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Adobe Seminars: Web Page Design is a portable seminar on web page design taught by experienced professionals that documents Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop 4, Adobe Illustrator 7, and Adobe PageMill 2, as well as the latest HTML language protocols. This October 1997 Adobe Press book will bring all the essential information of a two-day seminar into a compact and reusable format, complete with CD and step-by-step techniques. Two noted Web seminar instructors, Lisa Lopuck and Sheryl Hampton of ElectraVision, have distilled their training sessions into over a hundred two-page techniques using popular Adobe applications to simulate how Web pages are actually created. The result is a reference book of clear, simple explanations and designs that are reusable page after Web page.
The techniques within this Acrobat™ PDF file are from the upcoming Adobe Press book Adobe Seminars: Web Page Design.
Adobe Seminars: Web Page Design Publication Date: Oct. 1, 1997 US $40 ISBN: 1-56830-426-9 4-color, 264 pages, includes ImageClub CD
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Trimming Graphics to the Smallest Possible Size
Web graphics always need to be made as small as possible in terms of file size. A few factors that contribute to making smaller files include: reducing the color palette, using flat color whenever possible, avoiding horizontal gradients, and finally, trimming your graphics to their smallest possible size. In this case, the image to be cut out has highly feathered edges. These types of graphics are difficult to cut out by eye-balling it alone. Often times, you will end up cropping too closely and you will see a hard edge once the image is on the Web (as shown).
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: If the image is in multiple layers, merge them together. Use