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> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells... Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you?
by flir 3y ago
> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells...
Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you? I remember a print designer on my first job feeding what was, essentially, a full-bleed leaflet design through it, and producing a "landing page" with hundreds of table cells.
- function_seven 3y agoMacromedia Fireworks? I think that’s what you’re remembering. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Fireworks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Fireworks
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- thegeomaster 3y agoPhotoshop itself did have a "slice tool" which allowed you to draw slices. There was a special export mode which exported all these slices for you, and IIRC, could even generate a tabletastic HTML for you. Maybe this is what you remember?
- whizzter 3y agoAdobe Imageready , was capable of visually making image-maps (you added links to sections of an image) and also had tools to create Gif animations (later embedded into Photoshop proper). A page I have for one community project still uses those Imageready generated maps :)
- flir 3y agoThat's the puppy! Thanks!
- jon-wood 3y agoPhotoshop itself would let you slice an image into sections and then export them as separate images.
- tracker1 3y agoI worked with a PS wizard around 98 that was able to do that... Had to do a complicated rollover trail with a 15x9 grid of category images. She was great to work with.
- pimlottc 3y agoEventually, but not originally. The first designers who knew how to do it manually were basically considered to be wizards.