Re: web design -- one Photoshop file with everything ???

Hi John -- glad to hear from you

As a matter of fact I do need to purchase Director 7 and the new
Dreamweaver Studio package with fireworks --- though I have no
intention of involving myself in this guy's mess. I was passed over in
spite of the fact that of anyone in the department -- I have a better
understanding of how to get the work done in a more efficient and
expedient manner. So I sit here communicating with you fine folks and
letting the "know-it-alls" sort out their own mess.

Im happy to have the tips though because I was wondering how anyone
would begin to sort that mess out.

Heres a macromedia question for you (I worship macromedia by the way
ROFL):

Currently I work in my studio at home with a Mac 9600 -- I have
Director Studio 6 and I do desperately want to upgrade to 7. But I am
also going to be buying a PC soon -- I just need to since other
applications like Cold Fusion can only run on a PC format and not the
Mac (tho I LOVE my mac). Considering the cost of Director
Im thinking Im better off doing the upgrade on the mac side but since
Im looking at the PC to have all the web development tools including
Dreamweaver Im kind of between a rock and a hard place. The Mac has
Director Studio 6, Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, Bryce 3-d and Ray
Dream Studio 5 amongst other things.

Mac is always the Graphic Designer/Production Artists tool of choice
but Mr. Gates pushes the envelope with the PC and unfort We Developers
have better tools on the PC side.

Any thoughts?

thanks

Lisa
--- John Dowdell <jdowdell(at)macromedia.com> wrote:
> At 9:04 AM 6/10/99, L. J. Durham wrote:
> >He decided to "do everything in Photoshop because
> its much more
> >creative" ---. This includes text, icons --
> everything. There are over
> >200 layers to this PSD file...  Ive never heard of
> anyone using what is
> >essentially an image-editing tool to build a whole
> site --------------
> 
> Yes, as Kari and Steve noted, some people do comp
> out pages in Photoshop.
> An analogy is people drawing on a table napkin...
> whatever tool you're most
> familiar with can shorten the connection between
> inner eye and outer
> manifestation.
> 
> If the designer is stuck with only a single mode
> like that, though, then
> they (and the rest of the team!) will be in a rough
> spot. If someone is not
> familiar with the eventual delivery medium then they
> could make design
> choices which may not work in the final design.
> 
> Learning Photoshop is a significant accomplishment,
> and so some people seem
> concerned that they might not be able to learn other
> tools. It can make it
> very tempting to use the known tool for all jobs.
> 
> If you're in the situation of having to clean up
> this project, Lisa, then
> there might be some ways to salvage the design. If
> you're using the
> Dreamweaver/Fireworks combo, then try:
> 
> --  Open the PSD in Fireworks. You can now save out
> Photoshop layers to
> separate files, or slice out areas that will be
> navigation graphics, build
> image tables, and other parts of making the graphics
> web-ready.
> 
> --  To handle text and overall layout, use the
> Tracing Image ability in
> Dreamweaver 2... you can bring in a semi-transparent
> GIF/JPEG/PNG version
> of the Photoshop file and overlay text, headines,
> and graphics atop it as a
> template. (Tip: Position objects with layers, then
> use Layers-to-Tables to
> turn it into something viewable in all browsers.)
> 
> 
> In case the other designer will be doing other
> projects, and if they
> already use FreeHand in the print world, then this
> can give them a little
> more freedom than in Photoshop... there are multiple
> pages, text remains
> editable, URLs can be applied, and the suite version
> exports directly to
> HTML too. Using a vector tool like FreeHand is more
> common for comping
> multiple pages than are single-page tools like pixel
> editors.
> 
> 
> Anyway, yes, if the designer can learn a little more
> about their delivery
> medium, then that does seem like a better way
> overall to go, true.
> 
> jd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco
> CA US
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