Graphics for a Home Page

If you want to include graphics in your home page, follow these steps:

1. Open Photoshop or similar application. If you are not familiar with Photoshop, try to find "Classroom in a Book", the self taught instructional guide with a companion CD-ROM. You can also visit the Learning Photoshop on the Web site.

2. After creating your new graphic, get it ready for the Web. Open Image Size from Image menu. Graphic size: 5-6 inches wide and 2.5-3.5 high. Select Resolution: 72. File size: try to have it no larger than 35K.

3. You have to have the right color settings so that your page look good on the Web. Select Indexed Color from the Mode menu. Choose 8 bits for the Resolution, Adaptive for the Palette, and None or Diffusion for the Dither.

4. Open the Layers Window by selecing Palettes from the Window menu, and select Show Layers from Palettes. Flatten layers (click the red-marked triangle and select Flatten Image).

5. Save file type as GIF (e.g., WebGraphic.gif) or JPEG (e.g., WebGraphic .jpg). Don't forget to name your file with the gif extension (e.g.,WebGraphic.gif).