Take Your Visual Creativity to the Web!
Adobe Photoshop 7.0 – the industry-standard image editing tool.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX – the professional choice for building websites and internet applications.
Imagine what you can do when these two heavyweights get together…
From Photoshop to Dreamweaver takes you straight to the heart of why these two applications are the best in their respective fields, and why they are made for one another. Written for the Photoshop user who wants to take their design flair and artistic creativity to the Web, this book will show you how to turn your Photoshop creations into fully-functional, fully-interactive, and visually stunning websites.
From designing a mock-up of your site to getting it online, From Photoshop to Dreamweaver shows you every step you need to get the most out of your Photoshop creativity – designing your site in Photoshop, streamlining your graphics in ImageReady and making your creations available to everyone on the Web using Dreamweaver. We assume you have used Photoshop before, but even if you are a complete novice with Dreamweaver and ImageReady, you'll find all the information you need right here…
Learn, with easy-to-follow examples, how to:
* Plan out your design, with the Web in mind
* Optimise your images, so that they'll load quickly, but still look great
* Create interactive buttons and animations using ImageReady 7.0
* Build templates and style sheets in Dreamweaver MX to keep your pages consistent and save yourself time
* Edit, adjust, and redesign elements of your site with a minimum of effort
* Upload your site to the Web and take full advantage of Dreamweaver MX's amazing site management tools
In addition, the final stages of the book will lead you step by step through the often daunting process of acquiring a web address for your site, and setting up somewhere to host your new design masterpiece, as well as giving you some expert tips on how to avoid some of the pitfalls of designing for the Web.
From Photoshop to Dreamweaver is the first book to recognise the unique partnership these two industry-leading tools offer you, the designer. In this book, we've used the latest versions of these tools: Photoshop 7 and Dreamweaver MX, but the principles and guidance provided remain the same and most steps can be achieved with earlier versions of these tools.
Colin Smith is an award winning Graphic Designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is also founder of the popular PhotoshopCafe web resource for Photoshop users and web designers. He has won numerous design contests and awards, including Guru Awards at the 2001 Photoshop World Convention in LA, 2002 in SanDiego and MacWorld 2002 in NY. Colin's work has been recognized by Photoshop User, Mac Design, Dynamic Graphics, Computer Arts, Studio Multimedia and WWW Internet Life magazines. Colin is also a regular columnist for NAPP members' site and Planet Photoshop.
Between Freelance Design and writing for foED, he keeps pretty busy. Colin has co-authored New Masters of Photoshop, Foundation Photoshop, Photoshop Most Wanted and Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets.
Crystal has been writing about consumer-oriented technology since the
‘80s - back when 5MB hard drives were a novel upgrade! She's author
of two books, Web Concept & Design, and Universal Web Design (New
Riders), and of many, many articles. She's been an editor at a number
of magazines and was director of MFWeb conferences, among other
roles. Crystal is a long-distance charity cyclist and avid
kayak-fisherman. She lives and fishes with her boyfriend Dwayne and
dog Nellie in Vermont.
