Imaging for the Web - look good
How to look good
(demo with Photoshop)
- Transparent GIF (buzzword: GIF 87 vs 89a)
![](images/audioplugin.gif)
![](images/audioplugin-bt.gif)
- What color is 'safe'? (buzzword: 216 color, adatptive palette)
- less "bands", "dotted" look (buzzword: dithering)
![](images/ylscenic.jpg)
![](images/ylscenic-b.gif)
![](images/ylscenic-d.gif)
- smooth (buzzword: anti-aliasing)
- "toothpaste" letters & buttons (buzzword: feather, bevel, drop shadow )