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Guidelines
Submitted by shaun on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 01:22.
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Here are a couple simple guidelines about your .psd files that will make working with psd2css Online and other sites powered by psd2css Online easier and more productive:
Note! These are guidelines to make it work - not the documentation about all the cool features.You can find the documentation here.
- Don't make too many layers - if you are an advanced artist, you probably made your work using lots of layers that all combine together to make individual parts of your art. For example, your logo might be made up of 5 or 6 layers - but the logo will always stay one single element, always together. Don't upload your psd file with that logo still all separated out into the 5 or 6 layers - merge them down to one 'logo' layer.
- Opacity and Blending Options - Layers with Opacity at anything other than 100% or Blending Options set need to be rasterized. In Photoshop you can right click on the layer and choose 'Rasterize Type' or 'Rasterize Layer', or just merge the layer with any other raster layer (even a blank one). In The Gimp you can make an empty layer just below the one you want to rasterize, then right click on your layer and choose 'Merge Down'. That will rasterize the layer and merge it with the empty layer too.
- Use 8 bit image depth - 16 bit or indexed image depths won't work - use 8 bit image depth
- Visible/Invisible Layers - psd2css Online will convert and generate images for your invisible layers. If you don't want those layers to show up in your web page, then please make a 'working' copy of your PSD file and delete the invisible layers for conversion by psd2css Online
- The Gimp Layer Sizes - The Gimp likes to make layers as big as the entire image. This makes for a really inefficient web page - lots of big image files. For any layer in The Gimp where the actual art is smaller than the whole page (probably all your layers), choose the layer to edit, then in the layer menu choose 'Autocrop Layer'. Tutorial 3 shows this little work around in action.
- 4MB/8MB psd File Size Limits for Unregistered/Registered Users - You must be logged in to get the 8MB file size limit. We are currently investigating larger file sizes. Bandwidth issues are the focus.
- Help out the guy writing psd2cssonline - ok, not really a guideline I suppose, but if you upload a psd file and it doesn't do what you think it should, send it to me at support@psd2cssonline.com. I'll make it work (as time permits). Thanks

Great job, thank you -
Submitted by h734821 on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 12:38.Great job, thank you - sometimes it's lifesaving tool.
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Submitted by cliojr on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 10:02.Hi to all.
As a designer, I get tired of slicing up my webpages. It takes a good amount of time to get everything right. Then when you export it and the CSS via photoshop, the code is limitless as well as for the CSS.
You have done a great job guys. You are brilliant.
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I was just begging that somebody invented what you just created. I love you man! I think you should register this idea as soon as possible. You'll see, it won' take long for Google to be interested in your idea and buy it! You're going to be rich!
I'm using psd2ccs forever now! As soon as one of my sites is online, I'll let you know!
Best Regards!
Oliver Hautsch - Letranemia.com