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Michael Knauf wrote:
> 
> Tim Speck (Grafx100@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> :
> : I agree... the BEST Web page designers are publication designers. ANYONE
> : can learn HTML and play with kewl pictures. It takes a designer to put
> : it all together so that it most effectively communicates the message
> : it's supposed to convey. It takes a lot more than an HTML program and
> : PhotoShop to design a truly "hot" and effective Web page. So, the fact
> : these folks ARE looking for printed examples ahows they know what to
> : look for.
> 
> No! the best web page designers are on the web. Someone who knows how to
> design for 4 color printing will not know how to optimally create SMALL
> graphics, will have little or no experience with gif files, or with
> balancing the size vs quality issue of jpeg files _for display on your
> average monitor_
> 
> Designers with print ad experience will not utilize the full abilities of
> hypertext, they will give you something that looks like a print ad on a
> web page. - it will be slow to load, overburdened with large graphacs and
> generally unappealing to those of us who have seen good web design.
> 
> They also won't offer aimated gif's sounds, shockwave, 3-D or any of the
> "kewl" possibilites the webs multimedia nature offers.
> 
> Michael Knauf
> One World Design
> http://www.gate.net/~wolfman2/owd

Now wait a minute! They are some of us that are proficient at both 
print and web page design.

A good designer needs skills in composition which are transferable 
between print and web pages. But a great designer also needs a 
technical knowledge about his/her medium.
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