Macromedia Fireworks :: Can't see Photoshop slices in Fireworks


	Can't see Photoshop slices in Fireworks HI - I just purchased Fireworks b/c of the lack of ImageReady. Anyway - when I open a PSD file that already has slices in Fireworks none of the slices are there. Am I missing something? How can I get the slices to import also? Thanks! Kim kimsue02 wrote: > HI - I just purchased Fireworks b/c of the lack of ImageReady. Anyway - when I > open a PSD file that already has slices in Fireworks none of the slices are > there. Am I missing something? How can I get the slices to import also? Add the slices in Fireworks instead. -- Linda Rathgeber [PVII] Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.projectseven.com Fireworks Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/ CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/ http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- kimsue02 wrote: > HI - I just purchased Fireworks b/c of the lack of ImageReady. Anyway - when I > open a PSD file that already has slices in Fireworks none of the slices are > there. Am I missing something? How can I get the slices to import also? > Thanks! > Kim I believe ImageReady and Fireworks handled slices differently, and that type of integration didn't make it into the latest version of FW, unfortunately. Nor for that matter, was the ability for Photoshop to export PSD's as native Fireworks PNG files. If you are only exporting the image slices for your site, you can still do this through Photoshop by going to FILE > SAVE FOR WEB AND DEVICES. FW's compression engine is a bit better than PS/IR, but that is the only real difference. Keep in mind too, you can still edit the file within PS. Most of IR's functionality for slicing was built into PS. If you need to edit the file and wish to do so in FW, as Linda said, you will have to redraw them in FW. If you want to match the slices as closely as possible, you can either do a screen grab of the slice layer in PS and bring it into FW for a reference, or make notes of slice positions and sizes in PS and then redraw them in FW. Neither of these is a great solution, I realize, but at least it can be done. -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. 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It's better to learn to do the slicing in Fireworks. :-) -- Linda Rathgeber [PVII] Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.projectseven.com Fireworks Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/ CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/ http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- Linda Rathgeber Adobe Community Expert - Fireworks wrote: > Jim Babbage .:CMX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. wrote: >> If you need to edit the file and wish to do so in FW, as Linda said, >> you will have to redraw them in FW. If you want to match the slices >> as closely as possible, you can either do a screen grab of the slice >> layer in PS and bring it into FW for a reference, or make notes of >> slice positions and sizes in PS and then redraw them in FW. Neither of >> these is a great solution, I realize, but at least it can be done. > It's better to learn to do the slicing in Fireworks. :-) I agree :-) -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. Extending Knowledge, Daily http://www.communityMX.com/ CommunityMX - Free Resources: http://www.communitymx.com/free.cfm --- .:Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks:. news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.fireworks news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.dreamweaver -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- Hi, I know how to create slices in FW but I have all these old PSD files with a lot of slices in them already. So you're telling me there's no way to open these PSD files including the slices in FW? The slices get lost? -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- kimsue02 wrote: > Hi, > I know how to create slices in FW but I have all these old PSD files with a > lot of slices in them already. So you're telling me there's no way to open > these PSD files including the slices in FW? The slices get lost? Yes. Each graphics program has their own way of creating slices in a document. As far as I'm aware, none of them can use the slice data generated by the others. -- Linda Rathgeber [PVII] Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.projectseven.com Fireworks Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/ CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/ http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- ImageReady used to be able to - such a shame that's gone. This was one of the reasons I purchased FW. -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- See the slices I created in a Photoshop file. Image Ready was great for creating and editing slices. Once they got rid of it I was told FW was the program to use but it seems pointless, for my needs, if FW doesn't see the PSD slices. -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- kimsue02 wrote: > ImageReady used to be able to - such a shame that's gone. This was one of the reasons I purchased FW. Used to be able to do what, Kim? -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. Extending Knowledge, Daily http://www.communityMX.com/ CommunityMX - Free Resources: http://www.communitymx.com/free.cfm --- .:Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks:. news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.fireworks news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.dreamweaver -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- kimsue02 wrote: > See the slices I created in a Photoshop file. Image Ready was great for > creating and editing slices. Once they got rid of it I was told FW was the > program to use but it seems pointless, for my needs, if FW doesn't see the PSD > slices. Fireworks is the program to use to create the slices and export them. The workflow between Photoshop and Fireworks is somewhat different than the workflow between Photoshop and Image Ready. -- Linda Rathgeber [PVII] Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.projectseven.com Fireworks Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/ CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/ http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- kimsue02 wrote: > See the slices I created in a Photoshop file. Image Ready was great for > creating and editing slices. Once they got rid of it I was told FW was the > program to use but it seems pointless, for my needs, if FW doesn't see the PSD > slices. Photoshop could see, and edit slices from IR because PS was using IR's Engine to do that work in the first place. Now we have a dedicated app for screen and web graphics, without the limitations of IR. FW does a lot more than IR ever did and as mentioned, and while the workflow may be different than PS, but (IMO anyway) it is a more practical workflow. you'll find that you can do more in FW without having to move from application to application. If you want to work in the PS workflow, you can do most of what IR did within PS. But FW is the way to go with new designs. It all comes down to how you want to work. -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. 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