mundmc wrote:Nice- how did you decide icon sizes?
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I mock up the whole thing in one PS document sized for the display device. If you really want to see how it'll display, you can save that whole thing as a PNG, then drop it in your backgrounds folder on the server. You can then load it up as a test page and see if you like it. But I almost never do that anymore.
I then open a second PS document and individually drag each element (or set of elements in the case of variable/state changing things) into that document. The system is basically:
1) hide all previous layers
2) drag new item into document
3) recrop document to match size of whatever I just dropped in
4) save as PNG
5) drag new PNG (or sets for changing images) to server machine via screen sharing
6) incorporate into growing CP
7) rinse and repeat
If done right, when you are done you have 2 PS documents; the mock up with all pieces on it, on which you can play with spacing, etc, and one which I call "x page components" with all the pieces dragged onto it to save as a PNG. I think the very newest versions of PS CC can export a single layer, so you wouldn't have to drag into a second doc. My older MacBook Pro won't run the newest PS versions though.