User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2

User Guide

To change the shape of a layer-based image map area (ImageReady)

1 Select a layer-based image map area by clicking it in the Web Content palette or by using the Image Map Select

tool

2 In theLayer BasedSettingssection of theImage Mappalette,chooseanoptionfromthe pop-up menu of shapes:

Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon. If you choose Polygon, enter a value or choose a value from the Quality pop-up slider

to set the number of segments in the polygon.

See also

“To select an image map area (ImageReady)” on page 593

To show or hide image map areas (ImageReady)

• Click the Image Map Visibility button in the toolbox. This button works like a toggle to show or hide image

map areas.

• Choose View > Show > Image Maps.

• Choose View > Extras. This command also shows or hides selection edges, slices, text bounds, text baseline, and

text selections.

Note: W

hen you select the Image Map Select tool, image map areas are automatically shown.

To set image map display preferences (ImageReady)

Image map preferences determine how image map areas appear in the document window. You can set preferences

for image map lines, line color, and color adjustments.

1 Do one of the following:

• In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Image Maps.

• In Mac OS, choose ImageReady > Preferences > Image Maps.

2 To display image map lines only and deselect color adjustment display, select Show Lines Only.

3 To show a bounding box for circular image map areas, select Show Bounding Box.

4 To change the color of image map lines, choose a color from the Line Color menu. When you change the color of

image map lines, lines denoting selected areas change to a contrasting color.

5 To change the degree of color adjustment to the image map, enter a value, or choose a value from the Image Map

Overlay slider. The value determines the brightness and contrast of unselected image map areas.