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USING PHOTOSHOP
Optional plug-ins
Last updated 12/5/2011
%THUMBBORDER% Determines the size of thumbnail borders.
%THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT% Enables the Add Width And Height Attributes For Images check box. This allows the user
to download the attributes, reducing download time.
%THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT_NUMBER% This token is replaced with a numeral (only) representing the height of the
thumbnail.
%THUMBNAILS% This token is replaced with thumbnails using the Thumbnail.htm file for the frame styles. You must
place this token alone in a single, nonbreaking line in the HTML file.
%THUMBNAIL_SIZE% Contains the thumbnail pixel value in the Thumbnails panel. This is useful for JavaScript in the
templates, as it can show the maximum height and width values for all thumbnails for the generated site.
%THUMBNAILSRC% Determines the link to a thumbnail.
%THUMBNAILSROWS% This token is replaced with rows of thumbnails using the Thumbnail.htm file for the
nonframe styles. You must place this token alone in a single, nonbreaking line in the HTML file.
%THUMBNAIL_WIDTH% Enables the Add Width And Height Attributes For Images check box. This allows the user
to download the attributes, reducing download time.
%THUMBNAIL_WIDTH_NUMBER% This token is replaced by a numeral (only) representing the width of the
thumbnail.
%TITLE% Determines the title of the gallery.
%VLINK% Determines the color of visited links.
Extract an object from its background
When you extract an object, Photoshop erases its background to transparency. Pixels on the edge of the object lose the
color components derived from the background, so they can blend with a new background without producing a color halo.
Use the more effective and flexible Refine Edge command
For superior results and nondestructive processing, use the Select > Refine Edge command. See “Refine selection
edges” on page 223 for instructions and links to additional helpful tutorials.
The Refine Edge command is particularly impressive with highly complex edge content such as wispy hair. Unlike the
older Extract plug-in, which permanently erases pixel data, the Refine Edge command creates selection masks that you
can later readjust and fine-tune.
Use the older, optional Extract plug-in (Windows only)
Note: The Extract plug-in is not available for Mac OS because it is incompatible with recent versions of that operating
system, and the Refine Edge command produces better extractions.