Macromedia Dreamweaver MX lets you add sophisticated graphic effects to your Web pages. Unlike simple imagery, these graphics often perform double duty as navigational elements as well as structural components.

In this chapter from "50 Fast Dreamweaver Techniques," three Web design gurus show you how to create simple graphic treatments that add punch to your Web site. You'll learn how to make a zooming rollover, editing images, building pop-up menus, creating slideshows, adding tiled backgrounds, making tiling backgrounds, and more.

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Excerpted from "50 Fast Dreamweaver MX Techniques" by Janine Warner, Ivonne Berkowitz, and Yanier Gonzalez. Copyright © 2003 Wiley Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced here by permission of the publisher.