The traditional workflow generally goes like this:
1. Create the image in one or more graphics-editing programs.
2. Place the new graphic on a Web page via your Web-authoring tool.
3. Note where the problems lie??”perhaps the image is too big or too small, maybe the drop shadow
doesn??™t blend into the background properly, or maybe the entire image needs to be flipped.
4. Reopen the graphics program, make the modifications, and save or export the file again.
5. Return to the Web page layout to view the results.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 ad infinitum until you get it right.
Adobe makes it possible to reduce this workflow significantly by integrating two top-of-the-line graphics
programs??”Photoshop and Fireworks??”with Dreamweaver. Both programs bring a tremendous amount of
image creation and manipulation to the table; both programs work quite smoothly with Dreamweaver.
Bringing in Photoshop Images
Adobe Photoshop, the graphics program powerhouse, was primarily developed to work with print.
Although it has long included the capability to export Web-compatible formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG,
the path from Photoshop to Dreamweaver has been an arduous one. Moreover, the reverse direction??”necessary
for fine-tuning graphics??”was just as time-consuming.
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