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--- Quote from: Jade Elizabeth on May 15, 2012, 12:48:20 AM ---If you're too lazy to scribble lines of colour over each bar to see where they're used then there's no help for you.
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Thanks for that rather unhelpful comment. You'll not doubt have read http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=476142.msg3329639#msg3329639 which indicates my knowledge of graphical editing programmes is somewhat limited and was having no success. You'll also have seen subsequent posts that have indicated that GIMP may not open the file for a full edit. PhotoShop may offer a free trial, and I may in due course look at that, but is there much point in learning to use software that I am not going to be able to afford to keep, and will the trial version create fully useable files - many trial software leaves watermarks or suchlike?).
The most helpful advice is that which lead me to understand the concept of image sprites and indeed does identify which part of the image is used for what. The suggestion that CSS3 is a way forward to style with less use of the image, is the direction I will however be pursuing, as the vast majority of my forum's users, being computer gamers, have current kit, which will be running modern CSS3 compatible browsers.
Jade Elizabeth:
It wasnt unhelpful, you wanted to know where the images displayed....you can just open the png file in paint and scribble over the bars in different colours and then upload it and look for each colour :). There are HEAPS of programs that open PSD files, and GIMP opens them fine, or it does for me.
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-open-psd-extension-files-without-installing-adobe-photoshop/
My comment was not unhelpful, just scribble on each of the thingies with a different colour and then save and look around your forum and make note of where each one goes. Which was my original suggestion - and would surely have solved your problem?
On cost I can understand that. Photoshop is also announcing (or maybe already announced) their new suite is going to be $50 a month, which when worked out saves you over $1000...while that's savings I cannot afford that. If you're a student you can get it for about $150 or so....If you're a student google "student software". They have massive discounts in all major countries because they wanted to stop students pirating the software (another option for you). I bought Design Premium for $435 or something. And I'm using a trial for Lightroom which I wish came with it because it's flippin fantastic! lol
If you want help with sprites (I lote them), just get the co-ordinates from the css (or by using Firebug to select the image in your browser) and in what ever program you use you can either make two guides and find where they meet, or you can make a selection of the size and stick it in the top left corner. I suck at explaining so I hope that makes sense to you lol.
amitkool21:
i'm also facing a problem like this but the thing is whenever i change the color in main_block.png and refreshes the home page the older color appears for a sec(like a flash) and than new color comes back........what to do now ?
Shambles:
Hey amitkool21, you might be better opening your own topic as this one is marked as solved and may be overlooked because of such :)
Jade Elizabeth:
I think what you might be seeing is either your browser cache, OR the css colour underneath. If it's square it's CSS and your image is being loaded too slow, so you should google how to optimise it.
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