How to Get Photographs in Digital Format:

Digital Camera


Photo Developing- ask for floppy disk with pictures


Scanning


Off the Internet

Other kinds of graphics:

Clip Art


Artwork created with painting and drawing programs

Required File Formats for all graphics posted on internet pages:

• GIF When working with html code gifs should be titled graphicname.gif
  
• JPEG jpegs should be titled graphicname.jpg
  

Converting Formats to gif or jpeg format:

• Adobe Photoshop
  
• Graphic Converter
  
• Gif Converter
  
• Other Digital Imagery software

Question: How do I know the format of my graphic?
Answer: Look at file type in your directory, get info, or when you open/create graphic in your software programs, find a check mark on one of the menu subdirectories which shows what the format is (same way you can tell what font you are using on a text document)

To Convert:

1) Open digital image application (i.e Adobe Photoshop)
2) Use File/Open command to open your graphic
3) Save as GIF or JPEG, generally gif is preferred because they are usually smaller files (less pixel information needed for each graphic). You may need to learn more about your digital imaging software to optimize your graphics.