Coloring Web Graphics.2, Volume 1

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New Riders Pub., 1997 - Computers - 314 pages
Coloring Web Graphics.2 is designed to help artists, programmers, and hobbyists understand how to work with color and image file formats for Web delivery. Web browsers and different operating systems handle color in specific ways that many Web designers have never been made aware of. This book offers in-depth answers about color, from both an aesthetic and technical perspective, and details the design constraints that exist on the Web and how to work around them. This updated edition covers new software, including Photoshop 4.0, Illustrator 7.0, and DeBabelizer Pro. Experienced designers and newcomers to the field will find the well-organized and documented palettes on the Coloring Web Graphics.2 CD-ROM, an invaluable Web design resource. -Updated information for Photoshop 4.0, Illustrator 7.0, DitherBox, and DeBabelizer Pro -Learn how color is handled differently across multiple computer platforms and Web browsers -Create colors in your artwork that won t shift or dither across mutliple platforms -Learn about bi-depth, computer color, color theory, and Web color file formats -Discover how to create thousands of browser-safe hybrid colors -Pick Web page colors from hundreds of suggested color schemes -Use Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Photo-Paint to manage Web-specific colorThe first and only book that definitively sorts out the use of color on the webBreaks down the issues of color use on the web by using Lynda Weinman s easy-to-understand teaching styleIncludes updated and expanded coverage for Photoshop 4 and Illustrator 7, color theory, computer color, and web color file formats

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RGB Versus CMYK
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Dithering and Banding
12
What Are HybridSafe Colors?
28
Copyright

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