruction for the Mac at this stage, I found some
parts of this book confusing and distracting. According to the
authors Microsoft's user-friendly Paint Shop Pro is now on a par with
Photoshop Elements leaving the user with more software choices for
creating eye-catching graphics for your web page.
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Title: Web Design for Dummies by Lisa Lopuck ISBN: 0764508237 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Creating Web Pages for Dummies, Sixth Edition by Bud E. Smith, Arthur Bebak, Bud Bud Smith, Arthur Bebak ISBN: 0764516434 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Studio MX All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies by Damon Dean, Andy Cowitt ISBN: 0764517996 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies by Naba Barkakati, Naba Barkakati ISBN: 0764524429 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 26 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Paint Shop Pro 8: Zero to Hero by Sally Beacham, Ron Lacey ISBN: 1590592387 Publisher: Friends of ED Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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