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Part of the PETE, Creative Ideas Worth Spreading series. This presentation by Keegan Brown and Matt Kyte walks you through a few best practices when designing web content.

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PREPARING DESIGN FILES FOR THE WEB02.27.13Keegan Brown & Matt Kyte

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WHY?

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CREATIVE CONTROL

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AGILITY

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HAPPYDEVELOPERS!

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IT'S ALIVE!

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THE WEB MOVESWhether you Want it to or not!

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THE WEB IS ORGANICWhat you Build today May Be different toMorroW

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IT'S A BuNCH OF BOxESand they're all ConneCted

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GuIDLINES

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THINk IN PIxELS(and perCentages too)

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uSE GRIDSso We Can Build those little Boxes

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IMAGE FORMATS

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GIF256 Colors MaxsiMple gradientsflat Color graphiCsgraphiC textsiMple aniMation

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jPEGfull Colorno transparenCyadjustaBle CoMpressionphotosillustrationsCoMplex graphiCs

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PNGfull Colorfull transparenCyno CoMpressionlayering transparent effeCts

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PREPPING YOuR PSD

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72ppirgBall units to pixelsgrids and guides1000px Min Width

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DESIGN FLOW

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CONSERVE ENERGYdon't reinVent the Wheel

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LAYER COMPSlayer CoMps are goodWe liKe layer CoMpsyou should use layer CoMps

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uSE WEB FONTSyou May loVe this font But the internet hates it

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uSE HOSTED FONTS(only if your life depends on it)

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THE WEB IS INTERACTIVEBut psds aren't

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CAVEATS

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WE CAN'T CONTROL TExTLAYOuT

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kEEP IT IN THE BOx

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ONE MORE THING...

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IGNORE EVERYTHING WE juST SAID(sort of, But not really)

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WeB resourCes

peteramayer.com

html.adobe.com

2012.dconstruct.org

time.com

bradfrost.github.com/this-is-responsive/

css3generator.com

css3please.com

caniuse.com

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