Train  39 

Tip: Include an HTML overview 

 Although current site-building programs can be used to lay out sites with a fair degree of 

precision, sometimes manual code-tweaking is required to achieve a desired look or 

effect. Make sure that training includes an overview of HTML.  

 This overview should impart a basic understanding of how HTML works, and show how 

to make changes to the code of a page. Even if it only teaches Web team members how to 

delete a basic 

 tag, training in HTML will be helpful to them in their day-to-day work. 

Web Graphics Programs 

 The Basics 

  Creating Graphics 

GIFs vs. JPGs 

Employ Text tool 

Create GIFs 

Drawing and painting (zoom, 

Create JPGs 

paint, pencil) 

Resize graphics 

Cut, erase, replace (pen tool, 

Crop graphics 

eraser, magic wand, select color) 

Employ layers 

Formatting graphics   

Retouch (clone tool, blur edge, 

Reduce the color palette of 

sharpen filter) 

GIFs 

Balance image quality and 

file size 

Make GIF backgrounds 

transparent 

Convert print graphics to 

Web format 

Create thumbnails 

Lighten/darken 

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