Myth of graphics Dreamweaver + Photoshop exquisite web page design and production

Author: Fanren Studio
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Currently, there are many books on web design and development in the market, but those specifically on web graphic design are relatively scarce. Dreamweaver 8 and Photoshop CS2 are both highly powerful software with user-friendly interfaces and strong expandability, making them mainstream tools in the field of web design and development. For beginners and intermediate users, creating beautiful web pages is no longer a "far-fetched idea." Once you master the graphic design techniques of these two major tools, everything becomes simple.
Why Write This Book? Simply explaining one software cannot help readers grasp the essence of web graphic design; it is urgent to comprehensively apply multiple software for creativity and design. This book arranges examples based on the different functions of Dreamweaver 8 and Photoshop CS2 in web design, flexibly integrating explanations of multiple software. Web design and development cannot rely solely on explaining one software to help readers master the essence of web graphic design; it requires the comprehensive application of multiple software for creativity and design. While there are many books on web design and development, those specifically on web graphic design are scarce. This book utilizes the different functions of Dreamweaver 8 and Photoshop CS2 in web design to arrange examples, flexibly integrating explanations of multiple software.
Particularly, the last two comprehensive cases in the book analyze the entire process—from conceptual planning and material organization to completion—to help readers enhance their creative inspiration and practical experience. This book is a specialized guide for web graphic design, providing a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the specific methods and steps for creativity and design using Dreamweaver 8 and Photoshop CS2. The book is divided into 4 parts and 12 chapters. Based on the explanation of web color design and style creativity, it guides readers to fully master Photoshop web element design and Dreamweaver web layout beautification through vivid examples. The book covers many essential knowledge points for web beautification, such as color knowledge, style creativity, web planning, Logo, Banner, button, and navigation bar design, text and graphic processing, animation creation, CSS, and behaviors. In the end, it provides detailed explanations of two comprehensive cases—corporate websites and campus websites—to help readers fully grasp and apply the knowledge.
This book is highly valuable for web design and development personnel with a certain foundation in Photoshop and Dreamweaver, as well as website construction and development personnel. It can also serve as a reference book for university students and teachers in related fields, web design training course participants, personal website enthusiasts, and self-learners.