CIS 58.53B - Advanced Web Graphics

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Photos/Logos

Photo effects

http://www.retouchxp.com/personal-photo-collages.htm A Web site which sells collages. View the exnmples as a source of inspiration
http://www.bonniecarberry.com/bluecheese/
Rounded corners on photos set off by black frames
http://www.hhmi.org/alaska/
Uses photos doutoned for an attractive and simple opening screen. The pale blue monotone is very soothing to the eye and conveys the tone of Alaska. Rollover for color photos. http://www.retouchxp.com/personal-photo-collages.htm

Collage Links

http://www.arkarts.com/collection/drawing_collection/default.asp
Simple, but effective collage of small photos
http://www.fidm.com/
Circular photos and unusual shapes create an interesting design
http://www.gmund.com/gmund_neu/start.php
Collage as lined-up photos
http://classic.motown.com/
Large collage, mixing far away with medium shots. Duotone contrasts to represent 2 areas. Note background images to anchor collage.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?m=3
Site with cool science orientated collages, this one is the brain. Check out the remote rollovers.
http://www.falcontourscr.com/
Interesting collage gets a lot of mileage out of one photo
http://www.hankthree.com/
Collaging photo with title treatment
http://www.nickfinck.com/
When you have beautiful photos, let them speak for themself
http://www.digital-web.com/portland/
Using close-up of objects such as the roses to liven up a collage. If only they were in focus
http://www.nyc2012.com/game.index.html
Photo collages on second level pages with 2 photos each, different duotone colors one each page

Logo Links

Examples of various types of logos

Student Examples

Tutorials and Articles

Images & Color

Morgue File - great sources for stock images - http://www.morguefile.com/
stock.xchng - a source for royalty free images - http://www.sxc.hu/
freefoto.com - another image source - http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Harnassing the Power of PNG - http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/25593.html
A resource for combining colors - http://design.geckotribe.com/colorwheel/
color Schemer - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html
Combining Colors - http://www.webwhirlers.com/colors/combining.asp
Color Wizard - http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp
Enter a color and get an automatic return of that color's complementary color, split complementary colors, analogous colors, chromatic variations, shade and tint variation and saturation variation.
Color Combos - http://www.colorcombos.com/
This site was built to help web developers quickly select and test color combinations.
A Starting Place for your Color Scheme - in the article the term "brand" refers to a logo.
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/color/nondesigners/chap2/2/

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