Email Basics - Part One
Email Basics - Part One: Continued
FTP Basics - Part Two
FTP Basics - Part Two: Continued
Zip/Unzip Basics - Part Three
Graphics Basics - Part Four
Graphics Basics - Part Four: Continued
Icon Basics - Part Five
HTML Basics - Part Six
HTML Basics - Part Six: Continued
Text Editor Basics - Part Seven
Autoresponder Basics - Part Eight
Autoresponder Basics - Part Eight: Continued
Ezine Basics - Part Nine
Ebook Basics - Part Ten
Graphic design is an intimidating subject for many Internet
entrepreneurs. However, most of us must learn some basic
design techniques in order to avoid the high costs of hiring
a professional designer.
In order to create or edit your graphics, you'll need to
invest in a good graphics-editing program. The most popular
program used by Internet marketers is Paint Shop Pro. This
powerful program is the only program you'll need to design
professional looking graphics. You can download a free
30-day trial and register the software for only $99.
http://www.jasc.com/
The most popular image formats used on the Internet are
GIF and JPEG.
Graphic Interchange Format, better known as GIF, uses a
maximum of 256 colors and is best suited for images such
as logos, buttons and bullets.
GIF images can be saved in two different formats:
- 87
- 89a
The 89a format is the preferred GIF format, as it has the
following benefits:
Images saved in the 89a GIF format can have a transparent
background. This will enable the canvas of an image to be
transparent and enable the background to show through.
Images saved in the 89a GIF format can be saved as
interlaced. This will enable your image to display as it is
being loaded into a web page. The image will gradually
become clearer as the page loads.
Images saved in the 89a GIF format can be used to
create animated images. Animated images are simply
several GIF images compiled into one GIF image file that
loops. In order to create an animated image, you'll need
a special editing program.
Joint Photographic Expert Group, better known as JPEG,
is the best format for photographs. JPEG images can
contain millions of colors and allow you to specify the
degree of compression.
Shelley Lowery
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