User Guide

ADOBE GOLIVE CS2

User Guide

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Import > Photoshop Layers command

A. A layered PSD file brought into GoLive using the Import > Photoshop Layers command. B. Save For Web generates separate target files

from each layer of the PSD file. C. Target files appear in the Layout Editor in separate layers.

See also

“About GoLive layers” on page 253

“Advantages of Smart Objects” on page 358

To import a layered Photoshop image

1 Choose File > Import > Photoshop Layers.

2 Select the folder where you want to save the layers, and click Open.

If you import many layered images, you may want to organize each one into a separate destination folder (for

instance, a subfolder within your images folder).

3 In the Save For Web dialog box, choose the optimization settings you want for the first layer, and then do one of

the following:

• ClickSave.GoLiveaddsthefirstlayerasalowestlayeronthepage,andthenopenstheSaveForWebdialogbox

for each remaining layer. Repeat the process of choosing an optimization setting and clicking Save for each layer.

Each Photoshop layer is placed in a separate GoLive layer in the Layout Editor.

• Hold down the Ctrl key and click Save All. Save All applies the same settings to all layers in the imported

Photoshop file. Each layer is placed in a separate layer in the Layout Editor.

Note: Clicking Cancel only cancels the import process for the current layer. Press Ctrl while clicking Cancel to cancel the

import process for all remaining layers.

Creating variations of images

In GoLive, variables let you create multiple image versions from one image file. You first establish variables in

Photoshop; then you edit them in GoLive by using Smart Objects. Variables can control elements such as text content

and layer visibility. For example, you might have an image with text containing the price of an item. If you want to

quickly modify the price, there’s no need to create separate image files in another application. Instead, you can simply

modify a text variable in GoLive.