Wouldn't it be great if you could have two of the world's
most accomplished Photoshop and Web design experts sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate the infinite possibilities of Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady?
How to Wow: Photoshop for the web is the next best thing. Two Photoshop and ImageReady powerhouses-Jan Kabili and Colin Smith-both renowned authors, graphic designers, and trainers, have developed an effective way to help you reach your full creative potential.
Jan and Colin guide you step by step through real-world projects, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You'll learn tips and techniques for creating everything from stylish navigation to eye-catching animation using Photoshop and its companion program, ImageReady. Whether it's speeding up your workflow or making a modular home page for a game site, you're given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow!
This book begins with the essentials of Web site navigation, teaching you skills for building, slicing, and optimizing navigation graphics. Then things really get moving with how-tos on creating scene-stealing animations. Next, you'll find out how to automate repetitive tasks and create conditional actions that can distinguish between graphic types. Finally, you'll learn how to build eye-popping home pages and sites designed to keep viewers coming back for more.
1. Navigation
2. Animation
3. Automation
4. Sites that wow!