mtking
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Slices in Photoshop 5.5?
What I have:
-I have Photoshop 5.5 for Windows
What I would like to do:
-I would like to use the slice feature that is covered in the help documentation for my Photoshop 5.5
-I read the documentation and could not find the slice tool
-Does Photoshop 5.5 for Windows have this feature and if so where is it?????
-It specified that the slice tool was in the toolbox but I could not locate it.
-I have Photoshop 5.5 for Windows
What I would like to do:
-I would like to use the slice feature that is covered in the help documentation for my Photoshop 5.5
-I read the documentation and could not find the slice tool
-Does Photoshop 5.5 for Windows have this feature and if so where is it?????
-It specified that the slice tool was in the toolbox but I could not locate it.
What happened with Photoshop 5.5 is that they integrated Image Ready 2.0 (their web graphics app) pretty closely with it. Some IR features are in Photoshop such as Save for Web. Others you have to switch to IR for, but you can do that from within Photoshop (and your Photoshop file is now open in IR for working on). This is assuming you did a standard "complete" install btw.
Here's how to switch:
In Photoshop 5.5, look at the very bottom of the toolbar and you'll see an icon that looks like a curved arrow going from one doc to another.
That's the "switch app" tool. Click it and ImageReady should start up.
When ImageReady loads, the slice tool is third down from the top, left hand side, looks like a little knife.
You can see some Image Ready training movies on-line here:
http://www.virtualtrainingcompany.com/vtc/productdetail.lasso?sku=33074
hg
Here's how to switch:
In Photoshop 5.5, look at the very bottom of the toolbar and you'll see an icon that looks like a curved arrow going from one doc to another.
That's the "switch app" tool. Click it and ImageReady should start up.
When ImageReady loads, the slice tool is third down from the top, left hand side, looks like a little knife.
You can see some Image Ready training movies on-line here:
http://www.virtualtrainingcompany.com/vtc/productdetail.lasso?sku=33074
hg
Hi! Mtking,
Open an image in photoshop5.5(it must be saved) then go to file menu and select 'jump to imageready'.
Photoshop 'll open a new window for imageready, which is embeded with photoshop5.5 irrespective of the platform(as told earlier by hergeekness)
Now in tool bar there(imageready) is a tool called 'slice tool'.
If u need furthur help i can give u exact location of slice tool but in imageready as it's not present in photoshop window.
Hope it work !
Signing out here.
Bye!
Deepti
Open an image in photoshop5.5(it must be saved) then go to file menu and select 'jump to imageready'.
Photoshop 'll open a new window for imageready, which is embeded with photoshop5.5 irrespective of the platform(as told earlier by hergeekness)
Now in tool bar there(imageready) is a tool called 'slice tool'.
If u need furthur help i can give u exact location of slice tool but in imageready as it's not present in photoshop window.
Hope it work !
Signing out here.
Bye!
Deepti
Hi.
Just a note out here. if you are planning to slice up your image, you can keep these things in mind.
a) Before jumping over to Imageready, try and draw up the guides where you want the image to be sliced up. These will come in handy when you jump over, since IR has the option of creating slices from the guides specified.
b) If you want, you can slice up the image in PS itself. Draw the guides, then select 'Edit->Copy Merged', create a new file, and paste into it. This will help in isolating the different areas, and you can tile the images using HTML later.
c) If u r planning to use step (b), then you'd better set the snapping options properly, or else parts of the image will be lost, or will come in as spacers. To do this, go to 'File->Preferences-> Guides and Grid'. Set the Gridline to every 1 pixels. This will ensure that no pixels go missing ;)!
Also, I agree with what everybody else has said that there's no such thing as a Slice tool available in the PS menu or toolbar. U'll have to do it in IR.
Just a note out here. if you are planning to slice up your image, you can keep these things in mind.
a) Before jumping over to Imageready, try and draw up the guides where you want the image to be sliced up. These will come in handy when you jump over, since IR has the option of creating slices from the guides specified.
b) If you want, you can slice up the image in PS itself. Draw the guides, then select 'Edit->Copy Merged', create a new file, and paste into it. This will help in isolating the different areas, and you can tile the images using HTML later.
c) If u r planning to use step (b), then you'd better set the snapping options properly, or else parts of the image will be lost, or will come in as spacers. To do this, go to 'File->Preferences-> Guides and Grid'. Set the Gridline to every 1 pixels. This will ensure that no pixels go missing ;)!
Also, I agree with what everybody else has said that there's no such thing as a Slice tool available in the PS menu or toolbar. U'll have to do it in IR.
