Graphics and Images

Find out how correctly utilizing differnt types of graphic and image software can enhance your website. JPG - GIF - SVG - PNG.

Find it all in one place. Use this directory to find tools and information about design and using graphics for print or websites.  This listing is updated frequently, so be sure to Bookmark this Page for future reference.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
Provided by w3.org
JPEG is a lossy compression method standardised by ISO.

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Provided by w3.org
GIF is CompuServe's standard for defining generalized color raster images.

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
Provided by w3.org
SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics and graphical applications in XML.

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) 
Provided by w3.org
PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images.

Articles

Optimizing Website Graphics and Photographs
Provided by Artisan Design Studio
How long do you wait for a website to load before clicking away and trying another URL? Most people won’t wait longer than an average of 8 seconds with a 56K modem...

Art Direction and the Web
by Stephen Hay - Provided by A List Apart
The purpose of this article is to introduce our readers to the principles and techniques of the art director — which relate closely to web design — and show how these can influence the overall effect of a website.

Random Image Rotation
by Dan Benjamin - Provided by A List Apart
One of the challenges facing the modern web designer is to create sites that appear fresh and new every time a visitor shows up.

Usability experts are from Mars, graphic designers are from Venus
by Curt Cloninger - Provided by A List Apart
There is an unarticulated war currently raging among those who make web sites. Like the war between dark- and light-skinned blacks in Spike Lee’s School Daze, this conflict is one that only its participants recognize.

Image Editing Software

CorelDraw
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) links to helpful resources.
Graphic design and illustration software.

GIMP
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) links to helpful resources.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

Paint Shop Pro
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) directory links to helpful resources.
A complete photo-editing software solution.

Painter
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) directory links to helpful resources.
Digital painting software.

PhotoImpact
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) directory links to helpful resources.
Photo editing and digital art project software by Corel.

Adobe Photoshop
Open Directory Project (ODP or DMOZ) directory links to helpful resources.
A professional image-editing and graphics creation software from Adobe. It provides a large library of effects, filters and layers.

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