There is a reason they say that a "picture is worth a thousand words," and in Web design, the graphics, images and photographs you use can make or break your design. I have seen many good Web designs go up in smoke because the graphic was poorly chosen. In one situation it wasn't the image that was the problem, but the alt text. But usually it's the image that makes the Web page work or not. If you have nice graphical elements on your page, it will make everything seem nicer.

Poll: Where do you get the images for your Web site?

Creating Images and Graphics for the Web
• Taking Great Pictures for Web Sites
• Choosing a Graphics Editor
• When to Use JPEG or GIF Format for Your Web Images and PNG Too
• How to Protect Your Digital Photos from Being Copied
• Tips for Putting Images on Web Pages
• When Not to Use Graphics

Adding and Uploading Your Images to Your Web Pages
• How to Add an Image to a Web Page with HTML
• How to Add a Graphic with Dreamweaver
• How to Add a Graphic with FrontPage
• How to Add a Graphic with GoLive
• Uploading Images

Types of Web Graphics
• JPEGs
• GIFs
• PNGs

Making Web Graphics Small
• Web Images Should be Small
• Optimizing GIF Images
• Optimizing JPEG Images
• Dithering to Reduce Banding Increases GIF File Sizes

Anti-aliasing Graphics
• All Web Graphics are Square
• Basics of Anti-aliasing

Image Maps
• How to Create an Image Map
• Create an Image Map with Dreamweaver MX
• How to Create an Image Map With Microsoft FrontPage
• Image Map Editors

Finding Graphics for Your Site
• Free Graphics