www.photoshop.imageready

Beginning users and experienced Photoshop professionals alike will find that the practical guidance and complete exercises are a more efficient and effective way to learn Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3 or just to get up to speed on the new features in these newest versions. The tips, notes, and sidebars are filled with expert advice and supplemental information and together with the chapter material provide you with an invaluable resource that they can return to time and again.

Not only will you learn the ins and outs of using the tools and interface of Photoshop and ImageReady but will also understand the artistic and creative reasons behind when and why to use those tools and features.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• I Jumping In
• 1 About Photoshop 6 and ImageReady
• 2 Preparing Photoshop and ImageReady for Web Work
• 3 Photoshop and ImageReady Basics
• 4 Laying Out Web Pages
• II Web Essentials
• 5 Web Color
• 6 Saving Files for the Web
• 7 Optimizing Graphics
• III Web Graphics
• 8 Type on the Web
• 9 Graphic Effects
• 10 Backgrounds
• IV Web Elements
• 11 Slices
• 12 Rollovers
• 13 Image Maps
• 14 Animated GIFs
• 15 Transparency
• V The Bigger Picture
• 16 Styles
• 17 Automation
• 18 Making a Web Page
• A :Web Resources