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Inserting Images 9
Summary
In this chapter, you learned how to include both foreground and background images in Dreamweaver.
Understanding how images are handled in HTML is an absolute necessity for the Web designer. As you??™re
inserting images into your Web pages, keep these key points in mind:
n Web pages are restricted to using specific graphic formats. Virtually all browsers support GIF and
JPEG files. PNG finally seems to be gaining acceptance, but it is not universally viewable without
additional plugins. Dreamweaver can preview all three image types.
n Images are inserted in the foreground in Dreamweaver through the Image button on the Insert bar
or from the Assets panel. After the graphic is inserted, almost all modifications can be handled
through the Property inspector.
n You can use HTML??™s background image function to lay a full-frame image or a tiled series of the
same image underneath your text and graphics. Tiled images can be employed to create columns
and other designs with small files.
n Simple graphic editing chores??”including cropping and resampling??”are available right from
Dreamweaver??™s Property inspector; for finer control, you??™ll need a graphics editor installed and
then you can use either the Optimize Image or Edit options.
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