Chapter 6

Adding Images, Sound, and Video

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding the main uses of images

arrow Choosing an image format

arrow Creating inline images

arrow Using IrfanView and other image software

arrow Changing image sizes

arrow Adding audio clips

arrow Working with video

You have the basics of text, but pages with nothing but text are… well, a little boring. Pictures do a lot for a web page, and they're pretty easy to work with. Today's web is really a multimedia environment, and HTML5 finally offers great support for audio and video. Find out how to add all these great features to your web pages.

Adding Images to Your Pages

Every time you explore the web, you're bound to run into tons of pictures on just about every page you visit. Typically, images are used in four ways on web pages:

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