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I'd just use layers. I've never touched 'slices' and not had to.
Duplicate the starting layer two more times, and turn on/off visibility as
required.
And I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you ask "Is it possible that I
should be working on the button within the context of the web page?".
Photoshop is a graphics app, not a web app. You should be creating the
images there and saving them as .GIF (probably as they are buttons) and then
moving to your web authoring application. I'm reading between the lines mind
you.
G
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Subject: Photoshop/ImageReady Layers - web buttons
I'm trying to create web buttons that have three image states: 1) Normal 2)
Roll-Over 3) Press
I created the three button states as separate images as I was designing
them.
Now, I'm confused about the next step. Each of these images should be a
layer. Should I recreate the entire series as a single document with
layers? If so, do I just make the layer I'm not working on invisible -
since all three together would obviously look messy and confusing. Or, is
there a way to merge these documents (images) in numbered layers?
This is another one of those processes that, as I read the help file, seems
as if it should be self-evident. It isn't. I've gone over the help file
step-by-step. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. For example - with these
steps:
To create a slice from a layer:
1. Select a layer in the Layers palette.
2. Choose Layer > New Layer Based Slice.
"New Layer Based Slice" was grayed out in one instance; in another, slices
were created within the image when I wanted the entire image as the slice.
Also, I seem to have made each image slice #1 - and can't figure out how to
undo that error. Stepping backward hasn't helped, and I can't seem to find
the slice step in the history. Or, is the number saying that the image has
only one slice? Is it possible that I should be working on the button
within the context of the web page? I thought they were created separately
and imported as images later.
Someone once told me that slices were "evil things" and I'm starting to
understand why!
Do any of you have any advice?
Thank you,
Ev
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