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

Jeff Im recounting bits and pieces of arguments that I was listening to
all day ------- I havent sat at the guy's terminal to see what hes done
-- and I have never needed to do more than 15 layers at most in
Photoshop for an image ----

What I do know is that he laid out this project in Photoshop and
vehemently insists that coding isnt necessary and he doesnt have to be
bothered -------

Considering the vast numbers of people out there who "think" they know
what they are doing but havent a clue (as indicated by the web careers
discussion thread) --- what I am hearing that he did is not
implausable. ANd lets not forget the post sent round last night in
whichj someone made mention of something similar but with PDF files?

200, 100. 50 ---whatever --- get over it

I continue to be fascinated with people who are obsessed with BS
details like the number of layers -- the point is a Site isnt generated
by one PSD file -- regardless of how many layers it does or doesnt
have. 

Enough people responded about using Photoshop for layout (and thats not
what its for) --- so there is obviously some merit to the discussion. 



--- Jeff Kane <jeffkane(at)pobox.com> wrote:
> Lisa--
> 
> BTW, in your original message, you said this person
> created a psd file with
> "over 200 layers" in it. I checked the Photoshop 5
> User Guide (p.263),
> which states,
> 
> 	"Adobe Photoshop lets you create up to 100 layers
> in an image, each
> with its own blending mode and opacity. However, the
> amount of memory in
> your system may put a lower limit on the number of
> layers possible in a
> single image." Does anyone know whether Photoshop
> can handle more than a
> hundred layers?
> 
> I'm also not clear about what you meant about the
> links being in the psd
> file. After all, this isn't hypertext.
> 
> 
> Has anyone received a copy of this person's
> mega-file. Is it fact or fiction?
> 
> --Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> >Im not sure if this goes outside of the guidlines
> of "acceptable"
> >topics for this area -- but it seems very relevent
> to me -------
> >
> >
> >How scary is this?
> >
> >Im working at a major Fortune 500 company at the
> moment -- they've
> >decided to let someone who is essentially clueless
> develop their latest
> >intranet site.
> >
> >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 --------- and hes
> sorely ticked at trying
> >to make the doezens of changes they were asking for
> all morning. He is
> >a traditional Graphic Designer.
> >
> >Now he's upset because the IT people informed him
> that if he's going to
> >design the intranet site -- then hed better learn
> how to code -- they
> >cant do a thing with his file -- AHEM lets not even
> talk about the
> >Linking issues -------- everything -- links and all
> are in this one PSD
> >file.
> >
> >They are arguing about it now -- this "designer"
> says that he "can't be
> >bothered" to even learn HTML let alone javacript or
> DHTML -- he doesnt
> >think its necessary ------
> >
> >This is what I was thinking of when I said in
> another post that I am
> >glad Im driven enough to want to learn and be
> stronger with my
> >programming skills. To me design is a synergy of
> graphics and
> >programming -- not either of them as separate
> entities.
> >
> >Any thoughts on his approach? Ive never heard of
> anyone using what is
> >essentially an image-editing tool to build a whole
> site --------------
> >
> >Lisa
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> 

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