346 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The Absolute Minimum
This chapter barely scratched the surface of possible uses of the Internet for photog-
raphers. If you don’t have your images up on the Net yet, consider a simple photo
site, such as at Yahoo! or MSN.
■ Use Elements or Photoshop to create your Web galleries. In Photoshop, choose
File, Automate, Web Photo Gallery. In Elements, choose File, Create Web
Photo Gallery.
■ After developing a Web site that has a number of graphics, focus on reducing
the size of files. Use JPEG compression to see how much compression is feasi-
ble without destroying an image.
■ Promote yourself using a Web site. Register your name or a catchy company
name through http://www.register.com, http://www.yahoo.com, or http://www.networksolutions.com.
■ GIF files are mainly used for graphics, such as company logos and banners.
This format only stores 256 colors and is called Indexed Color mode in
Photoshop and Elements.