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Before using any images from other websites, be sure to take some factors into
consideration. Are the images copyrighted? If so, you may not be able to use them.
Try to use images that you feel are widely used, already, across the Internet. If you
do use images from other sites, it is generally proper "netiquette" to include a small
credit and link back to the site where the image (or images) were obtained.
After you have collected your images, be sure to place them somewhere close to
your web page documents. This is generally in one of two places:
1. The exact same directory (folder) where your web page documents are stored
2. A folder within that directory entitled "images" that you will save ALL images to
for your site
This is necessary to keep your files organized.
Inserting an Image
Place the cursor where you would like to insert an image (it can even be inside a
table's cell). Go to the "Insert" menu at the top of the screen, and click "Image.”
You can also select "Insert Image" in the “Common” tab on the “Insert” panel on the
top of the screen.
The "Select Image Source" box should then appear. Browse to where your images
are saved, and select the file you wish to import into the web page.
On the far right, you will be able to see an Image Preview of the image you selected.
This is useful if you do not quite remember the exact filename you have given to
images. Below the image preview, it will list the dimension (in pixels) of the image,
the file size, and approximately how long it will take to load on a standard dial-up
Internet connection. Click “OK” to insert the image into a page.
Dreamweaver MX 2004 supports three formats of images.
GIF (*.gif") is the format standardized by CompuServe years ago. It's geared
towards images that do not need to be viewed with a large amount of colors. The
standard GIF file will be of 256 colors or less. This is perfect for the Internet, and
more specifically, images that will appear directly on a web page.
JPG or JPEG (*.jpg, *.jpeg) is the format created by the Joint Photographic
Experts Group. It is geared towards images of a "real world" or "natural" sense, such
as photographs. It generally is of thousands of colors or grayscale. JPEG can hold up
to 16 million colors. High quality, larger images stored in a website's "Image Gallery"
may be saved as JPEGs.
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