- Paperback: 552 pages
- Publisher: New Riders; 4 edition (31 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735710791
- ISBN-13: 978-0735710795
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,033,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The most influential web design book ever written, completely updated to cover motion graphics, broadband interactive design, and more. Since it was first published in 1995, designing web graphics has been the seminal resource for web designers to learn the basics and then the nuances of solid design for the web. Lynda Weinman has been updating the book to reflect changes in the technologies affecting web design, but dwg.4 has been largely rewritten from the ground up. Included is coverage of motion graphics made possible by the Flash phenomenon, broadband-enabled graphics issues, usability, and more. Lynda is rewriting the book so that all coverage of specific tools is focused on the essential functionality of these programs (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.) and not on version-specific attributes of the software, making the book relevant longer for more users.
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Lynda Weinman has been teaching computer graphics since 1984. She has worked as a faculty member at Art Center College of Design, UCLA, American Film Institute (AFI), and San Francisco State Multimedia Studies Program. Lynda has written magazine articles for MacWorld, MacUser, MacWeek, Step-by-Step Graphics, and How magazines. She has been a speaker at many industry events, including MacWorld, Seybold, Photoshop World, Thunder Lizard Web and Photoshop conferences, DV Expo, LA DV Show, SIGGRAPH, and Comdex. She has worked as a consultant for Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, and many other corporations.
Lynda formed lynda.com, inc. in 1997 with her husband and illustrator Bruce Heavin. Lynda.com creates training materials for creative professionals in the form of books, CD-ROMs, online tutorials, classes, and events. Lynda.com is the co-founder of FlashForward, a conference for Macromedia Flash developers. Other events, such as After Effects West and the Traveling Road Show, have been produced exclusively by lynda.com. To learn more, check out http://www.lynda.com!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been writing webpages since 1996, initially working with HTML code and more recently with Frontpage and Dreamweaver as well. Throughout this time I have never seen a book that covers the subjects of writing an effective multi-platform website as well as this. This book doesn't try to introduce you to every single HTML,CSS etc tag that exists, although it is very comprehensive, instead it shows you how to use all of the important ones effectively to produce sites that are readable, attractive, multi-platform and effective. The feature that sets DWG4 apart from other books is its very capable coverage of the aesthetics of web design such as choosing colour schemes and how elements such as text are represented differently on the various computer platforms. If you have never touched web design before, this book might not be the best one to start with, but if you plan to be doing any significant webpage design in future this book is an absolute must.
Format:Paperback
This is a supremely useful book, not necessarily in ground breaking ideas as I found that the bulk of the information in the book I either already had a good working knowledge about or had at least skirted on and much of it is common sense. But it does bring together all the basic concepts of designing web content into one place, so you don't have to root around all over your bookshelf anymore.
It gives a great overview of all aspects without getting dogged down by minutae. A nice book.
Having said that a book about design and legibility should have easier to read headings - here uppercase letters can mix with lowercase letters (DETERMInIng TILEd PaTTERn SIZES on pages 257 ...trainspotter mode here), plus the letter "a" looks horrifically like a q (and on ocassion an "o" which a friend who was reading my copy complained about). Ok I know it's "stylised" but for a book all about good design is a bit of a uh-oh point.....Aw maybe I'm griping too much!
But that aside it's well worth grabbing as an introduction to good effective content....in fact I'd say an essential guide even!
It gives a great overview of all aspects without getting dogged down by minutae. A nice book.
Having said that a book about design and legibility should have easier to read headings - here uppercase letters can mix with lowercase letters (DETERMInIng TILEd PaTTERn SIZES on pages 257 ...trainspotter mode here), plus the letter "a" looks horrifically like a q (and on ocassion an "o" which a friend who was reading my copy complained about). Ok I know it's "stylised" but for a book all about good design is a bit of a uh-oh point.....Aw maybe I'm griping too much!
But that aside it's well worth grabbing as an introduction to good effective content....in fact I'd say an essential guide even!
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Outdated, sparse, poor
25 May 2004
Format:Paperback
I'm quite amazed by the positive reviews, because this is one of the worst web related books I've ever seen. The techniques presented in this book are often outdated and I could not believe my eyes when I saw the book has been published in 2002. Tricks like using the <pre> tag to increase leading apparently did not die in the 90's.
Even worse, it's plagued with errors --- I found about six huge errors (not typos!) on four pages.
Hands off this one.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Give me a break
29 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
The author of this book is so arrogant that I found it difficult to follow the true content in this book. Speaking of content, less than 5 of the 30 chapters in this book even mention web graphics in passing (the title of this book is "designing web graphics"). There are numerous errors in the information being provided, not only typos, but flat out false and/or outdated information. Instead of providing useful content, this author has created an outline of additional resources to buy, such as her other books and subscription to her online resource library, her brother's books and services, her husband's books, and any other book put out by the same publishing company. This author states repeatedly that she has no knowledge of scripting, yet dedicates half of this book to her advice on how to code (consisting of I don't know how) and how to get someone to code for you. She first says that tables should be used only for data, not design, then later explains how to design pages with tables. The double talk in this book will make your head spin. Chapters start out with an introduction to the material, then the material is presented in an abbreviated format (similar to an introduction), then comes a brief recap, and finally a summary... giving you four chances to retain what little information there is to find in the chapters. If this book weren't required reading for school, I would promptly return it for a refund.
26 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Barely Adequate
6 Feb 2003
Format:Paperback
If I didn't damage my book upon receipt, I would have returned it. I'm an intranet developer with very little graphics experience. I purchased this book because of Linda's status in the graphic design world and assumed it would help me add some "umph" to my web designs. Unfortunately, this book didn't expound enough on any one subject to make it worth my effort. The book is good for basic information and can be used for a reference on some design basics. However, it did not provide substantial knowledge for developers with more than 6 months experience. I give it three stars for it being a useful beginner book. I would give it 2 stars if you have any experience at all in web design. Linda Weinman just didn't live up to her billing in my opinion. I'm sure she has the experience and ability. I just wish she would have given us more of that in this book.
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