Jumping between applications

Jumping between applications

You can jump between Photoshop and ImageReady to transfer an image between the two applications for editing without closing or exiting the originating application In addition, you can jump from ImageReady to other graphics editing applications and HTML editing applications installed on your system.

Jumping to an application saves you from having to close the file in one application and reopen it in another application.

Jumping between Photoshop and ImageReady

You can easily jump between Photoshop and ImageReady to use features in both applica- tions when preparing graphics for the Web or other purposes Jumping between the applications allows you to use the full feature sets of both applications while maintaining a streamlined workflow Files and documents updated in one application can be automat- ically updated in the other application.

To jump between Photoshop and ImageReady:

Do one of the following:

Click the Jump To button   in the toolbox.

Choose File > Jump To > Photoshop or File > Jump To > ImageReady.

When jumping between Photoshop and ImageReady the applications use a temp file for transferring changes.

Jumping to other applications (ImageReady)

In addition to jumping to current versions of Photoshop you can jump to other graphics- editing applications and HTML-editing applications from within ImageReady.

When you install ImageReady Adobe graphics-editing and HTML-editing applications currently on your system are added to the Jump To submenu. You can add more applica- tions including non-Adobe applications to the Jump To submenu.

When you jump to a graphics-editing application the original file is opened in the desti- nation application. When you jump to an HTML editor the optimized file and the HTML file are saved and opened in the destination application If the image contains slices all files for the full image are included A preference enables files updated in another application to be automatically updated in ImageReady when jumping back to ImageReady.

To jump to another application from ImageReady:

Do one of the following:

Choose File > Jump To and choose the desired application from the submenu.

If the desired application doesn t appear in the Jump To submenu choose Other

Graphics Editor or Other HTML Editor to specify the application.

If the file has been modified since the last save choose an option in ImageReady for saving the file:

Click Save and save the file with its current name and location.

Click Save As and save the file with a new name a new location or both.

To add an application to the Jump To submenu:

Create a shortcut ( Windows) or an alias (Mac OS) for the application you want to add to the menu.

Drag the icon for the shortcut or alias into the Jump To Graphics Editor or the Jump To

HTML Editor folder in the Helpers folder in the Photoshop program folder.

Restart ImageReady to view the application in the Jump To submenu.

To automatically update a file when jumping back to ImageReady from another application:

Do one of the following:

In Windows and Mac OS 9.x choose Edit > Preferences > General.

In Mac OS X choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.

Select Auto-Update Files.