EXERCISE: WHY DOES MY IMAGE LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I SCANNED AND SAVED IT?

A.  Review different image file formats http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html

B.  Access and review the following links to learn about hardware and other color image viewing parameters


from   http://cit.duke.edu/resource-guides/tutorial-web-design/index.html

The Computer Medium

--The Computer Monitor
--Monitor Resolution
--Computers and Color
--Monitor Gamma
--Bandwidth

Design Basics

--Using Color
--White Space
--Contrast

          http://www.fortressdesign.com/color.html
http://www.fortressdesign.com/color2.html

C.  Monitors, printers and papers:  Find a web page that has a color wheel, ideally at least 256 colors and complete the following exercises.  What contributes to any differences you observe? Examples: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/  or  http://the-light.com/colclick.html