Creating Great Web Graphics

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Summary: A Great Introduction to Web Graphics
Review: I found this book to be well organized and highly informative - a great introduction to writing Graphicsfor the Web. I particularly enjoyed the step by step instructions (cookbook style) for creating effects. I'd like to see Laurie follow this one up with an advanced book as well!

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Summary: Excellent for beginner Nice reference for experienced also
Review: Laurie's book is tailored for people who are new to creating web graphics. As such, her book is friendly, inspiring, and very well thought out, and exceptionally easy to learn from.
I've had this book for many years now, and constantly refer back to it when I can't recall exactly how to create a seamless tile so that it looks just right. :) 5 Stars and Kudos to Laurie for a job well done for those of us who are graphically challenged.

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Summary: An excellent Corel PhotoPaint web techniques tutorial
Review: This book not only covers Photoshop, but it also covers Paintshop. The first thing which made me buy McCanna's book was her web page... which is excellent. McCanna is easy to follow as he gives step by step instructions, and there are recipies for great graphics at the end of each chapter! For those new to Photoshop, or somewhat familiar with it, this book is excellent. For those in need of ideas or just wanting to know how to make good looking, professional web graphics easily, this book is also for you! The book also covers important web lessons like graphic size, anti-aliasing, .JPG and .GIF (when to use which), dithering, and many other things... and EVERYTHING in the book is in color! Great book.

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Summary: One of the best Web graphics books in print
Review: With McCanna's 1996 book, I was able to create a drop shadow and many other effects before they were macros on later versions of Corel Photo Paint. This is an excellent book for learning the princibles of setting a color transparent and creating tiled background images. Despite the limitations imposed by print matter when teaching Web graphics, this book overcomes that with its completeness and friendly, conversational writing style. A winner!