Re: Can photoshop slice vs. imagestyler

Yes--

I just included the GoLive info because that's what Rosanne is using.

The main thing with the tables is that you don't have any extra space
(e.g., cell padding)--unless, of course, you want to create the effect of a
picture in panels.

--Jeff



>I dont use Go Live -- but would this procedure be roughly the same if
>you are just working with creating tables with HTML or Dreamweaver? Im
>assuming yes ---
>
>Lisa
>
>--- Jeff Kane <jeffkane(at)pobox.com> wrote:
>> Rosanne--
>>
>> Yes, images can be sliced with photoshop. The basic
>> approach is as follows:
>>
>> 1. Use guides to divide your image into sections
>> (slices). Use the
>> snap-to-guides feature. Be sure each section (slice)
>> is bounded on all
>> sides by guides, unless it's the edge of the image,
>> so you don't miss any
>> pixels.
>>
>> 2. With the marquee tool, select the first section.
>> You can use the
>> fixed-size option if you want to specify the pixel
>> size, but that's not
>> necessary--especially since GoLive will determine
>> the sizes of placed
>> images for you.
>>
>> 3. In the history palette, create a new document.
>>
>> 4. Crop the selection in this new document.
>>
>> 5. Save this slice with an identifiable name (so you
>> later know what goes
>> where).
>>
>> 5. Go back to the original image. Select the next
>> section, and repeat this
>> process until you get all the slices.
>>
>>
>> Of course, each slice will have to be also saved as
>> a jpeg or gif or png.
>>
>> In GoLive, create a table with the appropriate
>> number of rows and columns.
>> Place an image (slice) in each cell. Use autosize.
>> Set cellpadding, cell
>> spacing, and borders to zero.
>>
>> And there you have it!
>>
>> --Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> >morning - or good afternoon
>> >
>> >after spening most my time putting large images up
>> on the web and not
>> >slicing them and inserting them into table cells -
>> I have a top
>> >navigation bar which will have to be sliced into a
>> table to function
>> >correctly.
>> >
>> >question -
>> >
>> >        Is there anyway to slice an image in
>> photoshop so it can be
>> >        loaded into cells in a golive table?  I've
>> done a search for
>> >        "slice" and "split" but I cannot find
>> instructions for
>> >        photoshop and I don't see it in my
>> photoshop books.
>> >        THANK YOU !
>> >        Rosanne Serrao
>>
>>
>
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