Research Catalog

Title

Photoshop for the Web / Mikkel Aaland.

Author

Aaland, Mikkel

Publication

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, c1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xiii, 197 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Adobe Photoshop
• Computer Graphics
• Web graphics
• Web sites > Design

Thesis (note)

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Making Photoshop Web-Friendly -- Photoshop 5 color preferences -- Stop wasting bytes -- Other web-friendly preferences -- Changing Photoshop's default background color -- Selecting web-safe colors -- Using Actions for web production -- Calibrating your monitor -- Take the time -- Improving Photos for the Web -- Global corrections -- Selective corrections -- Enhancing acquired images -- Putting your photos on the web -- Making Great GIFs -- GIF or JPEG? -- Using Save for Web -- The Indexed Color option -- Creating GIFs from Scratch -- From RGB to indexed color -- Controlling anti-aliasing with custom brushes -- Working in Indexed Color mode -- Creating an illusion of translucency -- Hijacking a color palette -- Creating your own browser-safe colors -- On to transparency -- Special Effects with Transparent GIFs -- Save for Web -- Indexed Color mode -- Selecting Transparency in the Color Table -- Using the GIF89a Export module -- Familiarity counts -- JPEG: All the Color You Want -- Compression versus quality -- Saving JPEG files -- Optimizing for compression -- Other JPEG issues -- Pushing the envelope -- Creating Background Tiles -- Working with tiling strips -- Creating patterns with square tiles -- Compressing backgrounds with JPEG -- Grabbing backgrounds -- Remembering the balance -- Photoshop Web Type -- Working with Photoshop 5's Type tool -- Working with rendered type -- Going that extra mile -- Blur for readability -- The inherent beauty of type -- Making a difference -- Creating Navigational Graphics.

ISBN

1565923502 :

OCLC

39380972

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library