Using Photoshop to create menus

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/encore/cs/using/WS2C3F3ABD-6457-4ca0-898F-720B7E3D0C10.html

Author Jeff Sengstack shows how to create viable Encore menus using Photoshop in this short tutorial at InfiniteSkills: http://infiniteskills.com/blog/2012/07/adobe-encore-cs6-tutorial-designing-menus-in-photos hop/

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I was wondering how I could use Photoshop to create a custom border

I was wondering how I could use Photoshop to create a custom border around the featured slider image on my homepage.
I am using a Wordpress theme called Gazetti if that helps. Thanks in advance for any help given.

the simple answe is no, the macbook pro screen cannot be used as a second display for other devices

How to use photoshop to create a Media UI

Hey, I was wondering if there is anyway to create document in photoshop that could load specific video files. Myabe link it through a slice? or something like that. As you can see im not very good with this stuff, but it would be nice if i could design and create a UI where i could browse and play family videos etc. Any help would be much apreciated, Thanks.

They work fine. I first tried with a clone of my main drive doing an update in place on it.
i guess I will need to boot into 10.9 to use them.
I will mostly use stand-in apps like Pixelmator.

Using Photoshop to create web graphics on a MacBook Retina Display

I have the new 2014 MacBook Pro with Retina Display and just downloaded the latest version of Photoshop. I've found that when creating graphics for the web (buttons, banners, etc), I have to zoom to 200% in order for the size of the graphic to be what will appear on the web. For example, a 600px wide banner appears to be 300px wide in Photoshop (even though it is, indeed, 600px when viewed on the web). I've learned that I have three options:
1) design while squinting to see the very small object on the screen (not really a good choice),
2) check the "Open in Low Resolution" box for Photoshop if I want my graphics to appear to be the right size when designing them in Photoshop, or
3) continue zooming to 200% when working in Photoshop.
My question is: aside from the obvious annoyance factor, which of these options is the best choice for creating the highest quality graphics for the web? Are they both the same result... or am I hurting my graphics in some way by choosing one over the other?
THANK YOU!

jennyhughesvt wrote:
For example, a 600px wide banner appears to be 300px wide in Photoshop (even though it is, indeed, 600px when viewed on the web).
That statement indicates you have a bit of a misunderstanding about how things work. It's not true, because you seem to be confusing the term "px" with a physical measurement. What you need to understand is that a pixel on a Retina display is far smaller than one on a non-retina display.
The key is this: Images are upsampled by Safari when displayed. Therefore, "viewed on the web", which you appear to think of as invariant, is actually not the same from computer to computer. Try this: Put a 600 px image into a simple web page, then display it in Safari on your Retina system and screen-grab it. Now measure the size of the image in pixels in the screen grab. It will actually NOT be 600px as you have stated.
Why would Safari upsize a web image on a Retina-equipped system? Because Apple realizes that if it displayed an image that's been prepared for a typical non-retina 100 ppi display, as most are, it would look tiny on the 200+ ppi Retina display, so it's zooming everything for you as a convenience.
I suggest taking some time to get your mind around how things actually work, and get to understand what a pixel really is, rather than making assumptions based on what you see. Once you truly understand how images are actually being displayed, you'll be able to make the right decisions that work for you.
Keep in mind that Photoshop is giving you the use of each and every pixel in that beautiful 200+ ppi Retina display. Safari is not, unless you program your HTML to take advantage of it.
The future of the web, in my opinion, is moving toward a model where images are actually provided at a higher-than-absolutely necessary resolution, and so high resolution displays will be able to make more of them, and people can easily use zooming to see even more detail as they want.
You might want to glance at this test page I created (and view the source to see how the HTML is coded):
http://Noel.ProDigitalSoftware.com/temp/WebImage/Test.html
-Noel

Can i 'open using photoshop' without creating another image in LR

I'm working with RAW files imported into LR 3.2
I swear that in an earlier version of LR - when I did 'open with photoshop' a corresponding Tiff file was not created in LR unless the image was saved in Photoshop.
I'm sure it used to work along these lines...
Open with PS, start to edit in photoshop - then decide not to continue - exit photoshop without saving. Tiff not created in LR.
Open with PS, start to edit in photoshop - Ctrl+S in Potoshop (or save on exit, etc). Tiff was created in LR.
anyway- that's the methodology I want.... can I have it?
[I know that I can 'export' as a Tiff, but thats not the option I want. I only want files opened with PS, from LR, to save in LR if saved in PS]
SS

