Selectively compressing areas of an image

Macromedia Fireworks lets you export a graphic with areas of varied compression. Selectively compressing an image lets you maintain high levels of detail in some areas and lower levels of detail in others to reduce the graphic's overall file size.

Create a selective JPEG mask

Choose quality settings for the image

Export the image to JPEG for use on the Web

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