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Slicing bitmaps in Photoshop
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Post 1 made on Sunday February 15, 2004 at 23:17
Houston
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I am creating a custom interface that involves taken a complete image I have created in Photoshop, slicing it up (to make individual buttons) but I can not seem to be able to save them in .bmp format.

I am converting the image to index color, then selecting "Save As" and selecting ".bmp" for the format but Photoshop saves the whole image and not each slice and an individual .bmp. I have done this before but for the life of me can not recall how I did it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Post 2 made on Monday February 16, 2004 at 01:08
Andrew V
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I'm not sure if this is the most simplest way, but it will work. Make each one of the slices a new layer and then just duplicate each of them to a new image. Now, you can save the different sections individually.
Post 3 made on Monday February 16, 2004 at 05:12
André du Fresne
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Houston,
there is a slice function in the "save for web" option, but using that option you can't save the files as bmp (only as jpg, gif or png).
Another method sounds complicated at first, but once you're getting used to it, it's quite simple:
In this example, you'll make 9 slices of your bitmap (like a tic-tac-toe-game).
  • choose the rectangular marquee and select the upper third of your bitmap.
  • Select IMAGE / CROP.
  • Draw another rectangle for the first third.
  • Select IMAGE / CROP.
  • You now have the the upper left slice. Save this picture as whatevernameyouwant.bmp
  • Open the HISTORY window and delete the last entry (Should be crop)
  • Invert the selection and CROP.
  • Draw a marquee for the middle button then CROP.
  • Save as bitmap.
  • Again in HISTORY delete the last entry.
  • Inverse Selection - CROP
  • Save as bitmap.
    Now you have the upper third of your picture sliced intro 3 bitmaps.
  • Open the HISTORY-window and delete everything except your first marquee (with which you selected the upper third).
  • Inverse the selection and CROP again.
  • Draw a rectangular marquee to select the 2nd third of your picture and CROP.
    By repeating the steps, you should get nices slices of your bitmap. Due to the option "inverse selection" all slices should fit seamlessly together.
    Like I said, this sounds more complicated than it really is, just try it step by step.
    If I failed to explain, you can send me the file to be sliced
    André
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