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Graphics and Images

Macromedia Fireworks software provides image creation that look great and load quickly. To learn more about Fireworks features, see Fireworks feature presentation.

Fireworks images can be integrated into Dreamweaver easily. Fireworks tutorials from Macromedia Support offer new or experienced web designers tips for creating images.

How do you get your photographs to jump out and grab the viewers attention? One very important way is by arranging the object and tones or colors in your photo so that they make a pleasing and balanced compostion.

The best way of doing this is by following the Rule Of Thirds.

The Rule Of Thirds: Visualize two vertical lines dividing your viewfinder into thirds. Now visualize the same thing with two horizontal lines. Your viewfinder would now look like a tic-tac-toe grid (or naughts and crosses if you're British).

If you have trouble visualizing this, get a magazine and draw the lines on one of the pictures that you like. Then look for the different applications of the Rule Of Thirds.

For the simplest practice of the Rule Of Thirds, just position your subject at one of the intersections of the lines, or partway between one of the intersections and the center. This will usually give a more pleasing compostion than having the subject exactly in the center of the photo.

Here is a photo that illustrates this application of the Rule Of Thirds. Note how techniques to off-center works with the Rule Of Thirds.

Here is another photo example with a flower groupings arranged by the Rule Of Thirds. The flower in the lower right is located at one of the intersections, and the two flowers at the top left are located on opposite sides of the leftmost vertical Rule Of Third line.

It is especially important that the skyline be on or near one of these lines in landscape photos! Pictures with the skyline centered seldom look good. Here is a photo that uses the Rule Of Thirds for skyline placement.

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Flowchart Symbols

Author Jesse James Garrett provides online resources to enhance his books including visual elements information with flowchart templates.

 

Graphics Resources

ClipArt.Com Free clip art by categories. Links to other clip art sites also provided.

Free Graphics 30,000 free graphics available at this site. Directions for downloading in various browsers offered.

School icon Club Great school graphics. While using the graphics is free, the site owner wants to know that you are using them.

Sherry's Web Graphics Free graphics from Sherry who creates websites.

Roxanne's Graphics Free graphics and tutorials from Roxanne.

Free Photos Fantastic photos when properly citing them as instructed on the site's home page.

Drivers and Software Resource Link

Graphics Drivers Key graphics in the search box to obtain several graphic drivers and free software for graphics.

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