Show or hide slice boundaries, Show or hide auto slices, Show or hide slice numbers – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Web graphics
Last updated 1/10/2010
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User slice has No Image content.
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Slice is layer-based.
Show or hide slice boundaries
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Choose View
> Show
> Slices. To hide and show slices along with other items, use the Extras command. See “
Show or hide auto slices
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Do one of the following:
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Select the Slice Select tool, and click Show Auto Slices or Hide Auto Slices in the options bar.
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Choose View
> Show
> Slices. Auto slices appear with the rest of your slices.
Show or hide slice numbers
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Do one of the following:
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In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences
> Guides, Grid & Slices.
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In Mac
OS, choose Photoshop
> Preferences
> Guides, Grid & Slices.
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Under Slices, click Show Slice Numbers.
Change the color of slice lines
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In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences
> Guides, Grid & Slices; in Mac
OS, choose Photoshop
> Preferences
>
Guides, Grid & Slices.
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Under Slice Lines, choose a color from the Line Color menu.
After the color change, selected slice lines are automatically displayed in a contrasting color.
Modifying slices
Select one or more slices
Do one of the following:
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Select the Slice Select tool
and click the slice in the image. When working with overlapping slices, click the
visible section of an underlying slice to select it.
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Select the Slice Select tool, and Shift-click to add slices to the selection.
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Select the Slice Select tool in the Save for Web & Devices dialog box, and click in an auto slice or outside the image
area, and drag across the slices you want to select. (Clicking in a user slice and dragging moves the slice.)
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Choose File
> Save For Web & Devices. In the dialog box, use the Slice tool to select a slice.
When using either the Slice tool or the Slice Select tool, you can switch from one tool to the other by holding down Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS).
Move, resize, and snap user slices
You can move and resize user slices in Photoshop, but not in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box.