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Friday, April 30, 2004
7. References and Resources
A few scanning tips
No More Moiré
Scanning 101
Scanning Experiments
Scanning for DTP -- Image Formats
Scanning Images
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Book Browser Barnes and Noble, looks like a useful tool
Grammar Games British
needs flash, good games
Worksheets - printable
English Zone
The Grammar of Doom
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
English grammar games
Monday, April 26, 2004
Eats, shoots, leaves game
Nice colour chart Hex Colours
Definition of Hex Colours and Web Safe Colours
Friday, April 23, 2004
Review of Web Based Colour Pickers
Colour Impact
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Unit 2
References and Resources
All About GIF89a: http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifabout.htm
Basic Introduction to PNG Features: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngintro.html
GIF File format (Examples): http://www.dsdesign.com/articles/gif.htm
GIF Foundry: http://www.digital-foundry.com/index_gif.html
Graphics Formats Explained: http://www.dansdata.com/graphics.htm
History of the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Format by Greg Roelofs:
Image File Formats Tutorial: http://www.sigmapi-design.com/htmtutor/formats.htm
JPEG File Format (Examples): (a) http://www.dsdesign.com/articles/plastic.htm
(b) http://www.dsdesign.com/articles/violin.htm
A Legend to Popular Image File Formats
QuickTime
Web Graphics Tutorial
Which Format to Use (Examples)
Apprenticeship Programs
MI5
Overview of British Intelligence Agencies
Virtual Museum, Fungi
Fruit ferments, vegetables rot, feet itch, and mushrooms sprout overnight on our lawns. These events all have one thing in common - the unseen mycelia of thousands of species of fungi." The site is from the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
graphics formats explained
More Unit 1 links
Pantone. This site is way, way cool! The animation on the splash page is fabulous. Lots of neat things about colour, especially as it relates to publishing and printing.
RGB Hex Triplet Colour Chart by Doug Johnson. Very nicely done! Look at the source code on Doug’s pages if you want to see some really impressive HTML and Java programming.
Victor Engel’s No Dither Netscape Colour Palette. Very interesting presentation of the browser-safe palette.
Web colour primer by Bob Schmitt:
Web Graphics Primer:
General Resources
Basic Recommendations for Designing Web Documents
Laurie McCanna’s Free Art Site
Tables: Design Ideas for HTML Tables by K. W. Bridges and Jon Pitko. An extremely well done site.
Web Diner. Laurie and Tim McCanna’s sister site to the Free Art site. They have HTML classes and tutorials which are the best I’ve seen.
Unit 1 links:
References and Resources
All you need to know about colour on the Web: EXCELLENT RESOURCE
http://www.visibone.com/
Big, Bad Color Test: http://www.akamaidesign.com/tests/colors.html
Colour Design:
http://www.mundidesign.com/home.html
Colours in Photoshop:
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/color_in_photoshop.html
Colour Resources: http://www.visibone.com/
Comparing Colours Link to the Flash file web_harmony_exp.swf on the Start Here page. This interactive Flash file will allow you to see how different colours will work together — or not. Find online out of webct here
Digital Foundry. This site contains a wealth of graphic design information. http://www.digital-foundry.com/
DMS Guide to Web Color:
http://csu.colstate.edu/webdevelop/design/color/dms_guide_to_color_for_the_web.htm
Generating Colours in HTML. This site has palettes and swatches generated in HTML. http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/colors.html
I Am Curious Yellow. Despite its name, this site has some very good information about colour on the Web and the colour scheme is an example the attentiongetting power of colour. http://www.upenn.edu/computing/group/dmp/technical/colors/curious.html
Images for the Web: http://www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/img_src/img_src.htm
Industry has designed some outstanding Web sites that use colour very well. Don’t be deceived by the rather low-key entrance to this site — Industry has superb, award-winning designs in print and new media. Also, click on the link “Consider” for a very well done section on colour issues on the Web. http://www.industrious.com/article256.html.
Lynda Weinman’s Home Page. Very professional site and a good example of a site using all browser-safe colours. http://www.lynda.com/
Online validators
W3org
WDG html validator
CSE html validator
Friday, April 16, 2004
Pet Vacations
Welcome to Pet Vacations. When we started designing the site we thought we would focus on the needs of those who like to travel with their pets (consequently, accommodations).
But as the site evolved we found that there was so much we wanted to add: travel tips, travel tales, pet jokes, links to other pet sites, a photo gallery where you can upload a picture of your pet to the site, and a database of Clinics & Vets (coming soon).
Reading Comprehension Excercises
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Letters from America
Alistair Cooke broadcast his British perspective on American life to BBC for nearly 60 years, making Letter from America "the world's longest running speech radio programme." Includes archives of audio transcripts, special features, tributes to Cooke (who died in March 2004), and more. Searchable. From BBC News.
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