- Where did Little Creek© get all of
these images?
- The graphic images, photographs and digital art are all original works of art
accomplished by our in-house graphic designers. We do not purchase or obtain
any images from any other entities at this time.
From the time of its inception, each Little Creek Graphics image has a complete
and detailed record of its developmental history which is preserved and then
archived in our company vault.
- What type of computer images will I find on
the Internet?
- The most commonly found images on the Internet today are raster images
in the GIF or JPEG (JPG) file format. These are images that are bitmapped
(they are comprised of squares called "pixels," the colors of which form the
actual image). They use compression to reduce the image file size and
transmission time. GIF file compression is usually used for line-drawn art or
images that have less than 256 colors. JPEG file compression is usually used
for photographic images or images that are comprised of millions of colors.
If you are interested in learning more, you may want to visit -
Beginner Web Design and Graphics
- I have found the Little Creek Graphics
website, now what?
- Little Creek Graphics images are designed to be copied
from the "Free" portion of this web site (or taken from the CDs you have
purchased from us) then pasted into your favorite software applications for
projects such as business presentations, personal greeting cards, customized
items such as calendars, t-shirts or mouse pads, web page enhancement —
to name a few of the more popular uses. For more details on the legal and acceptable use
of our images, please read our Terms of Use.
- What file formats are the images stored in?
- JPG files, as described above. The Little Creek Graphics CDs offer the JPG
files in 3 different sizes for your convenience.
- Can I use GIF or JPG images
for anything besides the internet?
- Most modern software and image editing programs (such as
Jasc' PaintShop Pro, Windows Paint,
CorelDraw's PhotoPaint and Adobe's PhotoShop)
will not only "read" a GIF or a JPG but they will let you manipulate the files. In most
cases, as long as the image is not distorted by excessive resizing, it will print out
fine.
- Why do some images from the Internet
look "funny" on my computer?
- Some images viewed that tend to look "off" may usually be directly
related to older video hardware and/or the configuration of the computer and monitor
being used to view the images. Also, the original palette (color settings) the image
was created with can make a significant difference in terms of "how" the image
will appear on a screen other than the one it was created on.
If a small image was "stretched" to make it larger, or if a large image was
"shrunk" down to an extremely small size there will be distortion that is
noticeable enough that it may render the picture virtually unusable for print or web.
- I still have more questions, where can I get
further information and help?
- For further help you may want to go to
Web Graphics for Beginners or
A Beginners Guide to Bitmaps. Also, doing an internet search for "web graphics",
"web graphics for beginners" or "using web images" would also be helpful. Visiting
the links offered on these sites is another way of getting more information that may
be of some use to you.
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