Selecting And Modifying Image Maps (Imageready) - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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Designing Web Pages
To convert a layer-based image map area to a tool-
based image map area:
Select a layer-based image map area using the
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image map select tool ( ). (See "Selecting image
maps" on page 289).
Choose Promote Layer Based Image Map Area
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from the Image Map palette menu. If the layer
contains multiple, non-overlapping areas of pixel
content, multiple tool-based image map areas
are produced.
Viewing image maps
When you select the image map select tool,
image map areas show automatically. You can also
show or hide image map areas using the Image
Map Visibility button.
Image map preferences determine how image map
areas appear in the document window. You can set
preferences for image map lines, line color,
and color adjustments.
To show or hide image map areas:
Do one of the following:
Click the Image Map Visibility button (
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the toolbox.
Choose View > Show > Image Maps.
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Choose View > Show Extras. This command also
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shows or hides selection edges, slices, text bounds,
text baseline, and text selections. (See "Working
with Extras" on page 77.)
To set image map display preferences:
Choose Edit > Preferences > Image Maps.
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To change the color of image map lines, choose
2
a color from the Line Color pop-up menu.
Changing the color of image map lines also
changes the line color of selected image map areas
to a contrasting color.
To change the strength of image map color
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adjustments, enter a value, or choose a value from
the Image Map Overlay pop-up slider. The value
determines the extent of color adjustments that
dim the brightness and contrast of unselected
image map areas.
4 To display image map lines only and deselect
color adjustment display, select Show Lines Only.
5 To show a bounding box for circular image map
areas, select Show Bounding Box.
Selecting and modifying image
maps (ImageReady)
You can move, arrange, align, and duplicate
tool-based image map areas using the Image Map
palette. There are fewer options for modifying
) in
layer-based image map areas because they are tied
to the pixel content of the associated layer;
however, you can select, arrange, and delete
layer-based image map areas as you do tool-based
image map areas.