I still don't understand how to save slices...can you believe?!

[Va.Willendorf]

I've got my pictures all sliced up. And I need instructions on how to save it to FTP it to my web directory. I know how to FTP....it's just that I can't seem to get the slices, images, and html to go all in one bundle.

Can you tell me? Or is there an easy explanation on the web?

thank you

[Eric Purkalitis]

You're going to create a photoshop file with the main image. Any slice information and optimization get saved inside the photoshop file. Choose save for web, under the file menu. There you can adjust the file type and optimization for each slice.

When you finally save (if you choose images and html) PS will create an html file and a subdirecty containing the separate images (each slice is converted to an individual image file). The html file contains the code for displaying the images.

There is no way to upload these files as one tidy little bundle. You could zip them together, but you would still need to unzip them on your web server. What you need to do is post the html file where you want it and the images subdirectory below the directory with the html file.

I don't know of many people who directly use the html from PS for their website. Usually they bring it into something like Dreamweaver or GoLive. Both of those programs can open the PS generated html page and allow you to make your changes. Often there is extraneous coding (at least to me) to strip out.

Also both web editors will upload your files properly and handle the synchronization between files on the server and your pc.

BTW, these instructions were for save for web in PS. The optimation in ImageReady is a bit different. If GoLive is able to use your original PS file as live data, any changes you make to it get updated automatically.

[Unregistered]

How would one be able to save each slice as a separate individual file in CS5?