Graphics are visual presentations. There are many types of graphics e.g. photographs, drawings, Line Art, graphs, chart. Computer graphics primarily consist of bitmap and vector graphics.
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Favicon, icon, shortcut icon, apple-touch-icon: Are there any others?
I know of 2 basic kinds of default web icons for websites:
Favicon: place an .ico formatted file at the root of your site named favicon.ico and most desktop browsers will find it and display it in ...
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Is an animated favicon.ico a bad idea? Are there cool uses of animated favicon.ico out there?
Whenever I generate a favicon.ico using html-kit.com, it gives me the option to get an animated version. I've never used an animated favicon, but other than it being "visually noisy" is there any ...
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What are sources of free/cheap stock photos? (Additional requirements, read description.)
Need photos for a website and the client has zero cash, What are sources of free stock photos? And how do I understand what the terms and conditions mean?
UPDATE: Changed the title from "free" to ...
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As a non-designer what are some good sites/books/tutorials for learning web design?
My graphics skills are seriously lacking. I can see when something looks nice and when it doesn't but have a hard time coming up with anything myself given a blank slate. What should I do?
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Are there any pre-fab CSS Sprites and styles I can apply to my page?
I'm more of a computer programmer than a designer and I need some sample CSS images that includes images for:
TabControl
Close Button for TabControl
Folder Open/Close
Buttons
etc...
Does any ...
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How Wide-Spread is Browser Support of .PNG Graphics
We are deploying a web application and I am considering replacing some of the JPEG graphics with PNG.
Has the use of PNG-aware browsers passed 95%?
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I have a lot of images for my website. However, they all need to be cropped. Is there a way using graphics magick? [closed]
I have about 4000 images that need to be cropped. The task is rather simple really. They all have a white border that varies but is always between say 20 and 50 pixels. I want to use graphics magick ...
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English expression for “charte graphique”
What is the equivalent english expression for "charte graphique" which is a document that defines the combinations of colours, dimensions and layout for a website?
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Anti aliasing problem
I am auditioning fonts on google web fonts and one that I was discounting was Ubuntu because it looked a bit jagged ( screenshot below taken straight from google); however afterward I read an article ...
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How can I easily create web 2.0 buttons?
Is there a website or software I can use to easily make web 2.0 buttons? I really like this: https://github.com/imathis/fancy-buttons, but it's only for Ruby.
Every time I design a new website, I ...
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How to hire graphic designer?
I am developing the backend for a website. I always had the trouble of making an attractive design for my websites and have never hired any graphic designer yet. I have no logo nor web template.
What ...
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Why is Firefox changing the color calibration of this image?
The symptom of my problem is that the same hex color in a PNG image does not match the CSS-defined color defined by the same hex code.
This problem only happens in Firefox when ...
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How to tune up colors in web page
Could you advise me some techniques and tools that you use to tune up colors in a web site?
The website has background and there are some images with logos. If I change the background I need to change ...
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How do I make a sprite full of different images (hover, non-hover, etc)?
I understand there are tools on the net to make a sprite, but I'd like to learn how to create icons for the different states of the icon. Is there an easy way to make all these different variations ...
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Where can I find graphic artists who can draw clean Windows 7/Mac style icons?
Not sure if this should be a community wiki, but I'd like to find some graphic artists who can create beautiful Windows 7 icons (for use on the web)... somewhat similar in style to the image below.
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How should I layout my page if I only have a toolbar, but Menu? (as it typically is)
I'm building a web application that revolves mostly around a grid, a treeview, and a toolbar. There is also an autocomplete section at the top of the site.
Since I have never been trained in website ...
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Where can I find graphics to use in printable worksheets I create and make available for download? [closed]
I'm looking to put up a website with worksheets that I make and they will need to have graphics in them. The worksheets will be available for download for free. Where can I find images that I can ...
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Graphic ideas: crumbled paper effect
I'm thinking about ways to create the effect of crumbled paper for my website. The background color can vary, so the idea I came up with is to super impose the 'crumble' effect onto any colored ...
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Is there any CC licensed illustrations web resource like flickr?
I maintain a blog about preschool children. I usually get good, open source licensed (creative commons) photos from flickr. Flickr is very rich in terms of quality photos. But the problem is that ...
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tool for custom web based reporting from your db?
I am looking for online reporting tool that I can design my own reports .
reports should be totally custom and based on my own schema so I would like to define queries and see them on a dashboard or ...
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an Open Source graphic software like fireworks [closed]
Hi All and happy new year
i'm wondering if there's any open source and free software to create designs, the way fireworks does, by allowing creation of slices (decoupes, HTML and images)
thank you ...
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Where can i get high quality vector graphics for web design?
I am looking for a place i can buy web 2.0 (cartooney mac-like) vector graphics for use on my sites..
Wheres the best place to go?
Thanks
Daniel
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The Best Title for my Skill Set [closed]
I'm about to branch off into the freelance world. I'm starting an LLC and I'd like some input on what I should title myself as the owner. For example "creative specialist" or "creative technician" or ...
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What's the best way to serve simple flowcharts
The websites in the government sector often provide Word files containing flowcharts. They are simple flowcharts with at most ten nodes in size, showing common workflows to people. There are several ...
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looking for cotton paper texture
I would like to find a nice white cotton paper texture, which is very common in printwork, but seems really difficult to find online. this will be for commercial work.
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Suggestions for cross platform graphics technologies which support older browsers
I need to present a lot of information to my users pulled from a MySql.
I am looking for various options to display the data with cool graphics.
Are there any ways to make use of SVG, for ...
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Where can I ask for a specific flash animation (free\paypal payment)?
Is there any site I can write a request for a specific flash animation that I desire?
What is the recommended user-friendly software to create flash that a newbie like me can use?
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Free vector graphics package for Windows OR Linux
What is the most popular and/or feature complete vector graphics package for Windows and/or Ubuntu Linux? I keep finding 'Vector Art' sites but nothing about the software used to create it. Adobe must ...
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Site Template Images - Borders, Lines, Curves [closed]
Most of the sites posted here and elsewhere mentioning sites with free full-sized backgrounds. I was curious if there is a site that has free graphics for creating a template, with images like corner ...
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Good quality icon libraries
I am looking for some well designed icon libraries either for purchase or for free. Any suggestions? I need vector images of various things, like rain cloud, hitchhiking thumb, briefcase, and more. ...
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search the web for a more complete set of place icon [closed]
I have been search the web for a more complete set of place icon (icon that we see on the highway, such as dinning, beach, library, attraction...).
Does any one know a good icon set?
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zooming causing problem with panning [closed]
Heres a fiddle for example: http://jsfiddle.net/f5rSw/ After the zoom, if I pan the paper, the zoom doesn't stay. Even more, It some times give my viewbox's X and Y NAN values, why?
what am I missing ...
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What could be done to improve the presentation? [closed]
Being more of a developper I'm not always sure what is suitable in terms of design. Rather than going into details I have provided the links below (will be removed once there are answers) as an ...
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web designers icon avatars?
Anybody know how these are made. I see them a lot, mostly web designers have them. Are they hand made in psd or illustrator or is there a web service that converts real photos?
