Optimizing And Saving Web Graphics - Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual

Choose File > Export, choose Macromedia Flash (SWF) for the format, and click Export.
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5 In the Macromedia® Flash™ Format Options dialog box, select AI Layers To SWF Frames for Export As.
6 Set additional animation options, and click OK. (See "Macromedia Flash export options" on page 342.)

Optimizing and saving web graphics

About the Save For Web dialog box
You use the Save For Web dialog box (File > Save For Web) to choose web file formats, select compression and color
options, and preview your optimized image. In addition, you can change the image size and export CSS layers.
Optimization settings appear on the right. You can quickly choose predefined settings, or select format-specific
options to fine-tune the results of optimization.
Display options let you preview the results of the current optimization settings, either alone or in side-by-side
comparison with the original image. You can use the Hand tool
You can select the Zoom tool
(Mac OS) and click again to zoom out. (Alternatively, you can use the Zoom box at the lower left.)
The file name and file size appear under the original image. Dynamic optimization information appears under the
preview images: the current settings, the size of the optimized file, and the estimated download time.
Note: If your artwork contains multiple slices, in the Save For Web dialog box you can select and optimize slices
separately to achieve the best results. (See "To select slices" on page 445.)
You click Save to export your image or slices with the specified settings and formats; you can also click Done to save
the current settings and close the dialog box.
To optimize and save web graphics
Optimization is the process of compressing and setting display options for web graphics. You use the Save For Web
dialog box to set optimization options for, preview the optimization of, and, finally, save a web graphic.
1 Choose File > Save For Web.
Click a tab at the top of the dialog box to select a display option: Optimized, 2-Up, or 4-Up. If you select 4-Up,
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click the preview you want to optimize.
3 If your artwork contains multiple slices, select one or more slices you want to optimize.
Select a preset optimization setting from the Preset menu, or set individual optimization options. The available
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options change depending on the file format you select. (See "Comparing web graphics formats" on page 456.)
If you're working in 4-Up mode, choose Repopulate Views from the Optimize menu to have Illustrator automatically
generate lower-quality versions of the image after you change the optimization settings.
Fine-tune the optimization settings until you are satisfied with the balance of image quality and file size. If your
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artwork contains multiple slices, be sure to optimize all the slices.
6 Click Save.
In the Save Optimized As dialog box, do the following, and then click Save:
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Enter a file name, and select a location for the resulting file or files.
and click in a view to magnify it, and then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
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to bring specific areas of the image into view.
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