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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and other standards bodies have established technologies for creating and interpreting web-based content. These technologies are called “web standards”, and they are carefully designed to deliver the greatest benefits to the greatest number of web users.

BENEFITS OF DESIGNING WITH WEB STANDARDS

Designing a site with web standards:

1. simplifies and lowers the cost of production because the site will require far less code, the pages will download quicker, the code is easier to maintain, and the bandwidth requirements are significantly reduced;
2. delivers sites that are accessible to more people and more types of Internet devices;
3. sites developed according web standards will continue to function correctly as traditional desktop browsers evolve and as new Internet devices come to market
4. search engine optimization will occur with standards based sites; and
5. legal accessibility requirements can be met. [Read more →]

CONVERT A PATH TO A SELECTION AND CREATE A NEW LAYER

Purpose Of This Photoshop CS2 Tutorial

This tutorial shows you how to draw a path around an image in a photo and convert it into a selection. Then, it describes how to make a new layer of the image selction. This tutorial assumes you are adept at using the Pen tool to draw straight and curved paths; if not, please first practice using the Pen tool.

Start Adobe Photoshop. Open your photo file by selecting File>>Open. My file is called raptor.jpg. A red tailed hawk pestered by a crow is displayed. This tutorial will isolate the hawk image from the crow and sky.

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