The Slice Tool cuts images
to pieces for Web publications:
In the Toolbox, select the Slice
Tool, click on the image and drag a rectangle holding mouse's button
pressed.
To add a slice just drag another rectangle.
To create a slice with pre-defined proportions
choose Fixed Aspect Ratio option and set Width
and Height values.
To create a slice with pre-defined size choose
Fixed Size option and fill Width
and Height fields.
In Photoshop 7*
you can move and resize with the Slice
Tool the bounding box of currently active slice.
To move a slice by a few pixels you can use keyboard
cursor keys.
Right-click on a slice to open the tool's context menu. Via
this menu you can access commands available for slices in Photoshop.
To access the rest of Slice commands you have
to switch to ImageReady.
* In Photoshop 6
for moving / resizing slices you need Slice
Select
Tool.
** Web graphics issues discussed
in detail in the WebChapter.