Chapter 7. Getting Graphic

In This Chapter

  • Getting free graphics

  • Optimizing graphics files

  • Creating free logos

  • Editing images

  • Designing with images

You can have a perfectly functional Web site without images. But if you compare your site with one that’s just as functional but also uses graphics, you’ll lose. Most people will go to the other site and leave yours gathering electronic dust.

In this chapter, I take you on a whirlwind tour of places where you can download images by the bushel, I suggest methods for modifying images in fabulous ways, and I share lots of other tips that improve your site’s appearance.

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