Rebecca Price- Project 8

1. Rulers and guides, not so impressive to me.. I actually couldn't tell if the snap to was working or not.

2. I like the sketching filter. They made the final image a little more dynamic and textural. For these type of composites I think they help.

3. Smart objects were a snap. Very nice to have a non destructive editing platform.

4. I added a lot more layers than were needed for this composite, which I feel makes it a little better than all my others because it is more finished looking.

5. pretty much the same shortcuts as before.

6. my webpage

Project 9 - Cassiopeia Anderson

1. What was your experience using layer comps? I think layer comps made it easy to save the normal and over states of the buttons. In what way will you continue using Layer Comps in future projects? I will use layer comps in the future to simply making changes to buttons.

2. Please describe which method you used to produce your slices. I followed the method from the Youtube video. I created the buttons, created the layer comps, and then selected each layer comp to save for web and devices and exported only the sliced buttons. Did you experience challenges? No After completing this part of the project, will you use slicing in future projects? Yes What are your thoughts about using Photoshop in future web projects? I like what Photoshop can do a lot. I think you can create much neater buttons, images, graphics, etc. than what you can create in Fireworks.

3. In part 2, you added images to your CSS to create a rollover without the text added to your image. The text was added in the XHTML. Which method of adding buttons do you prefer in your web design, rollover buttons using Dreamweaver or adding the image to your CSS? Why? After many attempts, I did not get the adding the image to CSS so I ended up doing it through Dreamweaver so I suppose that is my preference until I get more practice the other way.

4. What web asset did you create for part 3? I added a css rule to center the home button, and I added the footer as a library item. Did you create any additional assets for your web site? No.

5. Did you complete the bonus? No

6. What keyboard shortcuts are you using regularly now? Ctrl+S, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+C, Alt+dragging

7. Link: http://sws.pcc.edu/student/CAS208_pdeangel_16723/cassiopeiaanderson13/project9/project9.html

Project - 9 Deja Sparks

1.) Layer Comps are awesome! I will definitely use them in future projects, especially with buttons.
2.)The slices were pretty easy, I just used the method described in the video. Photoshop in future web design is a must. I love that site. Hope to use the Layouts soon.
3.)I failed at adding my buttons...
4.)I added text next to the buttons describing the project title.
5.)I did not complete the bonus. bummed...
6.) Same shortcuts as last week.
MY WEBSITE!

Project 9 (Final) -- Emily Keene

1. HOLY CRAP, LAYER COMPS ARE GOING TO SAVE MY LIFE! I don't know if this feature is new to CS5 or if it's been around all along and I've actually wasted a gazillion hours of my life for no reason, but I make rollover images ALL the time... Combined with Slicing (which I hadn't previously known about either) my whole world seriously just got so much better. I think I'm actually going to have some of that mystical "free time" I hear so much about... Stoked!

2. I pretty much just went with the video method, with minor differences that only occurred when I'd made a mistake and had to do things in a weird order to salvage the situation... For example, I made 16 button shapes that I'd sorted into "up" and "over" folders, and in addition to using different FX they also had different background base colors; so, instead of only sorting/saving styles by appearance, I had to leave "visibility" checked off as well. So I had a couple moments of frustration, but it never took long to figure out and recover. I will DEFINITELY use Slicing in future projects.

3. I tend to use CSS a lot more often (even though the Dreamweaver way is so quick n easy) just because I find the rollover script can get kinda buggy. Maybe that's just me, though, I dunno.

4. I made a shiny new version of my web design company logo to use for the copyright section.

5. I did complete the bonus, it was really easy... I just opened the HTML file in Dreamweaver and made the exact same edits that I did for all the other project sites. Simple as that!

6. I'm all over these shortcuts now :) [see my project 8 post for details]

:: Project 9 -- Final Web Page ::

Amanda S Project 9

Layer comps would've saved me time in another class, so I'm sure that I'll use it again. I used the method described in one of the videos--using the layer select. It worked great for the normal image, but the rollovers were cut off at wierd angles and I just couldn't get them right. I didn't understand the directions for adding the navigation to the other pages--it sounded like the directions asked for the image to be a background image AND a rollover. It wasn't until I got to the questions that it made sense, and by then I had already put the work into having them be a rollover and didn't have time to start over.

Karlyn Gibson- Project 9

1.  Layer comps were easy to use, although I did have an issue with the visibility of the text I added for the Over buttons.  This had to do with saving the layer comp "visibility" before creating the text.
2.  I created my slices based on layers.  I will use photoshop in creating future graphics for websites, but I probably won't use photoshop to create the html.  I find it is a more streamlined process to code in html and css and not in software programs.
3.  I prefer the method we used...coding in XHTML and CSS because it is easier to change later on.
4.  I created a border around <table> tags, and I underlined the <h1> tag.
5.  I ended up creating iframes because each of my project index pages used similar names for images (to make changing them out easier).  However, to save these into one universal image folder would create problems.  This is the problem with waiting until the last project to create a navigation bar...you can't predict in previous projects what naming conventions will/won't work.  So, I created new html pages with an i frame that loads each project page separately.
6.  command D, command Z, [, ], shift C, D, command +, command -
7.  http://sws.pcc.edu/student/CAS208_pdeangel_16723/karlyngibson80/Filemanagement/index.html

Project 9 - Virgil Anderson

1. What was your experience using Layer Comps? In what way will you continue using Layer Comps in future projects? Layer comps was pretty simple to use.  Definitely makes it a lot easier to make changes if you need to go back and change something.
2. Please describe which method you used to produce your slices. I used the auto slicing tool that we were shown in the video, and I did not run into problems.  In fact it was quite easy.

4. What web asset did you create for Part 3? Did you create any additional assets for your web site? Which ones?  I created a class in css call .mid.  I used that to center my buttons while maintaining a white background.
5. Did you complete the bonus? Tell us how you completed it. I did not.　
6. What keyboard shortcuts are you using regularly now? Control C, Control V, Control z3. In Part 2, you added images to your CSS to create a rollover without the text added to your image. The text was added in the XHTML. Which method of adding buttons do you prefer in your web design, rollover buttons using Dreamweaver or adding the image to your CSS? Why? I prefer adding the rollovers in dreamweaver because it is much easier.7. http://sws.pcc.edu/student/CAS208_pdeangel_16723/virgilanderson12/Project9/project9.html