Designing website as a graphic - any hints?

[Tymoty]

A couple of months ago I learned that many web designers lay out an entire web page in an image editing program first , then slice it up, insert in tables, etc.
My understanding of how to do this is quite limited but I am getting a few website jobs and think I really need to learn and get an handle on this. Can any one offer a few tips, hints or references?
Some of my initial questions would be:
- is there a standard size to make the overall graphic (pixel width and heigth)?
- do you insert individual slices as a foreground or background objects, or a combination of both?
- do you make rollovers right in the graphics program using layers?
- how do you add text? Do you allow for the text area (using white space) in the image, then slice it, delete it and add text in Normal view of FrontPage?
If there are other basic questions I should have asked but failed to do so, please address them if possible. thanks in advance for any tips,
gail
btw, I use Photoshop.

[PAUL-B]

It's good that you already use Photoshop, as that is what's mostly used for laying out the templates. To start off with, it'd be good to familiarise yourself with slicing & joining them using tables.

Here's a step-by-step manual:
Photoshop Web Template - Web Site Design Tutorial | PhotoshopSupport.com

Hope it helps.

[Mirey86]

Yeah, there is a program that' s technically stand-alone, but comes with Photoshop. It' s called ImageReady and if you want to know more, I can ask my teacher and get back to you on the specifics. She' s the one that told us.

[iceman88]

Yep, Thanks for the info, Image Ready is bundled with photoshop.
This is really a big help to all of us just trying out wb designing.
Techniques and shortcuts is of big value to us.
Great work guys...

[simrita]

Web page design is a process of conceptualization, planning, modeling, and execution of electronic media content delivery via Internet in the form of technologies (such as markup languages) suitable for interpretation and display by a web browser or other web-based graphical user interfaces (GUIs).