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irishis
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 3
Location: Ohio
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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: Please explain PSD files I don't get it |
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I keep seeing free templates with PSD files included. When I look at the the PSD file it's the whole site, layers and all. It looks like the whole site is a PSD file, does this mean the site was created this way or am I missing a step here. I've been doing website for too many years and fighting ever using Photoshop just cuz it was complicated and time consuming to learn all the shortcut keystrokes, lack of time etc.. Now I think I would like to learn it but I can't wrap my head around how much it can do for me in web design? Love doing hands on tutorials to learn also but most seem to be for the more advanced user, I am brand new! |
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salvadore
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 144
Location: Tennessee
PS Version: CS5.5
OS: OS 10.5.6
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Okay, a .psd IS just a file with all the layers unflattened you are correct in that.
But how you utalize this as a web site is through CSS, HTML, and perhaps a little PHP.
when you get templates you may be getting all the CSS and HTML code as well, I am not sure, but also the PSD could be defined as a "template" as well
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irishis
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 3
Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: Thanks but still |
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I get tutorials in my email, how to design a clean website in Photoshop etc... and they are complete website with fake text and everything(these are not websites they are pictures of websites as far as I can see). I can see designing a layout of how a site would work to present to a client to say, here this is what I want to do, but these don't seem to be that. Taking away from the templates that do come with the psd which I assume is so you can modify to your needs the tuts confuse. |
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irishis
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
Posts: 3
Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: oh and another question |
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In these psd files there are tons of layers. How exactly would you pull one element say a logo to modify just it, when it has maybe 5 layers all on it's own. Can you copy a layer(with it's sublayers) and just modify and use this as a single graphic? |
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 2377
Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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If you need to, you can merge just the layers you want into one layer. Easiest way, turn off all the other layers you don't want merged then right click a layer then select Merge Visible. |
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