I never use bridge..but,
If i browse to a folder with a raw file (I use DNG) and right click, open with CS5 - adobe CR6.3 and CS5 fire up.
In LR i import from camera, as DNG files.
If I use the edit with CS5 command, PSCS5 fires up but the image never shows in CS5, a corresponding Tiff is not created in LR. [This is an unresolved issue from some time ago, I've deleted preferences files etc..but cannot get transfer from LR to CS5 using 'edit with CS5']
To overcome this i have CS5 set up as second external editor - having pointed it to where CS5 is installed]
So. I have the DNG files in LR3.3.
Right Click - Edit in photoshope.exe (manually pointed as discussed above)
Dialog box 'what to edit' opens - choice of open a copy with LR adjustements is the only choice. Can selecte file size etc.
irrespective of whether 'stack with original' is selected - a Tiff file is genrated in LR, and CS5 fires up with the Tiff file open.
Saving in CS5 results in the file in LR being updated to match.
As earlier - I only want a Tiff created in LR, if I decide to save the Tiff from CS5.
thanks for help so far.

Using Photoshop to create photo-based designs...

Greetings
I have a restaurant exterior design proposal to complete and was considering to use my new PS CS 5 for selecting areas and painting new colors in them or replacing colors
I also have to "remove" other architectural elements like a round awning and solid railing, and add a gable canopy and wrought Iron railin
The adding objects in layers is no problem, but
what would be the best way to extend an existing roof overhang out 10' for the canopy?
select the fascia and soffit and move it out...but to fill in the area under it could proove to be a challenge from the groung level vantage point
Does anyone else do this sort of photo-based architectural imaging?
or can someone direct me to some tips for doing this sort of work?
I don't have access to any elevation cad-files yet so just have to do it over the photo, to sell them the concept.
much obliged
Craig

Thanks Noel
I have since found som tuts on some of the tasks I have to perform on my image that are helpful
Some of which I'm sure that you are familar with
How to Use the Crop Tool with Perspective
http://infiniteskills.com/blog/2011/03/how-to-use-the-crop-tool-with-perspective/
Using The Ruler Tool To Straighten An Image
http://www.infiniteskills.com/demos/movie-player.php?h=685&w=890&movie=http://iskills-medi a.s3.amazonaws.com/photoshopcs5beg-demo/0505.mp4
Preserving the important elements with Content-Aware Scaling
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=65607&playChapter=False
also many others at those sites
I am plodding along and it is due tomorrow, so I will show a before and after later
Thanks
Craig

Creating website using Photoshop

I created a website using Photoshop. I created the slices and
exported html and images. I am now in Dreamweaver and am not 100%
sure what to do. I have been watching several tutorials and read
that you need to make div tags. I have a background image (notepad
image) that I want to place text over for my main content. I'm not
sure if I should create the text in Photoshop or in Dreamweaver? I
know it will probably be a lot easier to edit if I did the content
in Dreamweaver but I can't seem to get it right. Can someone
explain how I do the div tags using CSS? Is it OK to use photoshop
to create the text and if so, is it hard to edit? Please give me
your thoughts.

Taking a Fireworks comp to a CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver
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>>>I am now in Dreamweaver and am not 100% sure what
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> I am. Go back to Photoshop and export (save for web)
ONLY the graphics. NO
> HTML. Then construct your site in DW. Photoshop and
other graphic apps
> create horrid HTML that will cause you countless
problems.
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> There is a tutorial on Adobe's site explaining how to go
from a Fireworks
> comp to a properly designed web page. I don't have the
link but someone
> here will probably post it. In the mean time go to
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>>I created a website using Photoshop. I created the
slices and exported
>>html
>> and images. I am now in Dreamweaver and am not 100%
sure what to do. I
>> have
>> been watching several tutorials and read that you
need to make div tags.
>> I
>> have a background image (notepad image) that I want
to place text over
>> for my
>> main content. I'm not sure if I should create the
text in Photoshop or
>> in
>> Dreamweaver? I know it will probably be a lot easier
to edit if I did
>> the
>> content in Dreamweaver but I can't seem to get it
right. Can someone
>> explain
>> how I do the div tags using CSS? Is it OK to use
photoshop to create the
>> text
>> and if so, is it hard to edit? Please give me your
thoughts.
>>
>
>

