Group assets in a favorites folder, Insert and edit images, Insert an image – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Page content and assets
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Do one of the following:
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the asset’s name or icon in the Assets panel, then select Edit
Nickname.
• Click the asset’s name once, pause, then click it again. (Do not double-click; double-clicking opens the item for
editing.)
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Type a nickname for the asset, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Group assets in a Favorites folder
Placing an asset in Favorites folder does not change the location of the asset’s file on your disk.
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In the Assets panel, select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.
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Click the New Favorites Folder button
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Type a name for the folder, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
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Drag assets into the folder.
More Help topics
Insert and edit images
Many different types of graphic file formats exist, but three graphic file formats are generally used in web pages—GIF,
JPEG, and PNG. GIF and JPEG file formats are the best supported and can be viewed in most browsers. You can easily
insert images and edit them using the Dreamweaver user interface.
GIF (Graphic Interchange Format)
GIF files use a maximum of 256 colors, and are best for displaying noncontinuous-
tone images or those with large areas of flat colors, such as navigation bars, buttons, icons, logos, or other images with
uniform colors and tones.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
The JPEG file format is the superior format for photographic or continuous-
tone images, because JPEG files can contain millions of colors. As the quality of a JPEG file increases, so does the file
size and the file download time. You can often strike a good balance between the quality of the image and the file size
by compressing a JPEG file.
PNG (Portable Network Group)
The PNG file format is a patent-free replacement for GIFs that includes support for
indexed-color, gray scale, and true-color images, and alpha channel support for transparency. PNG is the native file
format of Adobe® Fireworks®. PNG files retain all the original layer, vector, color, and effects information (such as drop
shadows), and all elements are fully editable at all times. Files must have the .png file extension to be recognized as PNG
files by Dreamweaver.
Insert an image
When you insert an image into a Dreamweaver document, a reference to the image file is generated in the HTML source
code. To ensure that this reference is correct, the image file must be in the current site. If it is not in the current site,
Dreamweaver asks whether you want to copy the file into the site.