Photoshop compatibility

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I have a website template in photoshop (5.5, ouch!) format. Can I import it
into Frontpage and continue designing it there?
Thanks,
Kelly
 
Well, PS is a graphics editor. And what you have, then, is a graphic file
(a *.psd file). So, you would have to EXPORT the images and the HTML from
Photoshop, and then import them into FP to continue working on it.

Be aware that this is usually not a great way to create a robust webpage.
Most (all?) graphic editors build inflexible, brittle, and easily broken
table structures for a page.

Your better approach would be to export the images (only) from PS, and then
to recreate the page in FP using those graphics.
 
Kelly,
You'll need to creatively slice the graphic, or prepare to slice it
up, in order to export the pieces into FrontPage. I haven't used PhotoShop
5.5 in ages, so I forget if it has the ability to divide images into slices.
Determine carefully which parts you can create as graphics, and which part
you can create as text. This will help you determine the layout used so you
can begin designing the tables to hold everything with FrontPage. It's a bit
of an art-form, but with a bit of practice you should be able to master it
quickly, mostly through trial and error. You just have to determine which
parts can or need to be designed with which application. Keep as much text
as you can in FrontPage instead of creating them into images (except where
absolutely necessary of course).

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Pretty sure 5 had slicing..I know 6 does. A tad awkward though.


| Kelly,
| You'll need to creatively slice the graphic, or prepare to slice it
| up, in order to export the pieces into FrontPage. I haven't used PhotoShop
| 5.5 in ages, so I forget if it has the ability to divide images into slices.
| Determine carefully which parts you can create as graphics, and which part
| you can create as text. This will help you determine the layout used so you
| can begin designing the tables to hold everything with FrontPage. It's a bit
| of an art-form, but with a bit of practice you should be able to master it
| quickly, mostly through trial and error. You just have to determine which
| parts can or need to be designed with which application. Keep as much text
| as you can in FrontPage instead of creating them into images (except where
| absolutely necessary of course).
|
| Hope this helps,
| Mark Fitzpatrick
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
|
| | >I have a website template in photoshop (5.5, ouch!) format. Can I import it
| > into Frontpage and continue designing it there?
| > Thanks,
| > Kelly
|
|
 
It did. Slicing has been in PS like forever.

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Murray
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message Pretty sure 5 had slicing..I know 6 does. A tad awkward though.


| Kelly,
| You'll need to creatively slice the graphic, or prepare to slice
it
| up, in order to export the pieces into FrontPage. I haven't used PhotoShop
| 5.5 in ages, so I forget if it has the ability to divide images into
slices.
| Determine carefully which parts you can create as graphics, and which part
| you can create as text. This will help you determine the layout used so
you
| can begin designing the tables to hold everything with FrontPage. It's a
bit
| of an art-form, but with a bit of practice you should be able to master it
| quickly, mostly through trial and error. You just have to determine which
| parts can or need to be designed with which application. Keep as much text
| as you can in FrontPage instead of creating them into images (except where
| absolutely necessary of course).
|
| Hope this helps,
| Mark Fitzpatrick
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
|
| | >I have a website template in photoshop (5.5, ouch!) format. Can I import
it
| > into Frontpage and continue designing it there?
| > Thanks,
| > Kelly
|
|
 
Thanks. Yes the template I'm working from is sliced! Front page is on the way
here. It should be interesting!
Kelly
 
if it's sliced it's probably been converted to a bunch of .gif or .jpg
images.
you can easily use them in FrontPage.

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

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