Using Photoshop SDK to merge images in Web Application

Hi,
More of a query than an issue. We have an ASP.NET Web application - and our client has asked that we provide the facility to merge two images on the site. Basically, a user uploads their photo to the site - and then can choose to insert it into an e.g. postcard of the Eiffel tower.
So, we use image layers - where we use Photoshop to create the Eiffel Tower postcard - and then the website user's image is layered behind that in a particular location.
So, the question - can we use the Photoshop SDK to integrate with ASP.NET to take the website user's image and insert it into the appropriate position on the Eiffer Tower postcard image (using layers).
Any other suggestion?
NiallC

The idea of using Photoshop to power a web application is scary. I
think Adobe have more suitable tools for this environment (without
user interface) though I can't bring any names to mind.
Aandi Inston

Using Photoshop CS6 vs 2014

Open letter to Adobe:
In Summary: I consistently go back to Photoshop CS6 over Photoshop 2014 due to the way 2014 handles.
I am an advanced user and use Photoshop to create art from photographs for clients. Even though I know there are advanced features in 2014, every time I start a project in 2014, I end up completing it in CS6. These are the reasons why:
1. 2014 is just not as solid a product as CS6. I know that when I start something in CS6, I will be able to complete it. I am an artist, so bear with my descriptions, but 2014 feels and acts like you are sitting on a three-legged chair versus a four-legged version with CS6.
2. 2014 is not as stable. I rarely have CS6 crash, but 2014 has frozen several times and I have lost work, even with the auto-save on.
3. 2014's tools can switch from a normal tip to other types on a whim.
4. When cropping with 2014, I've had sides of the picture change. Hard to describe, but artistically, it's there. When I take the project into CS6 and crop it, there are no changes to the sides during cropping.
5. I have had times when I can't change to a specific font in 2014 and then come back to 2014 later and it will change.
Should I report these as bugs? How? Some are very difficult to describe and almost impossible to document in a way that your programming team could trace.
For the time being, I will continue to switch back and forth between 2014 and CS6 as I need; so, if you would please, continue to update CS6.
Thank you for listening.
Susan L. DeLuca CPT

Open letter to Adobe:
In Summary: I consistently go back to Photoshop CS6 over Photoshop 2014 due to the way 2014 handles.
I am an advanced user and use Photoshop to create art from photographs for clients. Even though I know there are advanced features in 2014, every time I start a project in 2014, I end up completing it in CS6. These are the reasons why:
1. 2014 is just not as solid a product as CS6. I know that when I start something in CS6, I will be able to complete it. I am an artist, so bear with my descriptions, but 2014 feels and acts like you are sitting on a three-legged chair versus a four-legged version with CS6.
2. 2014 is not as stable. I rarely have CS6 crash, but 2014 has frozen several times and I have lost work, even with the auto-save on.
3. 2014's tools can switch from a normal tip to other types on a whim.
4. When cropping with 2014, I've had sides of the picture change. Hard to describe, but artistically, it's there. When I take the project into CS6 and crop it, there are no changes to the sides during cropping.
5. I have had times when I can't change to a specific font in 2014 and then come back to 2014 later and it will change.
Should I report these as bugs? How? Some are very difficult to describe and almost impossible to document in a way that your programming team could trace.
For the time being, I will continue to switch back and forth between 2014 and CS6 as I need; so, if you would please, continue to update CS6.
Thank you for listening.
Susan L. DeLuca CPT

Using Photoshop to add titles

Hi,
I want to use Photoshop to create titles for the slideshow I'm creating in iMovie. It's a widescreen (16:9) aspect show. Does anyone know what size canvas/image I should start with in Photoshop so that the titles will be sharp on an widescreen HDTV?
Thanks for any help...
-SS

Hi Steve
No
BUT
I would do like this. Start my iMovie project in 16:9 size then import some
slides.
I would then select save a frame as a picture.
Open it with PhotoShop
goto picture size and read the amount of pixels.
Remember that CRT TV have an over-scann so that Your title should be
about 10-20% smaller than the picture size.
Yours Bengt W

Why can't i use photoshop?

