Chapter Three. Working with Bitmap Images

Graphics play a big role in Web design and creation. Fireworks gives you an excellent basic, but effective set of bitmap tools to create, edit, and correct bitmap images. This chapter focuses on the core skills of correction and manipulation of bitmaps. More creative techniques can be found in Chapter 8, “Exploring Creative Options.”

In many cases, the photographs you work with are supplied by a client. They may be professionally shot images, or they may be images created by the client. Being able to improve the quality of an image when necessary is essential, and Fireworks brings to the table a core set of editing tools. Pretty much any image taken directly from a digital camera or a scanner can benefit ...

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