The Importance of Images
By Christopher Schmitt
In the early days of Web development, the only imaging tool available for creating quality GIFs was the GIF89 export plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. We've awakened to a world of choices in Web applications and new imaging tools geared specifically to Web delivery, like Ulead's PhotoImpact and GIF Animator. PhotoImpact is designed to help deliver your photos to the Web, and GIF Animator is a low-cost alternative to more expensive tools like Adobe's ImageReady and Macromedia's Fireworks.
PhotoImpact
Ulead's PhotoImpact is a complete Web-image editor with tools for component and background design, interactive rollovers and buttons, GIF animation (GIF Animator 3 comes bundled), and image optimization and slicing.
PhotoImpact's Component Designer lets you create Web graphics such as banners, 3D buttons, separators, icons, and bullets. You select a component, which works as a template, and modify the attributes until you get the look you want. You see your changes instantly, and can either save the component as is for further editing, or save it to Image Optimizer for file efficiency. The Background Designer works the same way, letting you choose from any combination of four schemas, 22 textures, and 23 background types.
PhotoImpact 5.0
GIF Animator 4.0
Ulead Systems
www.ulead.com
PhotoImpact 5.0
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