Hi I have trouble using photoshop it shows that i have to manage my membership which I have one through my college otherwise I wouldn't pay it.

yes i have
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Using Photoshop to Edit Clips

After working a bit with PExx and PrePro with an eye for production work, it seems obvious that some complementary apps and widgets are handy to accomplish a finished product. I count Photoshop among these. I recently came across a teaser video that introduces the clip editing feature in CS5. I had no idea this was possible.
So now I wonder... is Photoshop a better venue for “tweaking” video whatnots prior to final production rendering in PE or PrePro? For example, I create masks in Photoshop that I reference in PE. Maybe it’s better to import an MOV created in PE into Photoshop and mask the clip directly within, then reverse for final production. Another example might be color & contrast grading, blurring, fine detail manipulation... the list goes on. I am much more familiar with Photoshop than either PE or PrePro, and I’m intrigued by the prospect of using either NLE more or less to snip and composite clips that I’ve edited in Photoshop.
Information on this notion is scarce, and frankly there’s very little in this forum and elsewhere about this capability in Photoshop CS5. Comment, advice and referal from the PE and PrePro illuminati on this matter is welcomed.

Photoshop-Extended has some good, albeit limited Video capabilities.It can only Import and Export some formats/CODEC's. Working in PS-Extended, one is basically doing Rotoscoping, or Frame-by-Frame adjustments, but that is tedious. Here is one such TUTORIAL.
For CC (Color Correction) work, like Color Grading, PrPro, or Adobe After Effects, will be better programs. Here is a TUTORIAL for using After Effects and Photoshop.
Now, I use Photoshop to create Mattes (masks) for use with Effects, like Track Matte Keying.
For more advanced Keying, you might want to see this TUTORIAL on After Effect's RotoBrush.
PrE has some Keying, Track Matte Keying, and some limited CC Effects, but if one is looking into making a profession of CC and Rotoscoping, PrPro, After Effects and Photoshop-Extended would definitely be the way to go. They are all included in the CS 5.5 Production Premium suite, along with Illustrator, and OnLocation, plus Encore, a full-featured authoring app.
Good luck,
Hunt

I am using Photoshop Elements 11. Do all .jpg formatted file have to be retangular in shape? I want to create an oval .jpg picture to insert into a book. Haven't been able to do so. It would work if I could make the area outside the oval completely tr

I am using Photoshop Elements 11. Do all .jpg formatted file have to be retangular in shape? I want to create an oval .jpg picture to insert into a book. Haven't been able to do so. It would work if I could make the area outside the oval completely transparent. Can anyone help me here?

JPG does not support transparency, so even if you create an oval with transparent background, the saved JPG will have white background. Instead, save it as a PNG, TIFF, or GIF which preserve the transparency.
Here is one of many ways to create your oval:
Create a new file the approximate size of the oval. Add the oval with the Custom Shape Ellipse tool, and simplify the shape layer.
In the Layers Palette, Ctrl-click the oval to select it and copy the selection to the clipboard (Edit > Copy).
Then do File > New from Clipboard. This creates the oval with transparent background cropped to the oval size.
Then save it as one of the file types that support transparency (and also supported by the application where you are sending the picture to).
Note: Is is not even necessary to do step 2. That is only if some reason you want the oval to be tightly cropped. It is sufficient to delete the Background layer in step 1 (or turn off its visibility) and save the file. The oval will appear correctly in the book with either version.

Can i create ADM Modeless dialog using Photoshop CS5 SDK

Hi,
I am developing a photoshop plugin using CS3 SDK. I am using ADM to create dialogs. Developing ADM Modeless dialog is not possible in CS3 SDK.
Can any one please tell me whether it is possible in CS5 SDK to create Modeless dialog. ( So that user of my plugin will be free to use photoshop even after invocation of DialogBox. )
If Modeless dialogs are not possible in photoshop using ADM,..... Is ther any other way to create modeless dialogs in photoshop ??
Regards,
Prafulla Vedante

ADM Modeless dialog is not supported in Photoshop in any version.
Your only option to make a panel / palette in Photoshop is to use the CS SDK (CS5) or the "Photoshop Panel Developer's Guide" ( CS4 or CS5 ).
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/cssdk/tag/cs-sdk

Can I use Photoshop Elements 13 to create HTML file?

Can I use Photoshop Elements 13 to create HTML file?

See Barbara's answer in your duplicated post: How can I save a Photoshop Elements 12 file as HTML?
No difference with PSE13.

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