Dreamweaver: Using Tracing Images
Dreamweaver's Tracing Image feature is a great tool for
organizing your site layout. You can comp out your site in say
Fireworks or Freehand and then bring it into Dreamweaver to use
as a guide to align tables and layers...really anything!
You can use images in either .jpg, .gif, or .png formats.
Tracing images do not get exported with the html. So you
don't have to worry about the size of the file. For example,
many of the png's I use for tracing images are upwards of 500k,
depending on the project. Don't be concerned with that because
none of that will affect your final HTML document.
Step 1: Create a new document
Make sure you've defined a new site or are working in a
already Defined site.
Step 2: Insert the Tracing
Image
- With the new page open, go to Modify>Page Properties.
- Go down to Tracing Image and click the Browse button to
locate the image you wish to use as the Tracing Image.
Note, be sure not to select Background Image as this is NOT
what you want.
Background images are images that WILL be part of your final
HTML document and will be visible.
Step 3: Select the Tracing
Image
Once you've located the image, select it and choose Open.
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