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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.

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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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 reason it's a bad idea? Are there any creative or…
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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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What are sources of free/cheap stock photos?

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 "free/cheap". I need an easy to use source of photos,…
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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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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 premade themes exist that I just start using? I don't…
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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?

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 to remove that white border from all the images.…
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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 are the steps to hire a graphic designer? What…
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Designers using 2400px monitor, coders using 1920px monitor, final sites not matching what designers invisioned

Is there any issue with a graphic designer using a 2400px monitor and then a web developer coding their web design on a 1920px monitor, and it looking the same? Say the artboard of the graphics file is 1920px wide. The problem I'm having is a…
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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 gfx.color_management.mode is set to 2 (tagged images only) rather than 0…
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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 where it was mentioned as a good choice, and…
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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 design, and am mostly self taught, what would you…
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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 of this icon: (Also, can you tell me how I can…
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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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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 need to go into Fireworks and tediously create the…
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Do search engines index and rank text content in external SVG files (not inline)

I am under the impression that Google and other search engines understand the text content within SVG, however... I unable to find a source that indicates that Google rewards the content found in SVG when using embed and not inline, e.g and…
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