| When you slice an image, the slice divides an image | | | | options box. In your save for web and devices is |
| into smaller images that are shown on a web page | | | | where you find the options for different settings to |
| using CSS layers, or html table. When you divide the | | | | optimize each slice. |
| image, you can assign different URL links to create | | | | Slices are categorized by their content type, which |
| page navigation, or your optimization settings are | | | | included auto, image, or no image, and are |
| used to optimize each section of image. You export | | | | categorized by the way they are created, user, layer |
| and optimize a sliced image using the save for web | | | | based, or auto. When you create slices with the slice |
| & devices option. Photoshop generates the html | | | | tool, they are called user slices. When you create |
| code or CSS code that you need to show you sliced | | | | slices from a layer they are called layer based slices. |
| image by saving each slice as a separate file. | | | | Once you create a new user slice or layer based |
| When you work with slices, keep these basics in | | | | slice, extra auto slices are made to fill in for the |
| mind, you can either create a slice by using the slice | | | | remaining areas of the image. You could also say that |
| tool or you can create them using layer based slices. | | | | auto slices fill the space in the image that is not |
| After you create a slice, you can select it using the | | | | defined by user slices or layer based slices. Auto |
| slice select tool and then resize, align, or move it to | | | | slices are remade every time you add or edit user |
| other slices. You can set your options for each slice, | | | | slices or layer based slices, and you can easily |
| which include the type, name, and URL in the slice | | | | convert auto slices to user slices. |