[thelist] I hate Fireworks

[John Dowdell]

At 1:11 PM 10/9/1, Green, Janet wrote:
> <kicking and screaming>

Wow, must be hard to type at the same time.... ;-)

As other folks have said, the native file format is PNG. This is handy...
you can open a Fireworks file in other applications.

When you want to create a deliverable web image, though, then use the
"Export Preview" and related options... lets you choose depth, adjust
palettes or compression options, more.


> does this program approach the task of creating web graphics
> entirely differently than PSP?

Sort of... photo-processors usually manipulate captured imagery, while
vector-based tools like Fireworks more often construct new imagery. In a
photo-processor one of the main tasks is creating and remembering specific
collections of pixels, while in a drawing tool you can edit objects at any
time. (Fireworks differs from print-based drawing tools like FreeHand in
how it does live procedural rendering of strokes, fills, and effects.)


If you learned computer graphics in another tool then the hard part is
already over and done with, although you're right, the approach and precise
steps can indeed be different in a different tool. It's attainable though,
you can do it!  8)

jd





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