I do what I can to condense the process, get as many elements out of my "Slices" as i can but that I mentioned before is what i'm using and it's effective, but time entensive. I haven't been able to export layers without adding whitespace around the layer in photoshop, haven't tried it in fireworks but for the most part these elements are not all on the same layer.
Lets try this... you have a boarder of an image as an example. of course this boarder has a drop shadow... what a pain that is. not your normal drop shadows but the faded types... I place line guides exactly where the image would be, and then another set about where the fade dies out. If your lucky you can use a normal pain background color around this and keep the design in-tack. I then of course perform the normal replacement of background images where they might extend vertical or horizontal around the image or other element if this is the case. etc... On 3/28/06, Ricardo Russon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Casey, > > Am i reading you right : you are exporting the same png each time you want > a > new element/layer? You can export each layer seperately. That should save > you some time.. > > But i could have miss read... its only been 1/4 cup of coffe since i woke > up > :) > > > > On 3/29/06, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it be great if fireworks and photoshop created css for the > > layouts... > > > > Chopping up psd's all the time myself I haven't got a really good answer > > for > > you except to get the psd or png, if he's using fireworks and chop it > > yourself. I normally cop templates multiple times to get specific > elements > > out of the template without all of the extra table cells I end up > deleting > > anyway. To make this even worse I then take the new exported html, > deleted > > all the stuff I don't want, make table cell background images out of > those > > pieces which should flow vertical or horizontal 100%, view in firefox, > > re-save it again in another folder just so I can get the images I need > for > > that element. I repeat this process again and again till I have > everything > > from the original design and then start working it into my css. > > > > Normally I'm talking about 3 or 4 horizontal sessions like this where > I'm > > saving pieces like headers, main body areas and footers. Then another > > bunch > > of sessions where your cutting more with the vertical rulers and > snagging > > those items like the right, center, left columns of a page. > > > > I can't say it's a fun process but I end up with about 1/3 third of the > > images of the original template and everything looks like it should. i > > then > > use those elements where I need them and move on to actually coding the > > site... > > > > Good luck man, find a better way and i'm down~ > > > > Find a way to chop gradients efficiently and your my hero! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236368 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
