converting PSD to HTML

"Alistair" <forget_it> wrote in message
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 > anyone know of a simple (as if anything could be *that* simple) way of
 > converting a PSD file to HTML?
 >
 > or a tutorial showing how best to do it?
 >
 >
 > thank you
 >
 > -:¦:- *Alistair * -:¦:-


There IS no easy way...


We always start off with Adobe PSD files, but they HAVE to be well
constructed; in other worlds everything broken in layers, correctly
labelled, correct guides added and everything positioned pixel-perfect. We
then decide which bits of our design can be generated via CSS (in other
words, not rely on images) and which bits will be best suited for GIF or
JPG. If a design is complex, or has a mix of densely designed elements and
simple elements, we often save out portions of the PSD image as layers - We
can then use CSS layers to place image on top of each other. It often
reduces the download time, or at the very least the *apparent* download time
(which is more important, you don't want a user to get left with a blank
screen while a large graphics is taking its time to download).

Anyway... like I said... the proper way is not easy!

The quick and dirty way is to just choose "file > save for web" in
PhotoShop. Down side - you end up with one very large graphic, which makes
one very large web page, and you loose all flexibility.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam RemoveThis @subhuman.net> wrote in message
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 >
 > "Alistair" <forget_it> wrote in message
 > news:10btnhr3hkce89e@corp.supernews.com...
  > > anyone know of a simple (as if anything could be *that* simple) way of
  > > converting a PSD file to HTML?
  > >
  > > or a tutorial showing how best to do it?
  > >
  > >
  > > thank you
  > >
  > > -:¦:- *Alistair * -:¦:-
 >
 >
 > There IS no easy way...
 >
 >
 > We always start off with Adobe PSD files, but they HAVE to be well
 > constructed; in other worlds everything broken in layers, correctly
 > labelled, correct guides added and everything positioned pixel-perfect. We
 > then decide which bits of our design can be generated via CSS (in other
 > words, not rely on images) and which bits will be best suited for GIF or
 > JPG. If a design is complex, or has a mix of densely designed elements and
 > simple elements, we often save out portions of the PSD image as layers -
We
 > can then use CSS layers to place image on top of each other. It often
 > reduces the download time, or at the very least the *apparent* download
time
 > (which is more important, you don't want a user to get left with a blank
 > screen while a large graphics is taking its time to download).
 >
 > Anyway... like I said... the proper way is not easy!
 >
 > The quick and dirty way is to just choose "file > save for web" in
 > PhotoShop. Down side - you end up with one very large graphic, which makes
 > one very large web page, and you loose all flexibility.
 >
 >

yeah, thats what I'd figured.....

gonna take a while methinks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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