Building a Web Site
of Your Own

Getting Graphics (hopefully, from all the right places)

From Scanners & Digital Cameras

For each scanner and camera, refer to its instruction manual for acquiring images and getting them to the hard drive of the computer.  Save picture files as either GIF or JPEG if at all possible.  These are the most commonly used and reliable formats for web browsers to view.  They may not be the highest quality, but virtually ANY browser will be able to open the files.

GIF files are probably best for line drawings, cartoons, and graphics not involving a wide range of colors.  GIF pictures will basically limit color usage to the "safe" colors mentioned in an earlier part of this web lesson.  GIF are NOT best for photographs.  

JPEG (or JPG) files are better for photographs and pictures with a wide range of colors.  The greatest drawback to JPEG images is that they lose some quality each time they are recopied or resaved.  Many people will work on images (editing with graphics tools) as bitmap files (BMP) and save them as JPEG as the final step in their graphics preparation work to minimize the loss of quality.  By the way, the loss of quality that occurs with JPEG images is frequently mentioned with graphics editors and peripheral tools - they will refer to the JPEG image as a Lossey format - a format that experiences loss of quality.

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From Clip Art and Picture Web Sites

Make sure to comply with all copyright restrictions that apply to either the specific web site from which the images are being acquired OR for the general restrictions on the images themselves.  Some web sites grant permission to use for personal use, some require a citation of source, some SAY they grant permission but contain images for which they don't hold the copy rights in the first place!  Be careful & refer to the copyright section of this lesson.  Here are some likely steps to acquiring the image:
  • locate the picture/graphic on the web
  • Right-click the mouse (PC)
  • Choose "Save Picture As"
  • Name the picture in the dialog box that appears
  • Save on the computer's hard drive.

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Importing into FrontPage 2000

To get an image from the hard drive of the computer into the correct place in the FrontPage web currently being edited, follow these steps:
  • Switch to "Folders" view
  • Open the "Images" folder in which the picture is to be saved
  • From the "File" menu, select "Import"  (If the menu does not include "Import" as an option, click on the double down-arrows at the bottom of the column and the remaining menu choices will appear.)
  • Click "Add File".  At this point, the screen will probably look like the one shown below:
  • Navigate to the desired picture on the drive where it is saved and click "Open"
  • If several images are to be added, repeat the process of clicking "Add File", finding the picture, clicking Open.  The "Import" list will include all of the "opened" items.
  • When all desired images are in the "Import" window, click OK

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Last but not least...

Once the picture is in the Images folder, return to the page on which the image is to be included.  Position the cursor at the desired location for the image.  Click the "Insert" menu choice at the top of the FrontPage screen.  A drop-down menu as shown at right will appear.  Use the double-down arrows to see more menu choices, if necessary.

Drag down to the "Picture" choice and then across and down on the sub-menu to "From File".  When the dialog window appears, locate the desired image in the "Images" folder, select it, and click OK.

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