Discusses the latest Web graphics software application for the creative business user who needs to create professional-looking Web graphics. Provides an overview of Adobe's brand-new Web graphics creation tool and takes the reader through a discussion of its capabilities enabling readers to get up to speed quickly. Shows in step-by-step format how to create sophisticated Web graphics, such as applying special effects, imagemapping, HTML table slicing, batch imaging operations, and using interactive JavaScript rollovers. Provides tips and techniques for using ImageStyler with other Adobe applications, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, and ImageReady. Information can be applied to either a Mac or PC environment.

The first book to discuss Adobe's answer to a lower-priced option for creating Web graphics—ImageStyler. Adobe has offered full support during the development and writing of this book and has even bundled the book with select copies of ImageStyler. Author has over a quarter of a million books in print and is on the ImageStyler development team. Author's Web site provides updated information and additional ImageStyler tricks for users. Includes a vibrant, rich, full-color Color Studio that illustrates project results and designer capabilities.

Demo version of ImageStyler for Mac and PC platforms. Demos of additional Adobe products, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, and ImageReady. Includes approximately 5,000 seamless JPEG and GIF textures, more than 100 handy shapes, and over 50 ImageStyler styles. Original illustrations for the Web — including backgrounds, buttons, bullets, and navigational elements. Various 3rd party plug-ins.