About Optimizing And Exporting Graphics; About Vector And Bitmap Graphics - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Slices and hotspots have drag-and-drop rollover handles that let you quickly assign swap
image and rollover behaviors to graphics directly in the workspace. The Button Editor and
Pop-up Menu Editor are convenient Fireworks features that help you build special interactive
graphics for navigating websites.

About optimizing and exporting graphics

Fireworks has powerful optimization features to help you find the balance between file size
and acceptable visual quality as you prepare to export graphics. You can optimize web graphics
in Fireworks to minimize their file size so that they load quickly into websites, while
comparing the quality of the graphics in the Preview, 2-Up, or 4-Up views in the workspace.
You can slice an image into smaller parts and then optimize each part in the format that best
suits the content. For added optimization flexibility, you can use selective JPEG compression
to focus the most important part of a JPEG while reducing the quality of the background.
After you optimize your graphics, the next step is to export them for use on the web. From
your Fireworks source PNG document, you can export files of a number of types, including
JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, and HTML tables containing sliced images in multiple file types.
For more information, see "Optimizing and Exporting" on page 325.

About vector and bitmap graphics

Computers display graphics in either vector or bitmap format. Understanding the difference
between the two formats helps you understand Fireworks, which contains both vector and
bitmap tools and is capable of opening or importing both formats.
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