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

Heather -- Thanks for the response : o ) 

I can see the value of the layout principle --- but to me it just seems
more practical to create the images that you are using individually and
work with them in a page layout program if ideally what we want to do
is present the client with a web-based mechanical (in the same way
graphic desginers present comps or mechanicals to clients). Sooner or
later one would have to use HTML and whatever scripts are needed to
make the thing function. I guess my main concern is it seems to add a
lot more time and labor to a job to rely on Photoshop as a layour tool.
But like anything I guess if it works for you and works well -- then
its not as time-consuming as one might think. 

I dont claim to be a Photoshop Whiz --- Im reacting to what I am
hearing at this site and asking if anyone has ever heard of people
using Photoshop like this.

A lot of people are in some form or another it seems.

I havent seen the entire file I was in a tizzy about -- as I said
orginally -- I was sitting here in the office being ignored listening
to these people argue. But from what I understand his concept would be
using image maps to hyperlink (although he doesnt fully understand the
concept) and they are all in this one file as are all the other images
and pages hes working with ---- 
someone mentioned copying and pasting in a private post
--- but we wont go there ------

As I said before -- My background traditionally is Graphic Design,
Advertising, Marketing and Strategy -- Im taking pains get the
understanding of the correct processes since I want to dedicate myself
to this business. 

As someone said in the "careers" thread --- Lots of people "think" that
what they are doing is right --- But there is a huge difference between
what one "thinks" is right and what IS right.

Lisa

--- Heather Peel <heather(at)thenetnow.com> wrote:
> While not responding directly to the original post,
> I do have a related
> comment.
> 
> I use Adobe Image Styler extensively to create my
> web graphics.   It is
> extremely simple to arrange the graphics I've just
> created in approximately
> the layout I want on the final page.   I find this
> very helpful in deciding
> where I want the elements to go and it is lightning
> fast compared to messing
> with coding a page.  After all, I already have the
> program open to create
> the graphics in, so why not just move them around
> the screen into how I want
> my page to look?
> 
> While Image Styler does allow me to save the layout
> as html, I never do this
> (I haven't ever tried actually, but I would imagine
> it would make some
> pretty funky tables to get things exactly as I have
> in my trial layout).
> No, it is only a tool for me to quickly decide if I
> like how the images are
> interacting with each other etc. I might even slip a
> screen capture of some
> text to simulate the text on the page.  When I am
> done, I place a large
> background box behind all the images and save the
> whole works as a single
> graphic or occasionally I might carve it up as 2 or
> 3.
> 
> Now as absurd as this sounds....I then throw the
> huge graphic onto a webpage
> and use it to show my client.   I can get feedback
> from them without having
> done a lot of work on the page layout at this point.
>   I just say to them in
> effect:  "this is what your page will look like...do
> you want me to make
> changes?"   If they do, then I incorporate those
> changes into the page when
> I create it.   I AM sure to let them know the
> technique I've used so they
> aren't put off if it is slow to load.
> 
> As for someone using Photoshop to do as you
> described...I can only imagine
> he might have done something similar...having one
> large graphic as the whole
> page, with image maps in areas where there needed to
> be hyperlinks.  VERY
> BAD!!      (Actually I have a hosting-only client
> that does this often,
> yikes!)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Heather
> 
> _________________________
> 
> Heather Peel
> The Net Now
> http://thenetnow.com
> email:  info(at)thenetnow.com
> 
> 
> 

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