Sorting Your PSP Files, Webbers Style - TUTORIALS So your files are a mess? Can find anything? I know that all too well! BEFORE ya start reading this tut. I will tell ya, that it is
a lot of work to keep your files in order, but if ya continue to do it, ya can find anything anytime ya want it. But until you get your mess
organized, it will be A LOT OF WORK! Okay you have been warned! <giggles>
written by:
Yourwebness
I was about to work a few tutorials I have saved. And I thought I would share something with ya'll. We all save tutorials, and probably in MANY different ways! For those that print them all out (OMG!), I can't even imagine, as we all have seen so many tutorials during our searches and through graphics lists, and our surfing of the net! For those that know me, ya'll know I have one of the most organized computers, (for those that don't, check my "tubes" and "fonts" origination tutorials on my websites). Please note that this is for personal use only. Please respect the rights of all those wonderful tutorial writers out there. It takes a lot of work and effort to write tutorials, and we all want these wonderful people to continue to share their awesome work. Most tutorial writers have some kind of "disclaimer" or such on their site, please take the time to read them and adhere to their wishes.
I save tutorials on my hard drive in a folder called:
Files - Tutorials
Simple eh? And inside that folder are MANY subfolders! Each of those folders
contains a tutorial! Take a peek:
Pull them up simply by clicking on them
Share these awesome tuts with others, all I have to do is click on the
appropriate link on the tutorial (such as "home", "tutorial index", etc....) to get the web page URL to share with everybody
Save any graphics, tubes, fonts, masks, backgrounds, etc. used in the tutorial in that folder, along with my finished product
For Windows XP users, click on a folder, and then select VIEW > THUMBNAILS (if this is not an option, you need to customize the folder for pictures first!). I can see by looking in the main folder (Files - Tutorials), EXACTLY which tuts I have not yet completed!
To save a web page as a HTML (or HTM) file simply
have the web page open in your browser (I use Internet Explorer 6), and click on
FILE > SAVE AS.
A dialog box like this will appear:
Navigate to the main folder where you will be
keeping your tutorials (for me it is "Files - Tutorials". Then create a
New folder (you must do this for EVERY tutorial you save!) by clicking on the
"new folder" icon
The folders below with images on them are the tuts I did, the blank folders are the ones I haven't tried yet (and YES Windows is smart enough to do this on it's own!!!!) Can you imagine??? Now check this out (so very cool!!!)
See the folder inside? That contains all the graphics for the HTML file.
When you save the webpage to your hard drive that folder is created
automatically. In addition, the graphic that I used is in here, a "jpg" that is the mask file, then the converted "msk" file, my color
palette, and my finished product!
I save tutorials as HTML pages.
That keeps all the graphics intact, and does NOT require me to open the tutorial through AOL
(that is enough of a reason right there!). There are some great reasons
for saving the tutorial files in this manner:
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A new folder will appear ready for you to name it. I would suggest that
you use the "page title" for BOTH the folder name and the tutorial name.
If a page title exists it will appear in the "file name" box (see above), this
is normally the name of the tutorial.
Okay, now take a peek INSIDE one of those tut folders.....
Now, the real reason I am writing this email is that color
palette file above. Ever do a tutorial and use, well, very specific colors, and try to get the EXACT color back at a later time, and ya just can't do it? Well, that is where this comes in! This color
palette is a "psp file". Just click on the screenshot below to download
the zip file containing this psp file.
Whenever ya need to use it, (always dup this image like any other graphic!), and select one of the transparent squares
with your magic wand, and flood fill with your color. Deselect that
square, and select the next one, continue until you have your colors all in the
palette. Merge all layers and save this with the tag you are creating, makes life WAY easier! This is attached, and has helped me a great deal, I hope you enjoy it too!
