By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2011-05-24 01:46:41 | Word Count: 465
Photoshop is an excellent tool for website creation. Even a beginner can create a totally functional website using this program, and they don't have to know much about HTML or JavaScript. It is possible to employ Photoshop to create an entire web page template, and then utilize Image Ready to slice up the image and create the HTML for you. Or, you may just want to employ Photoshop to create your website's navigation or to optimize the images that appear on the site. Regardless of how you utilize Photoshop, there is no doubt that it will improve the appearance of your website and help it load more quickly.
Using Photoshop, it is possible to create an entire website without having to do very much HTML coding by hand. Photoshop allows you to develop a complete website and then transfer your image into Image Ready where you can slice the image up into smaller parts, save the images and associated HTML, and render the page quite simply. Then you merely insert your newly created website along with all its content into the blank spaces that you left in the template. You will be ready to post your new website to the Internet once you have added the content to your pages.
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During the website creation process, I utilize Photoshop to create the site's navigation, as well as to optimize all the images so that the website will load faster. Normally, I create navigation buttons and then use Image Ready to create rollover effects. This is a big time-saver for me, since the JavaScript involved in the mouse-over effects are taken care of already, permitting me to focus on the more advanced coding of the pages. Even if you do not use Photoshop to create the navigation and layout of your website, at least utilize it to optimize your images so that your website does not take an excessive time to load.
Any image can be optimized in three different ways by Photoshop, which will also advise you how fast it will load when various connection speeds are employed. Then you can decide which optimized image to utilize, depending on the appearance of the picture and how fast it loads. If you do not optimize your images, it is possible that your website will be slow to load and your visitors may become impatient and move on. It is possible to create a website by hand, coding it yourself, but it will be far easier to do it with Photoshop and your website will probably look nicer.
