• Home Page – Graphic Connection of Lee's Summit
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      website design and printing industries
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  • Graphic Design – Professional Graphic Design Services
    • Marketing Tips – tips for effective advertising
    • Photography – Photography services also available
    • Collateral – common print advertising methods & marketing tips
      • Logo Design & Recommendations
      • Flier Design & Composition Tips
      • Business Card Design & Design Tips
      • Catalog Design & Composition Advice
      • Postcard Design & Marketing Tips
      • Signs & Banners Design & Layout Recommendations
      • Direct Mail Design & Advertising Tips
      • Brochure Design
      • Newsletter Design
      • Presentation Folders Design
      • Door Hanger Design
      • Certificate Design
  • Website Design – Custom Website Design Services
    • Website Planning – planning your website & downloadable work sheets
    • Web Standards – the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
    • Animated Graphics – Adding animation and/or audio to your website
    • Style Sheets – Cascading Style Sheets: the style method of professionals
      • CSS Advantages – the many advantages of using Cascading Style Sheets in website styling & site updates
      • Using CSS – proper implementation of CSS
      • Image Replacement – CSS Sprites image replacement techniques
      • CSS Anti-Spam – combating email spam with CSS
  • Search Engine Optimization – increasing your website's Google page rank
    • SERPs – about the Search Engine Results Pages
    • SEO Tips – Search Engine Optimization Tips & Tricks
    • Optimization "Secrets" – watch out for the guys in the black hats . . .
    • Renaming & Moving Webpages – renaming & moving webpages without losing your Google page rank
    • Website Tracking – website traffic analysis
  • Design 101 Tips – important fundamental concepts in graphic design & website development
    • Typography Tips – fundamentals of professional typesetting
    • Design Software – professional design software
    • Vector Graphics – understanding the difference between vector & bitmap graphics
    • Design Links – useful links for graphic designers, website owners & webmasters
    • Color Essentials – fundamental concepts of color
      • Monitor Calibration – how to calibrate your monitor & why it's important
      • Color Gamma – and understanding color space
      • Ink Colors – used in commercial printing
  • Photo Retouching – Image Enhancement & Photo Restoration Services
    • Color Casts – white balance and how to remove a color cast
    • Skin Tone – correction skin tone and variations in skin tone in various ethnic groups
    • "Hollywood Eyes" – enhancing portraits with "Hollywood Eyes"
    • Depth of Field – simulating depth of field in Photoshop
    • Image Reflection – reflecting an image in Photoshop
  • Printing Resources – Printing Tips, Specifications & Standard Sizes
    • Ink Colors – ink colors used in printing
    • Printing Papers – types of paper used in commercial printing
    • Foil Embossing – enhancing your printing with foil stamping & embossing
    • Printing Specs – printing specifications and common sizes used in commercial printing
      • Postcard Specs – postcard sizes and postal requirements of the USPS
      • Envelope Specs – envelope specifications and common sizes used in commercial printing and downloadable templates
      • Folding & Scoring – about scoring and folding paper in commercial printing
    • Print-Ready Art – proper art preparation for a commercial printer
      • PDF Advantages – the advantages of making PDF (Portable Document Format) files
      • Making PDF Files – various software and methods of making PDF files