Photoshop newbie once again...
Well I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Photoshop7 (from v5). Oy, what a difference! Well, most of the core PS stuff is the same, best I can tell, but there is so much more - the program is truly a "web app" now. I never really thought of v5 this way.
The worst part is feeling like a total noob again, not that I was ever a PS guru by any means. I've yet to figure anything out in ImageReady, not so much as a simple rollover, but luckily PS7 did not break my trusty old ImageStyler 1.0 as I had read PS6 was known to do.
So for those that have made the PS journey for a few versions or more (I've had v4, v5, and now v7) what are the best new offerings of v7 that I may not have found yet.
Oh and... where the heck is my paintcan "fill" icon?
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Megan posted this at 14:53 — 30th July 2003.
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Fill is underneath the gradient tool.
I'll let someone else give you a better rundown on PS 7 - I've been using it more for photos & collage graphics lately so my application if it might be quite different from what you're doing.
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spor posted this at 19:50 — 31st July 2003.
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I have a question, i have photoshop7 and psp8, what is the best way to reduce an image in size, and still retain the quality or focus?
I am getting blurry pictures sometimes.
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JeevesBond posted this at 12:05 — 1st August 2003.
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In other words, right-click on the gradient tool and select the paint bucket from the popup list
As for rollovers, it takes a while to get used to doing these - you'll find ImageReady a Godsend when doing menus (and it generates quite decent JavaScript as well), but don't be fooled...It can't generate full web pages - even though it pretends to (unless you want your pages to be completely made-up of JPEG's
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Megan posted this at 13:15 — 1st August 2003.
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You can just hold your mouse down and it'll pop-up so you can move over to select it.
I actually find Image Ready to be really annoying to work with. It's almost not worth the effort to define slices and name them and make sure they get exported properly. That's why I switched our standard menu to CSS - looks almost as good and a heck of a lot easier to work with.
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JeevesBond posted this at 15:01 — 1st August 2003.
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You have a fair point there, it can be a little long-winded and if you need to change anything it becomes a complete nightmare! Image Ready is easier when you get the hang of it - not a reflection on anyones intelligence, just the way ImageReady completely redefines the methodology of doing rollovers
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taff posted this at 15:32 — 1st August 2003.
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The long defunct ImageStyler is great for rollovers and I'll probably keep using that app until ImageReady wins me over.
Oh and yes - I found the paint bucket. Thanks
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