Appropriate Naming Conventions for Saving Your Sliced Template
Naming your slices is important because the names you give your slices will be the names of the .jpg or .gif images that will go into your web pages. Double-click on a user slice’s number to open the...
View ArticleSave for Web Produces Different File Names than Expected
I saved the PSD file for the web, and the new images are not appearing in the template… Check the slice names in your .psd See: Appropriate Naming Conventions for Saving Your Sliced Template Make sure...
View ArticleHow Do I Remove a Stretched Background Image from a Website Template?
Some templates may have an “expandable background” that appears to stretch across the screen. The reason for this is that so all of the white space is filled in any size browser resolution: You may...
View ArticleHow to Add a Repeating, Solid, or Stretched Background to a Template
In some cases you may decide that a template would look better with a background image or color to fill in the white space behind the web template design regardless of the viewer’s monitor size or...
View ArticleOptimizing Website Template File Size when Saving for Web
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...
View ArticleHow Do I Center a Left Justified Website Template Design?
Centering your page in the HTML code: Open the html web page in a text editor or an html editor (in an html editor go to the view that shows the source code). Near the top of the code, locate the tag...
View ArticleUsing Guidelines as an Alternative to Slice Lines
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...
View ArticleUsing the Slice Lines in a Template or Producing New Slice Lines
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...
View ArticleChanging Photos that Are Part of the Template Layout
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...
View ArticleAdjusting the Color of a Photo or Graphic Element
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,...
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