Designing Web Graphics

by Lynda Weinman

Designing Web Graphics.3 is being completely revised and updated to cover the latest web technologies. The book will feature all new images and text, a new interior design, and a new cover. Written in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562059491
• ISBN13: 9781562059491
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

THE reference book for Web Graphics

If you are a graphic designer looking to start web work, this book is a must read. If you are already a web designer, it is a great reference book. This book taught me more than any teacher ever did.

Not for code junkies, but ...

Clearly, if you dream (or aspire to dream) in HTML and JAVA etc., this is neither the reference nor even a starting point for you. But if you would like a comprehensiveÑand funÑintroduction to the essentials of visually appealing as well as user- and browser-friendly web pages, don't pass on this one! You will see web pages through the designer's eyes, i.e. from a purely asthetic standpoint (of course asthetic always translates into drawing and keeping an audience in media such as this), and then learn the best ways of tweaking your concepts for that perfect balance of good looks and download speed. There's a LOT about graphics optimization in the book, and most examples are demonstrated in several of the standard graphics editing programs. But that is not allÑI have not found a single question about working with the web unanswered here ... what is CSS? What are the differences between GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs? What programs should I own and how do they compare? What is XML? DOM? Etc., etc. Wanna do web design? Get this book, I can't imagine you'd regret it.

A light at the end of the tunnel

Anyone reading this review is likely aware of the avalanche of books about all aspects of the web. In the field of design for the web, Lynda Weinman shines fourth as the most no-BS author I've yet come across-and I look a lot! The contents are well organized, the subjects relevant. She takes you from the general & conceptual (including considerations of a career in web design) to production specifics. She includes workarounds to bypass the numerous design landmines which, unfortunately, HTML so generously provides. I'm a full-time design professional who is now self-teaching web design. If I could have only one book (in addition to an HTML reference), this book would be it. It's written by one smart lady. I've also bought her "Creative HTML Design", which I will soon begin to devour.

Authoritative All-In-One By A Teaching Design Pro

Are you a web developer who lacks graphics design skills? Have you created your first several sites and wanted to go beyond the design elements in the FrontPage templates? Then this is the book for you since the author assumes that you have hacked a few web sites and have a strong interest, but little formal training, in design. Or perhaps you are leading a project team and come from a programming backgound. You are comfortable with ASP, Java, Perl, and SQL, but graphics design is a bit of a mystery. This is your book too, since it is a serious book by a design professional and has sufficient depth to make you comfortable in any project meeting.Lynda Weinman is not only a skilled designer but an experienced teacher. This beautifully illustrated 430-page book covers all of the graphics basics. This book may be the only one you need.

Looking to design web graphics??? Look no more.

I am Johnathan Mark Smith and I been designing web sites forover 5 years now and I am always looking at other web designers workto learn new stuff. Lynda Weinman is one of the great designer out on the internet and her book designing web graphics.3 will help anyone get up to speed on designing graphics for the web. This book will show you how to prepare images and media for the web and it will also go into Style Sheets, Flash, Shockware and Browser-safe colors. Yes designing graphics for the web takes some time but with this book you can get up to speed in no time.