Image Slicing

Dear Xara...

I admit I have never used Image Slicing.

Today, I found you cannot do this if the objects overlap.

If you set an object's Web Properties > Image > Web image type to JPEG, this is ignored.
It is all or nothing in the slicing Dialog where, at least, you can pick JPEG, PNG, BMP & GIF.
Sadly, no SVG.

Bug - if you chose an export path other than the initial offered one, a preview cannot be found.

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Failed to open web browser onto web address 'untitled.htm'. Please make sure the web address is correct and complete.

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Acorn

is image slicing an operation that is actually relevant to vector (svg) ?

my understanding is it is to speed up site loading - would that work if images overlap ?

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Originally Posted by handrawn

is image slicing an operation that is actually relevant to vector (svg) ?
my understanding is it is to speed up site loading - would that work if images overlap ?

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I just don't know. I can imagine a time when <TABLE> was use to define locations on a page and each <TD> had a sliced image.
I cannot see anyone slicing images to save time. The badly-introduced "Separate images for group members" seems to fit the need far better.

If this last fit the need then the spin-off would be exporting out separated SVGs, which makes for crisper presentations.
At present, I work hard to ensure most of my output is a (rounded-corner) Box with Linear Gradients and horizontal text as these get rendered as vector.

@Xara - rotated text is easily handled with transform: rotate(angle);

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Acorn

I just don't know. I can imagine a time when <TABLE> was use to define locations on a page and each <TD> had a sliced image.
I cannot see anyone slicing images to save time. The badly-introduced "Separate images for group members" seems to fit the need far better.

If this last fit the need then the spin-off would be exporting out separated SVGs, which makes for crisper presentations.
At present, I work hard to ensure most of my output is a (rounded-corner) Box with Linear Gradients and horizontal text as these get rendered as vector.

@Xara - rotated text is easily handled with transform: rotate(angle);

Acorn

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I think multiple small images make a page look like it's loading faster because stuff is appearing sooner than waiting for a larger image to download. That's more about them days of dial-up clockwork internet.

more or less what i thought