Creating outstanding Web sites is one of the most exciting challenges for graphic designers worldwide. Creative Web Design gives you the information you need to jump from DTP to the world of the Internet. The book explains everything you need to know to design first-class Web sites, from image processing to producing animations and programming in HTML and JavaScript. It describes the latest functions of the Netscape and Microsoft browsers, as well as tips and tricks to optimize your site for your audience. Interviews with top agencies reveal the insights and ideas that led to some of the best Web sites on the Internet. Many of the Web sites mentioned as examples in the book can be studied off-line using the accompanying CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows. Michael Baumgardt is a designer and has worked since the beginning of the desktop publishing era with design on computer. He is the US correspondent for PAGE magazine and the author of several handbooks for designers. The following programs are shown in practical application: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemill, Macromedia Shockwave, BareBone BBEdit, Fetch, GiFBuilder, Bias Peak with Waves plug-ins, and Real Audio. Visit Michael Baumgardt's Web site for the book: http://www.mitomedia.com
Michael Baumgardt is a DTP pioneer and well known for his numerous books and articles in the magazine PAGE. In this book he sets new standards in web publishing: detailed step-by-step guides and numerous tips and tricks show how unusual design elements and astonishing effects for exciting web sites can be made quickly and efficiently using graphics and image processing programs. The accompanying CD-ROM offers selected examples of successful web site designs for off-line viewing.
* A rich mine of tips and tricks for all programs and platforms * Creative ideas and hands-on examples * Step-by-step guide to producing exciting web sites.
Michael Baumgardt
Animation Audio DTP Digital imaging Graphic design JavaScript Layout Multmedia Screen design graphics multimedia navigation www