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Last updated 11/30/2015
Copy and paste a selection from Photoshop
You can copy all or some of a Photoshop image and paste the selection into your Dreamweaver page as a web-ready
image. You can copy a single layer or a set of layers for a selected area of the image or you can copy a slice of the image.
When you do this, however, Dreamweaver does not create a Smart Object.
Note: While the Update from Original functionality is not available for pasted images, you can still open and edit the
original Photoshop file by selecting the pasted image and clicking the Edit button in the Property inspector.
1 In Photoshop, do one of the following:
• Copy all or part of a single layer by using the Marquee tool to select the portion you want to copy, and then choose
Edit > Copy. This copies only the active layer for the selected area into the clipboard. If you have layer-based
effects, they are not copied.
• Copy and merge multiple layers by using the Marquee tool to select the portion you want to copy, and then
choose Edit > Copy Merged. This flattens and copies all the selected area’s active and lower layers into the
clipboard. If you have layer-based effects associated with any of these layers, they are copied.
• Copy a slice by using the Slice Select tool to select the slice, and then choose Edit > Copy. This flattens and copies
all the slice’s active and lower layers into the clipboard.
You can choose Select > All to quickly select all of an image for copying.
2 In Dreamweaver (Design or Code view), place the insertion point on your page where you want the image inserted.
3 Select Edit > Paste.
4 In the Image Optimization dialog box, adjust optimization settings as needed and click OK.
5 Save the web-ready image file to a location within your website’s root folder.
SmartObject state Description Recommended action
Images synched The web image is in sync with the current
contents of the original Photoshop file. Width
and height attributes in the HTML code match
the dimensions of the web image.
None
Original asset modified The original Photoshop file has been modified
after the creation of the web image in
Dreamweaver.
Use the Update From Original button in the
Property inspector to sync the two images.
Dimensions of web image are different from
selected HTML width and height
The width and height attributes in the HTML
code are different from the width and height
dimensions of the web image that
Dreamweaver created upon insertion. If the
web image’s dimensions are smaller than the
selected HTML width and height values, the
web image can appear pixelated.
Use the Update From Original button in the
Property inspector to re-create the web image
from the original Photoshop file.
Dreamweaver uses the currently specified
HTML width and height dimensions when it
re-creates the image.
Dimensions of original asset are too small for
selected HTML width and height
The width and height attributes in the HTML
code are larger than the width and height
dimensions of the original Photoshop file. The
web image can appear pixelated.
Don’t create web images with dimensions
larger than the dimensions of the original
Photoshop file.
Original asset not found Dreamweaver cannot find the original
Photoshop file specified in the Original text
box of the Property inspector.
Correct the file path in the Original text box of
the Property inspector, or move the
Photoshop file to the location that’s currently
specified.