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Chapter 4. Developing Graphics and Animations

In this chapter

• Graphics As Objects 84

• Layers 86

• Frames 88

• Layers and Frames 89

• Simple Rollover 90

• Swap Image Behavior 92

• Navigation Bars with Four-State Buttons 93

• Fireworks and Animation 95

• Building an Animation 96

• Troubleshooting 105

• Best Practices—Knowing When to Create Animations with Fireworks 105

Graphics As Objects

The two types of graphics used in Fireworks are bitmap graphics and vector graphics (see Figure 4.1). The simplest way to explain the difference between the two is that bitmap graphics are made up of rows and columns of pixels, whereas vector graphics are made up of points in space that are connected by strokes and then colorized with fills. Each of these elements (points, strokes, and fills) ...