Essential GIMP for Web Professionals (The Prentice Hall Essential Web Professionals Series) - Softcover

Hammel, Michael J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130191140 ISBN 13: 9780130191144

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

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Create great Web graphics with The GIMP 1.2 ― today!

Learn from real-world examples and a live Web site

Every key technique ― quick, clear, and handy!

Logos, textures, image maps, animations, effects, scripting, and more

This concise, example-rich guide shows Web professionals exactly how to create high-quality graphics with the GIMP, the free open source alternative to Photoshop(r). It delivers no-nonsense, practical coverage based on real-world projects you can see and download from a live Web site! Master layers, selections and masks, text, color management, drawing, painting, image maps, animation, working from scans, using effects and rendering filters ― even scripting!

Use The GIMP to create all these Web graphics, and more!

• Logos
• Text elements
• Background textures
• Buttons and other navigation tools
• Image galleries
• Drawings, paintings, and more

Look to Essential Books for ALL the Web Skills You Need!All these books share the same great format, and the same dynamic Web site... so once you've used one, learning from the others is a piece of cake!

• Essential CSS and DHTML for Web Programmers
• Essential GIMP for Web Professionals
• Essential Flash 5 for Web Professionals
• Essential PERL for Web Programmers
• Essential Photoshop for Web Designers
• Essential JavaScript for Web Programmers
• Essential PHP for Web Professionals
• Essential Design for Web Professionals
• Essential ASP for Web Professionals
• With more to come, including Cold Fusion 4.5, JSP, and WAP

Synopsis:

This concise, practical, example-rich guide teaches Web designers and other graphics professionals exactly what they need to know to achieve high-quality results with The Gimp, the free open source alternative to Photoshop that is included with virtually every Linux distribution. Endorsed by the World Organization of Webmasters, Essential Gimp for Web Professionals offers no-nonsense, practical coverage designed around real-world examples you can see working on a live sample site. Michael Hammel starts with an overview of how The Gimp can be used for Web graphics. Next, using simple, practical examples, he presents each key feature and capability of the Gimp, including layers, selections and masks, text and font techniques, color management, drawing and painting, image maps, animation, working from scans, using effects and rendering filters, and even scripting. The book contains four start-to-finish Web site design projects: logos, background textures, buttons and navigation, and image galleries. It also comes with a free web site that includes downloadable image samples and other valuable resources.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130191140
• ISBN 13: 9780130191144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384