noobee questions about CS2/Imageready

**baldrn** · 05:31 PM

Learning PSD.I have a couple of questions that I need answered, please.
1-What is the relationship between Imageready and PSD?? Can you do one thing with one that you can't with the other?? I notice in Imageready you can make buttons and text boxes that are already premade with shading and effects, you just make them bigger/smaller as needed.
2-Please explain what and why silcing is necessary??? and I see a couple of ways, is there one that is better??
Thank you,
Mark

**Pafl3a** · 04-20-2007, 05:16 AM

here u can find what u need and more http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b90f/

.psd is the file type what is used by photoshop

**LadynRed** · 04-23-2007, 03:13 PM

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1-What is the relationship between Imageready and PSD?? Can you do one thing with one that you can't with the other?? I notice in Imageready you can make buttons and text boxes that are already premade with shading and effects, you just make them bigger/smaller as needed.

They are 2 separate applications. However, you can jump from PS from within IR and vice-versa. What you can do with IR that you cannot do with PS is create animated GIFs and animated buttons etc. IR will also export a PSD image to HTML -sort of. It makes HORRIBLE code and a lot of unnecessary image 'slices' .

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2-Please explain what and why silcing is necessary??? and I see a couple of ways, is there one that is better??

It's not necessary at all. However, if you choose to use IR's export to HTML as mentioned above, then you have to define your 'slices' - which means you essentially carve up your PSD graphic and IR will export the pieces as gif/jpg and stick them in a tabled HTML layout.

Definitely NOT the way to make a web page.

**NeoWeapon** · 04-24-2007, 06:51 PM

in photoshop you have more options in creating graphics than imageready as imageready do not suppose some tools or options like PS