I have an image and want captions to pop up when a user rolls over a section of the image. One one image I have 5 captions, on the other I have 12. I found a Javascript routine that displayed the caption below the image, but the customer wants the caption on that section of the image. I found something on CSS and javascript image mapping that looks like it will take some time to impliment. Is this the best way or could I even use Flash?

might be you can split the image using div's (use any photoshop and split into segment a seamless image made of seveval images will be output with html code) then you can create link for one of those image area and add javascript code caption to pop up

I wouldn't recommend allowing PS to output ANY code. That will be bloated code.

Here are the techniques you are looking for it uses jQuery library.
http://buildinternet.com/2009/03/sli...s-with-jquery/

Or, you can hand Adobe $800 and make it in flash and lose some SEO too.

Agreed.

I found something on CSS and javascript image mapping that looks like it will take some time to impliment.

Actually, it's not all that hard to do and the CSS method would be much more accessible.