Hi,
The slice tool is not available in photoshop 5.5 This is a tool of Adobe image ready software Which are available with photoshop 5.5 cd.
In this software you open your photoshop picture (gif or jpeg (anything)) and then you can use the slicing tools. when you save the picture after slicing than save it as compuserve gif. this would automatically creates a folder named images. In this folder you will find your all parts of picture after slicing. Then where u want to insert this picture after slicing. You can insert your picture in different parts like image1 and image2.
I think this would definately help you.
If you faced any other problem in photoshop than mail me at :
john_usa_1k@hotmail.com
ok, bye for now
The slice tool is not available in photoshop 5.5 This is a tool of Adobe image ready software Which are available with photoshop 5.5 cd.
In this software you open your photoshop picture (gif or jpeg (anything)) and then you can use the slicing tools. when you save the picture after slicing than save it as compuserve gif. this would automatically creates a folder named images. In this folder you will find your all parts of picture after slicing. Then where u want to insert this picture after slicing. You can insert your picture in different parts like image1 and image2.
I think this would definately help you.
If you faced any other problem in photoshop than mail me at :
john_usa_1k@hotmail.com
ok, bye for now
Re
<<b) If you want, you can slice up the image in PS itself. >>
Right, the old fashioned way, when men were men! hahaha. Anyway like shekarkr said, you don't *need* IR to slice images, you can do it right in Photoshop.
A couple years ago I wrote a step-by-step article on this, you can read it on the web if you like
http://www.digitalchi.com/mag/mj98/AM/ImageSplicing.html
But IR is easier because not only can you easily draw out the few slice rectangles you need to isolate specific areas (letting IR figure out the rest), but when you choose Save Optmized it also cuts apart the image, names the individual .gifs, and constructs an HTML table (in an html file) that puts humpty dumpty back together again.
You can copy/paste the code and images from the html file into your aurhoring program.
hg
<<b) If you want, you can slice up the image in PS itself. >>
Right, the old fashioned way, when men were men! hahaha. Anyway like shekarkr said, you don't *need* IR to slice images, you can do it right in Photoshop.
A couple years ago I wrote a step-by-step article on this, you can read it on the web if you like
http://www.digitalchi.com/mag/mj98/AM/ImageSplicing.html
But IR is easier because not only can you easily draw out the few slice rectangles you need to isolate specific areas (letting IR figure out the rest), but when you choose Save Optmized it also cuts apart the image, names the individual .gifs, and constructs an HTML table (in an html file) that puts humpty dumpty back together again.
You can copy/paste the code and images from the html file into your aurhoring program.
hg
Man! I notice..
The preview of photoshop 6.0
has the slice tool inside photoshop
you don´t have to launch the Image ready
:)))
there are other some nice features in the release! I´m very ansious
About the Slice em PS5.5
as anyone said you have to use the image ready
or complementing the comment above.
you can use the photoshop guides to mark the areas that you want to slice, then check the options " snap to the guides" it will make sure the slices are perfect!!
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:..::.:...::.:::..::::..:
handful of nothing
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The preview of photoshop 6.0
has the slice tool inside photoshop
you don´t have to launch the Image ready
:)))
there are other some nice features in the release! I´m very ansious
About the Slice em PS5.5
as anyone said you have to use the image ready
or complementing the comment above.
you can use the photoshop guides to mark the areas that you want to slice, then check the options " snap to the guides" it will make sure the slices are perfect!!
[]'s
:..::.:...::.:::..::::..:
handful of nothing
::..:.:::.:::..::..:::..:
mtking,
were you able to find the slice tool, or is it still missing in action...
hg
were you able to find the slice tool, or is it still missing in action...
hg
Hi.
Hope mkting is gonna come back soon. The suspense is killing me!!
SKR.
Hope mkting is gonna come back soon. The suspense is killing me!!
SKR.
mtking? need anything else?
hg
hg
It appears deeptik and I were the first to answer this guy's question, which is now abandoned, I'm guessing.
Any comments from other experts? Deeptik? billg? shek?
If no one objects, I'll repost my comment as an answer to close out this question.
hg
Any comments from other experts? Deeptik? billg? shek?
If no one objects, I'll repost my comment as an answer to close out this question.
hg
Please go ahead. It's been a month already!
BR,
Shekar
BR,
Shekar
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ready. this comes with Photoshop 5.5, but is a stand alone application. I would guess that in photoshop 6 they are going to combine the two (better anyway). You can open your photoshop images in Image ready and do all of your slicing there.
I seem to remember that there is a thingy in the file menu called somehting like send to image ready. This will open the image you are working on uin Image Ready (assuming it has been installed). If you don't have image ready it should be on the original photoshop cd.