To start, please answer this question: What is the most visited website in the world? Think about it for a second. Here is a clue, the site’s mission statement is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. You have probably guessed it by now.
If your answer is GOOGLE, you are right.
On March 23, 2016, Alexa.com, a renowned website for ranking web page popularity, ranks this website number one in the entire world.
Why do you think Google ranks number one despite the countless search engines and websites in the internet?
Creating a web page is like creating a work of art. There are certain things that you need to consider in order to get your message across. There are many sources of photos and graphics. They can come direct from your camera, old pictures, free from the Internet or purchased from the internet or stores.
Sources of Photos and Graphics
1. Personal and Professional Photo - are photos taken by amateur or professional using a digital camera.
2. Scanned Images - are those that you transfer from printed photos and graphics using scanning devices.
3. Stock Photo Library - are several photographs and created images that are available for sale.
4. Online Stock Photos - are found in the World Wide Web.
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Digital file formats are classified into three major groups:
1. Uncompressed or raw format - is usually used for storing original file format, it is a flexible but needs bigger memory to store.
2. Lossless File Format - is a file format that was compressed to replicate the original quality but at a reduced file size.
3. Lossy File Format - is a file format that was compressed as an approximation of the original file but is good enough.
IMAGE FILE FORMATS
Are means of storing and organizing digital images, photos and illustrations. Image file formats may be classified into two types; Raster Image Files and Vector Image Files.
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Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout
Layout is the process of planning and arranging graphics or text in a page or book. A good layout should have a balanced make up and alignment of elements. Remember that simplicity is the key to a good layout.
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Principles and Basic Techniques of Image Manipulation
There are various ways to manipulate images like resizing, cropping, adjusting color background, balance, brightness and contrast, combining photos, combining text and photos, and add effects. You have to have a good and clear image to be used in your webpage, blog or presentation, but with the use of a photo editing tool, you can improve and edit the pictures to be able to use them the way you want to be able to send your message to your viewers.
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Combining Text, Graphics, and Images
Combining text, graphics, and images in your presentation, infographics or web page will make your message clearer.
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Basic Image Manipulation Using Offline or Open-Source Software
Photo editing and designing tools allow you to manipulate or edit images, apply effects, filters, add frames, crop, add text, change background color, make photo collage, and photo album that you would like to do in an image. There are various offline or open-source you can use for image editing.
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