To Change The Shape Of A Layer-Based Image Map Area (Imageready); To Convert A Layer-Based Image Map Area To A Tool-Based Image Map Area; To Show Or Hide Image Map Areas (Imageready); To Set Image Map Display Preferences (Imageready) - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To change the shape of a layer-based image map area (ImageReady)

1 Select a layer-based image map area by clicking it in the Web Content palette or by using the Image Map Select
tool .
In the Layer Based Settings section of the Image Map palette, choose an option from the pop-up menu of shapes:
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Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon. If you choose Polygon, enter a value or choose a value from the Quality pop-up slider
to set the number of segments in the polygon.
See also
"To select an image map area (ImageReady)" on page 593

To convert a layer-based image map area to a tool-based image map area

(ImageReady)
1 Select a layer-based image map area by clicking it in the Web Content palette or by using the Image Map Select
tool .
Choose Promote Layer Based Image Map Area from the Image Map palette menu. If the layer contains multiple,
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nonoverlapping areas of pixel content, ImageReady creates multiple tool-based image map areas.
See also
"To select an image map area (ImageReady)" on page 593

To show or hide image map areas (ImageReady)

Click the Image Map Visibility button
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map areas.
Choose View > Show > Image Maps.
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Choose View > Extras. This command also shows or hides selection edges, slices, text bounds, text baseline, and
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text selections.
Note: When you select the Image Map Select tool, image map areas are automatically shown.

To set image map display preferences (ImageReady)

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.
1 Do one of the following:
In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Image Maps.
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• In Mac OS, choose ImageReady > Preferences > Image Maps.
To display image map lines only and deselect color adjustment display, select Show Lines Only.
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To show a bounding box for circular image map areas, select Show Bounding Box.
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4 To change the color of image map lines, choose a color from the Line Color menu. When you change the color of
image map lines, lines denoting selected areas change to a contrasting color.
To change the degree of color adjustment to the image map, enter a value, or choose a value from the Image Map
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Overlay slider. The value determines the brightness and contrast of unselected image map areas.
in the toolbox. This button works like a toggle to show or hide image
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