Images for web
For any type of web site design, images are an essential element. Expressive and attractive images can change the look of your website and it can catch the eyes of maximum visitors to your site. Image optimization significantly improves your site's effectiveness
Before working on images, decide the file format to be used on the web. Image optimization is to be very perfect, so that your images will be easily viewable to everyone. Image optimization is the art of making your images suitable for the Web. Choose image which suits to your website. If your site is related to business, then you will have to put images respective business industry which will give an idea of your web site base and at the same time it should have a professional look.
File format for saving images on the web depends on the images itself. Images to be saved as compressed jpg, gif or png file. GIF is the set format for squeezing images with sharp detail and flat colors or few colors, such as logos, vector line drawings, and animation. To save photographs and other continuous-tone images in html documents over the web other online services jpg or JPEG format is normally used. Photoshop is used for editing images. Saving image file for the web needs compactness to reduce file sizes. Thumbnails are used to make 2 copies of your large image. Put small images on first page and big images on another and link the small image to large image, it will take directly to a large image.
You can also choose background image for your website, but make sure that the text and link colors and background image contrast well. Find ready-made background images from various sources. Many modern techniques are there which help you to change image effects & looks which suits to your web site. In conclusion, you should find such web images which will serve and express the purpose of your website and it will give you maximum web exposure.