Some rules to image manipulation:

• Avoid using bitmap images, download time is horribly long.
• Use Jpeg or Gif image formats and even then use sparingly.
• Less is more. Do not build an image filled web page. Again keep in mind download time.
• Give credit where credit is due. Do not just rip specialised images off someone else's site, especially copyrighted materials. Ask first.
• Do not link to images on other people's site/server. Copy it to your own site/server and then link to it.

Adding pictures to your web page is simple. Just add:

<img src="your_name.gif/jpg">

to the place you want it on your page.
The difficulty in this is getting the image to appear just right.
You can resize it using any one of many programs like Photoshop or you can resize it by adding height and width commands to your tag like so:

<img src="your_name.gif"  height=# width=#>

Fill the "#" field in with numbers. this will be your new picture size when it appears on your page.
Adding the "align=left/right" command will make text appear to the left or right of the image.

Here is a fun application of images: using it as a Link.

<a href=" http://wherever.it.is "><img src="your_name.gif" height=##  width=##></a>

Not Covered:

• Using a large image to link to different web pages.
• Creating animated Gifs/Jpgs