About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Understanding Web Graphic Requirements -- Working with Web-Safe File Formats -- Using Color on the Web -- Working Toward the Web in Photoshop -- Moving On -- The Photoshop Interface -- An Overview -- Working with the Menus and Options Bar -- Working with the Toolbox -- Working with the Palettes -- Customizing the Photoshop Interface -- Moving On -- Creating Original Artwork for the Web -- Starting a New Image -- Using Photoshop's Creative Tools -- Working with Layer Effects -- Saving Your Artwork -- Moving On -- Retouching Images for Use on the Web -- Scanning Images in Photoshop -- Opening and Editing Illustrator Images -- Importing Vector Graphics -- Working with Masks and Selections -- Editing Photographic Content -- Controlling the Image with the Layers Palette -- Using Actions -- Moving On -- Matching Print Colors and Style to Web Pages -- Working with the Web Palette -- Building Web Content to Match Printed Materials -- Moving On -- Designing Graphic Text for the Web -- Why Create Graphic Text? -- Creating a Text Object -- Working with Type Formatting Tools -- Using Text as a Mask -- Applying Effects to the Type Layer -- Saving Graphic Text for the Web -- Moving On -- Creating Web Navigation Tools -- Building Buttons from Shapes and Lines -- Typing and Formatting Button Text -- Creating Button Versions for Rollovers -- Creating a Navigation Bar -- Moving On -- Creating Backgrounds and Tracing Images -- Why Use a Background Image? -- Working with Tracing Images -- Moving On -- Building Page Prototypes with Photoshop -- Using Photoshop as a Page Layout Tool -- Posting Your Design Online -- Moving On -- Touring the ImageReady Interface -- What ImageReady Does -- Understanding the Role of Animated Effects in Web Design -- Working with the ImageReady Tools -- Moving On.

Working with Animations and Rollovers -- Creating Animations -- Creating a Rollover -- Moving On -- Slicing Images for Dynamic Effects -- Why Slice an Image? -- Working with the Slice Tools -- Saving Sliced Images -- Using Image Slices in a Table -- Moving On -- Sending Photoshop Images to LiveMotion -- What Does LiveMotion Do? -- Creating a LiveMotion Composition -- Inserting a Photoshop Image -- Animating an Image -- Moving On -- Using Photoshop Images with Macromedia Flash -- What Flash Does -- A Quick Tour of the Flash Interface -- Inserting a Photoshop Image -- Animating an Image in Flash -- Saving and Publishing an Animation -- Moving On -- WYSIWYG Web Design with Photoshop -- What Is a WYSIWYG Design Application? -- A Tour of a WYSIWYG Workspace -- Inserting Images in a WYSIWYG Environment -- Photoshop vs. Fireworks -- Moving On -- index.