Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 06:31:45 AM
Basically, I'm going to take a juice drop clipart image, convert to 1024wide jpeg, and then overlay text for each area that I'm dealing with, with a table superimposed on another layer. Then I delete the table layer, and cut the thing into pieces to insert into the table in NVU... Each resulting piece of jpeg will have its own link...
Or am I doing this wrong?
Post by: GigaBuist on September 10, 2007, 06:43:49 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on September 10, 2007, 06:51:45 AM
That's how must people do it. Just drag guides from the rulers, then "make slices from guides". Then save optimized as HTML with images.
And I wouldn't use imagemaps. That's an old and deprecated method. Sliced images with some of the slices being hotlinked are the way to go.
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 07:40:55 AM
They've improved things. Imageready didn't ship with CS3... Any other ideas?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on September 10, 2007, 07:46:42 AM
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc3b464
http://practicalmadness.com/2007/04/elegie_for_imag
But ImageReadys slicing interface was always way better than Photoshops. While I try to avoid using tables for structure in my web pages these days, Ive often found it useful to use slices when creating sets of similar images, like a set of icons or textual navs that needed a rollover. In ImageReady I would go ahead and create my rollover states, use the now-extinct Slices palette to quickly establish a logical naming scheme for the files, then export the images without the code. The best thing about this approach was that all of my rollover states and metadata could be saved in the PSD file, so I could come back and re-create one or all of my rollovers later on if I needed to.
Photoshop does have slicing, yes, as does Fireworks. But I dont care for Fireworkss inspector-heavy interface (just as I dont like dealing with Flash if I dont have to), and doing something as simple as renaming a slice in Photoshop requires a right-click and some quality time with a modal dialog. As for multiple image states (i.e., rollovers), forget it. The powers that be at Adobe have apparently decided we simply dont need them in Photoshop anymore, maybe not even considering that people might have been using that feature for something other than making a chintzy JavaScript nav bar.
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 10:28:25 AM
www.pixtiva.com
Just have to figure out how to get the thing centered and the background dark to gradient...
Oh, and this was in the HTML...
<!-- End ImageReady Slices -->
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 10:30:30 AM
"Hi, my name is Bogie, and I can't type to save my life..."
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 10, 2007, 10:45:11 AM
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One of my new sites is going to be a bit more graphic
Oh? Going over to the seedier side of society, are we?
Brad
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 11:10:30 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 10, 2007, 11:16:04 AM
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Do you REALLY wanna make snide comments about that person's night job as a chippendale dancer?
Oh, the temptation...
Brad
Post by: Monkeyleg on September 10, 2007, 12:08:47 PM
A couple of things about your site. I'm on a 21" monitor at 1024 x 768, and I have to scroll left and right to see the entire page. Also, it would help the search engines if you had plain text links at the bottom of your page, using the keywords as the anchor text. For example, <a href="lustre.html">Lustre Paper[/url].
Also, I'd suggest having Digital Photo Enlarging as the first three words in your page title. You could do Digital Photo Enlarging at its best from Pixtiva.
Just my .02.
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 12:20:59 PM
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 10, 2007, 12:27:52 PM
Hey, thanks! Anything to be saved from having to shake my bootay for the ravenous females...
You want to be saved from that!? Heck, I'll take your place and I work cheap...
Brad
Post by: Bogie on September 10, 2007, 01:26:30 PM
Semi-sharp RUSTY objects.
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 10, 2007, 01:41:34 PM
Semi-sharp RUSTY objects.
That's what Viagra is for.
Brad