Editing An Image In An External Application - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Related topics
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"Editing an image in Contribute" on page 100
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"Changing an image's position or orientation" on page 98

Editing an image in an external application

You can use Contribute to start an external image-editing application. You can make simple edits
directly in Contribute, using the image editing toolbar (see
on page 100).
Note: When you edit an image in Contribute, Contribute creates a copy of the image you are editing,
so edits affect only this instance of the image. When you use Contribute to edit an image in an
external application, you edit the original image source file, so these edits affect all instances of that
image on your website.
To edit an image in an external image-editing application:
Do one of the following:
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In the Contribute browser, click Choose in the toolbar, select the image you want to edit,
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and then click OK. When the image opens, click Edit in the toolbar.
In the Contribute editor, select an image, and then select Format > Edit Image in External
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Application or right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the image, and then
select Edit Image in External Application.
Note: The image you select should be on a published page on your website or in one of your
website folders. If you add a new image to a draft, you cannot edit that image in an external editor
until it has been published to the website.
Contribute starts an application for you to edit the image.
If you are editing an image in Fireworks, click No in the Find Source dialog box to indicate that
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you do not want to edit the source file for this image.
By clicking No, you edit the image for the website only.
In the external application, make changes as necessary, and then save your changes and close the
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application.
Warning: Editing an image in an external application permanently changes the original image
saved on the server and affects other occurrences of this image throughout your website.
If you are editing in Fireworks, click Done in the editing window, and then close the
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application.
If you need to make additional changes to the image before you publish, click Launch in
Contribute to open the content in the external editor again.
In Contribute, click Publish to publish your changes to the website.
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Note: Depending on the role the Contribute administrator assigned you, you might not be able to
publish.
The updated image appears in Contribute.
104 Chapter 7: Working with Images and Graphical Elements
"Editing an image in Contribute"