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AN IMAGE CAN BE INCLUDED IN A DOCUMENT BY INCLUDING THE URL FOR A FILE THAT DESCRIBES THE IMAGE AS THE "SRC" ATTRIBUTE OF AN <IMG> TAG.

  • FOR EXAMPLE, THE POINTING HANDS YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING IN SOME OF THESE SLIDES IS INCLUDED USING THE TAG:

    <IMG SRC="images/topic3-images/hand.gif">

  • THE URLS PROVIDED IN <IMG> TAGS ALMOST ALWAYS IDENTIFY FILES IN EITHER "GIF" OR "JPEG" FORMAT.



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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " Basics of HTML Image Tags " within the topic "Using and Understanding Digital Images". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Using and Understanding Digital Images" can be accessed using the links below.
  • Basics of HTML Image Tags
  • Images
  • Digital Images
  • DIGITAL IMAGES
  • PAINT BY NUMBER
  • DIVIDING INTO PIXELS
  • SAMPLING WITHIN PIXELS
  • PIXEL RESOLUTION
  • Why GIF? Why JPEG?
  • "RGB" COLOR
  • WHY 255?
  • 24-BIT COLOR
  • A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF "GREEN EGGS AND HAM"
  • KEEPING THE DIGITS IN DIGITAL
  • LOW-FAT EGGS AND HAM
  • 8-BIT COLOR
  • 8-BIT VS. 24-BIT
  • "LOSSLESS" COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES
  • "LOSSY" COMPRESSION
  • HTML Color and Image Options
  • SNOW "FFFFFF" AND BASIC "000000"
  • HTML COLOR ATTRIBUTES
  • OPTIONAL ESSENTIALS
  • VERTICAL IMAGE ALIGNMENT
  • HORIZONTAL IMAGE ALIGNMENT
  • LINE BREAKS