S. military commanders. Before
long, however, the Web became as visually appealing as any mass
medium. Dreamweaver??™s power becomes even more apparent as you use its
visual layout tools to incorporate background and foreground images in your
Web page designs.
This chapter opens with an overview of the key Web-oriented graphics formats,
including PNG. This chapter also covers techniques for incorporating both background
and foreground images??”and modifying them using the methods available
in Dreamweaver. You also learn about animation graphics and how you can
use them in your Web pages, plus techniques for creating rollover buttons and
navigation bars.
Web Graphic Formats
If you??™ve worked in the computer graphics field, you know that virtually every
platform??”as well as every paint and graphics program??”has its own proprietary
file format for images. One of the critical factors driving the Web??™s rapid,
expansive growth is the use of cross-platform graphics. Regardless of the system
you use to create your images, these versatile files ensure that the graphics can be
viewed by all platforms.
The trade-off for universal acceptance of image files is a restricted field: just two
primary file formats, with a third just now coming into view.
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