Principles of Web Graphic Design

• File formats
  There are currently two graphic file formats that most browsers recognize: GIF and JPEG. (Descriptions from the Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide)
• Color
  Each computing platform (Mac, Windows, UNIX system, etc.) and each type of browser displays colors differently. An image you prepare to look a specific way on your own monitor will most likely not look the same on someone else's.
• Color display explanation from the Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
• Downloadable color palette from Adobe
• UD blue and gold
• Size
  One of the most important considerations when using graphics is the trade-off between loading time and the number and size of graphics on your page. Every image on your page increases the loading time, and viewers are often unwilling to wait for a slow-loading page.

• Loading time (Description from the Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide)
• Physical size
• Resolution
• Type
  To customize your page, you may decide to create graphics using more elaborate type styles than are readily available using basic HTML code. The important issue is legibility.
• Copyright
  You must be aware of copyright issues, especially when using images, such as stock art or scanned photographs, from other sources.