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

Hi Mike and everyone : o )

Great site --- I havent tried slicing images and putting them into
tables for a project -- but Im sure they work well from what Ive seen
on your site and some others.I guess Photoshop as a layout tool would
be very effective for slicing into tables. But since I havent worked
extensively with images in tables -- quark as my layout tool for comps
works well.

To answer the Quark question -- my approach is to set up the master
pages with the background and layout(s) and then work on the images I
have in mind. I place them in quark and arrange things as I see fit;
images, text, etc. If I like what I see then the art is already done.
If any changes are made, they would be to the layout if anything.

I guess what works well for comps depends on what one feels most
comfortable with. 

--- Michael Channing wilson <webmaster(at)lucidmind.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  Been a while eh? I thought i would comment on this
> issue as I myself
> use Photoshop for basic layout and beyond for all
> the sites we design.
> It is also a fast way to show a client a "mock-up"
> of what we have
> compiled from everything the client has said they
> wanted/needed in an
> interface. I used to do on graphic at a time and
> used HTML to bring it
> all together but not now.
> 
> "L. J. Durham" wrote:
> > 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > 
> > If one uses Photoshop to layout a given page ---
> the resulting file is
> > used as a guide only -- not actually incorporated
> into the site
> > somehow?
> 
> No. Everything I create in Photoshop, that the
> client approves of, is
> used in the actual design of the site. I always keep
> my screen rez and
> colors in mind as I design in Photoshop to make sure
> I can use the
> concepts we create. All that is left is the slicing
> of the graphics and
> inserting them into an appropriate table.
> 
> 
>  It just seems to me that doing all that work in
> Photoshop adds
> > to the time of completing the project.
> 
> Not at all true for me. It gives me more control
> over every graphic
> aspect of the page I am working on and allows me to
> see in advance which
> graphics I can reuse throughout the site to ease
> download times.
> 
> 
> > 
> > If anything, given that I have Quark in my studio
> at home (and Quark
> > here at this company) which is layout program --
> Id make use of that
> > --- the rationale being that layout is its
> intended purpose and more
> > like to be more effcient to work with.
> 
> I don't think that Quark would aid in any way. You
> would still need to
> create the graphics and then import the to Quark
> right? With photoshop
> you are creating a non functional visual
> representation of what a
> certain page would look like and then using
> guidelines and rulers to
> slices the interface up bring it together with HTML.
> 
> > 
> > Photoshop as a layout tool is a stretch for me I
> guess LOL.
> 
> Try it you may like the advantages I have enjoyed
> and it may actually
> speed up your work.
> 
> As an example turn your browser to:
> http://www,dovermortgage.com
> this site was created first in photoshop as a single
> image. After the
> client gave approval we sliced and diced it into
> HTML and proceeded to
> reuse graphics through sub pages and added an
> animation at the clients
> request. Some of the colors are still a bit off, but
> the site is very
> near completion.
> 
> > 
> > Lisa
> 
> 
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