Graphic Design

Graphic Design elements include buttons, highlights, backgrounds, watermarks, clipart, pictures, themes, sounds, video and animated graphics. Wow!

Each of the links in the Menu at the bottom of this page reviews basic aspects of each of these elements.

But first, a few words about Graphic Images..... Graphic Images

And Some Legal Words:: Graphic Images can be provided by the developer and/or by the website owner. Images can be made (i.e., an original) or they can be purchased, or even obtained free, from suppliers of images. Images can be created from scratch with programs such as Jasc's Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft's PhotoDraw, Adobe's PhotoShop and many others. Images can also be scanned from existing hard copy. Digital cameras have recently become a huge source for photographic images.
Regardless of how an image is acquired, both the website owner and the developer must concern themselves with ownership of any images used on the site.: Some clipart libraries grant full use rights. Some image suppliers require a license. There are stiff penalties for misuse of images owned and copyrighted by others. Images of famous individuals and commercial products are normally not permitted to be used without the permission of the owner. It is always best to use original work (work paid for and owned by the web websiteowner), formally licensed images or images known to be in the public domain.

We include a section in the Web Design Contract which covers ownership and licensing of graphic images used on a web site developed by El Valle Consulting.

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Design Elements: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ASP.