Graphics & Web Page Design (Laura Lemay's Web Workshop Series)

The Laura Lemay's Web Workshop series is a task-oriented reference to designing stunning Web pages. Your unique pages will be hit time and time again when you learn to design buttons that work effectively, involve the user with multimedia, master the tools of graphic design, and more. This full-color guide begins with a detailed introduction to Web design and then discusses how to spice up your page with dynamic graphics. You'll learn the ins and outs of popular applications including Photoshop, CorelDRAW!, and Illustrator. Get on the fast track to world-class Web page designs with Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Graphics and Web Page Design! With the number of Web pages increasing daily, only the highest quality pages will stand out and get noticed--yet too much multimedia flash can cause the site to be sluggish, driving away visitors. Written by professionals with years of Web design experience, this book will guide the reader toward creating interesting and provocative Web sites. As the Web continues to grow and the number of Web pages increase, a well-designed Web page is essential to stand out from the crowd. Many people who design Web pages are not designers by trade and so this text covers the most common design tricks and techniques, with advice on performance issues.