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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:
The use of background colors requires the hex codes for those colors. These
can be found easily from the following links:
- Six groups of color swatches
- Color names and hex codes (click button to apply color to page background)
- Color Center
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
Detailed instructions for making animated GIFs, as well as galleries of
existing animated GIFs may be found at
There are several newsgroups that deal either totally or partially with
graphics issues. Some of these include
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.
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