Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Working with other applications
Last updated 3/28/2012
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 Preview 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.
Dreamweaver defines the image according to your optimization settings and places a web-ready version of your image
in your page. Information about the image, such as the location of the original PSD source file, is saved in a Design
Note, regardless of whether you have enabled Design Notes for your site. The Design Note allows you to return to edit
the original Photoshop file from Dreamweaver.
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.