Characteristics of Web graphics

The parameters that influence the display of Web graphics are the user's display monitor and bandwidth capacity. A good segment of the Web audience accesses the Internet via modem, and many view Web pages on monitors that display only 256 colors. This reality imposes limits on the size of files and number of colors that can be included in Web graphics.

Section contents

Color displays
"Browser-safe" colors
Dithering
Screen resolution
Gamma
Graphics and network bandwidth

GRAPHICS
Characteristics
• Color displays
• "Browser-safe" colors
• Dithering
• Screen resolution
• Gamma
• Graphics & bandwidth
Graphic file formats
• GIF files
• JPEG graphics
• PNG graphics
• Imaging strategies
• Summary: File formats
Images on the screen
• Screen versus print
• Complex illustrations
• Diagrams
HTML & graphics
Accessibility
References

MULTIMEDIA

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