Images in Composer
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Inserting Images...The Low Down
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What You'll Learn in this Section
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Okay, here's your crash course in images. On the
next couple of pages, you're going to learn what images are, where
to find them, how to get them, and how to insert them into your
web page. We'll also briefly cover the legal issues surrounding
images and proper web ettiquette (sometimes called "netiquette,"
if you like that kind of thing) about the use of images.
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What are Images?
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In a nutshell, images are either photos or drawings
that have been digitized and put on the Internet.
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Where do You Find Images?
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Most web pages have images on them. Any picture you see on the Internet is an image which you can, in theory, grab and insert into your own web page. This includes borders and symbols, as well as photos and cartoons. It is important to keep in mind the legal ramifications of stealing images on the Internet, which I will explain more about in a bit. You can get thousands of images from Clip Art sites on the Internet. All you have to do is run a search for "clip art" in a portal such as Yahoo and you'll get links to hundreds of sites which have free clip art. Be more specific in your search (i.e. education clip art) and you'll see better results. You can also get images from different software programs, which are, in fact, where I found the images you see on this site. These software programs do cost money, but they make it easy to find exactly what you want. You can also get images from yourself. Huh? What I mean is that you can make the images yourself by taking digital photos or scanning in existing photos or drawings. Of course, you need additional equipment to do this and is beyond the scope of this lesson. |
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Legal Issues
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Okay, put on your serious face because I'm about to tell you about a serious topic. Although you can save practically any image on the Internet to your hard drive and put it on your own site, this is considered stealing. Some people might consider this to be an image problem! Get it? Image problem? Never mind. It is illegal to covet someone else's image and then turn around and display it promptly on your site. There could be serious repercussions if you are caught, including fines, prison time, and torture. Okay, so I made the torture thing up, but the other repercussions are real. So how do you use images from other people's sites? Well, as I said before, you can visit free clip art sites or you can email whomever is running a site and ask them if you can use their images. This brings us to Image Ettiquette. |
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Image Ettiquette
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Everyone knows that images are easy to steal off the web, but that doesn't mean that you don't have to be polite about it. Proper ettiquette says that you should email whomever is running a web site to ask them if you can use their images. Sometimes this is not necessary if it is a "free clip art" site. In this case, follow the stipulations that the web site has established for the use of their images. You should also denote the source of your images somewhere on your web site and sometimes provide a link back to the site from which they came. |
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