What Photoshop features should I know to use SiteGrinder effectively?
SiteGrinder analyzes your layers to do what it does, so you should know the following about layer manipulation:
How to rename layers
Just double-click directly on the layer names in the layer palette...this even works for auto-named text layers.
How to create layer sets and put layers into them.
You can make pages with buttons and text menus without using layer sets, but layer sets are required for graphic menus and generally make life a lot easier. You can apply most hints to layer sets, allowing you to keep complex buttons in multi-layer form by making their layer set into the button rather than merging them into a single layer beforehand.
How to create and edit type layers
In particular you should know how to create "paragraph text", which is just text created by dragging an initial rectangle with the text tool instead of just clicking. Paragraph text is usually best to use with SiteGrinder. Click here to read about the difference between Paragraph Text and Point Text.
Photoshop CS Layer Comps
If you own Photoshop CS you will want to be familiar with the layer comps feature because it is the easiest way to specify page content with SiteGrinder. Users of earlier Photoshop versions can use the included SiteGrinder Tools plug-in to accomplish this almost as easily.