Special Edition Using Macromedia Fireworks MX

Chapter 20. Understanding Hotspots and Slices

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From Static Graphics to Interactive Web Graphics	412
Introducing Hotspots and Slices	412
Working with Hotspots	415
Working with Slices	420
Fireworks At Work: Solving Problems with Slicing	427

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From Static Graphics to Interactive Web Graphics

Fireworks is a program optimized for creating Web graphics, and yet this book thus far has focused only on the “graphics” part—text, complex vector paths, masking, animation, and so on. Beginning with this chapter, that is all about to change, as the “Web” part begins to emerge front and center.

The Web is an interactive medium. Granted, much of that interactivity is fairly simple: Click a hyperlink and go to a new page. As ...