| Are you having trouble setting up your website | | | | what you are doing. However, the process can be |
| because you are not sure how to get your PSD files | | | | time consuming. Usually, the conversion process |
| to display correctly online? This is a common scenario | | | | starts off by flattening the graphic image. |
| that online business owners face because they hired | | | | On the image, you may then have to decide on how |
| someone to design their posters, logos and other | | | | you want the image to appear. Are there specific |
| promotional materials in Photoshop. Photoshop is a | | | | areas you want to be clickable? Or do you just want |
| professional class software that many designers use | | | | a static image that is fast loading? |
| to deliver cutting edge graphic images. | | | | Once you are clear about what you want to achieve, |
| The problem is, the source file of the graphic images | | | | be sure to communicate that to whoever is |
| is saved as PSD file formats. PSD file format is the | | | | responsible for the conversion. Based on your |
| format recognized by Photoshop software. It is not a | | | | instructions, the actual conversion then starts to take |
| web friendly file format, and hence, that poses | | | | place. |
| problems for anyone who wants to publish PSD files | | | | The image may be spliced using special software, and |
| on the Internet. | | | | exported in HTML format - the way you want it. The |
| On the Internet, there are many different types of | | | | files are then uploaded to the server so that you can |
| coding languages used. The most commonly seen | | | | assess the work. Be sure to check out the web |
| languages used are the HTML language, and the | | | | page with different web browsers to ensure that |
| XHTML language. HTML stands for hyper text | | | | there are no compatibility issues. If there is anything |
| markup language, and XHTML stands for Extensive | | | | that needs to be changed, you can always make |
| hyper text markup language. XHTML is similar to | | | | special requests. |
| HTML, except that it also works with XML syntax. | | | | Professional coders will be able to hand code the |
| There are industry standards governing both HTML | | | | HTML or XHTML for you. The code can then be |
| and XHTML. So which do you choose? Both | | | | checked for W3C validity - the industry accepted |
| languages will allow you to display your PSD files on | | | | standard. |
| the Internet the way you want. In general, | | | | The main benefit of having a PSD file converted to |
| converting PSD files to XHTML may cost you more. | | | | static HTML or XHTML is that you can edit the web |
| So if you don't need to work with XML, you may | | | | page any time you want. Once the slicing is done, |
| want to convert PSD to static HTML files. | | | | and the conversion completed, you can easily update |
| The conversion process is not difficult if you know | | | | the web page using simple HTML tags. |