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Whether you’re just playing around or you earn a living at it, Web design can be a lot of fun. 

Whether you’re just playing around or you earn a living at it, Web design can be a lot of fun. There are also a number of pitfalls that you can run into as a new Web designer because basically you don’t know what you don’t know. A common mistake is that because basic imagery in Web sites are all bitmap-based you should only use a bitmap editor. And while, yes, the majority of your image editing will be in a bitmap editor, it doesn’t mean that is where you need to start.

This article will go through part of my design process when making Web sites. I will give a caveat by saying that just because this is the way that I go about Web design does not mean that it is the only way or even the best way to do things. It’s just the way I do them. So whether you’re just starting out or consider yourself an old-hat at all this, hopefully you’ll find this informative.

Get this entire tutorial in a printable PDF file along with copies of the files used in the examples for following along! It includes thirteen pages of detailed information on how to create Web graphics in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9-X4 using features such as: Anti-aliasing; Resampling; Paper Size; Exporting graphics with layers; GIF and GIF Transparency; JPEG; PNG and PNG Transparency; Hex Colors; Web safe colors