A central reason for the exploding popularity of the WWW is the development of browsers that allow graphics to be included in documents as well as text. When it comes to catching the attention of someone who is "surfing the Web", a picture can be worth far more than a thousand words. If you are interested in creating Web pages that will contain graphics, there are several aspects of dealing with images that you need to be aware of.

Image Formats

Technical Issues

Creating Images

Changing Format

Transparent Backgrounds

Background Tiling

Animated GIFs

Image Resources

Homepage Exercise

References for Image Files