Tutorials

Changing Photos that Are Part of the Template Layout

Tutorials   ·   March 30, 2009

Sometimes you will find photos in a template that are integrated into the design:

Perhaps you would like to keep the background, but change one of the photos of the women, and you find that the portion of the above image that’s in the html web page looks like this:

…where the woman cannot be separated from [...]

Adjusting the Color of a Photo or Graphic Element

Tutorials   ·   March 30, 2009

Adobe Photoshop has many ways to alter the colors of a photo or graphic. One method is to choose a command from the (top menu) Image > Adjustments submenu. Adjustment options include hue/saturation, and brightness/contrast. This method permanently alters the color of the image in the Photoshop document.
Another method is to use an adjustment layer. [...]

Using Guidelines as an Alternative to Slice Lines

Tutorials   ·   March 30, 2009

In Adobe Photoshop, guides appear as lines that float over the entire document. Slices, selections, and other tools will snap to a guideline, ensuring accuracy.
You may place new guides or reposition existing guides around any items in the document and create slices.
Slices may then be saved as individual .jpg or .gif files to be inserted [...]

Using the Slice Lines in a Template or Producing New Slice Lines

Tutorials   ·   March 30, 2009

The Photoshop documents (.psd) that come with your template package consist of large number of layers that are embedded into a design giving the look of a single image. This design is cut up into individual .jpg or .gif images which are put back together again using HTML coding to create your web pages. Using [...]

Optimizing Website Template File Size when Saving for Web

Tutorials   ·   March 30, 2009

When saving graphics to be placed in your web pages, it is recommended that you use Photoshop’s Save for Web option. This will ensure the best quality and smallest download time for each of your images.
Save individual graphics from your Photoshop document (.psd) as either .jpg or .gif. These are the two web-friendly image formats [...]

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