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junery00

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Hi i have a question what it comes first and i would like to know how you guys do it
and hope can explain to me because its a question that i have some doubts, im learning dreamweaver but i have a questions about it.

First how you guys start the website from a blank html file , what comes first and whats comes to the end can you please give some advices please
 

chrishirst

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Staff member
First how you guys start the website from a blank html file ,
You don't start from there.

You start with a picture or a drawing of what you want to end up with.
 

chrishirst

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Staff member
Yep, Dreamweaver, when used correctly is a development tool, the "design" should start off as you say, with a sketch. Then the graphic elements such as logos, backgrounds, buttons, icons etc. can be created in a vector editing tool with layering capability so each image can be exported/saved independently thus negating the need for any 'slicing' to be done. Using vectors rather than a bitmap/raster editor means the image can be resized without any loss of definition or quality from 'dithering' or 'aliasing'
 

junery00

New Member
ok for the graphic elements should i use photoshop or illustrator correct , correct and what exactly is layering capability
 

chrishirst

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Staff member
ok for the graphic elements should i use photoshop or illustrator correct , correct and what exactly is layering capability

Illustrator (expensive) or Inkscape (Open source and free) NOT Photoshop as it is a bitmap/raster editor.
 

junery00

New Member
actually i did but still didn't understand that's why i asked back here lol i know im slow and some kind not understading the words when they are explained diffrent ways but i ll try again
 

junery00

New Member
thanks chrishist i got it now , yes thats why i do every day practice and play around with photoshop and now after you said try with illustrator im traying to but little by little im getting things thanks again you dont know how important is for me to learn this because i really like it and really want to learn
 
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