Macromedia officially calls the built-in Fireworks technology in other software Fireworks technology, and it is also called a built-in picture editor on the Internet. Dreamweaver MX 2004 gives people the feeling that it is fully and seamlessly integrated with other Macromedia products, which greatly shortens the development cycle of developers and improves work efficiency.
There was no image processing function in the previous Dreamweaver. Even if you wanted to process it, you could only use the relevant filters in CSS to make some effect changes. For most special effects, we had to use Fireworks or Photoshop tools. Well now, the new version of Dreamweaver MX 2004 integrates some simple image processing tools, so that Dreamweaver not only has the functions it should have, but also can perform simple processing of images. Isn’t it very convenient? Let’s learn about this tool. Detailed features and usage.
In the Dreamweaver MX 2004 environment, first select a picture, and the built-in picture editor will appear in the properties dialog box below (Figure 1).
Let's take a look at the options in the dialog box. Encircled by a box is the built-in Fireworks technology we mentioned. We first use the copy tool on the far left to select part of the image (Figure 2). The part framed in the middle is the part we want to keep in the end. In addition, you can also adjust its size and drag its position by pulling the control points around the frame. After selecting, press Enter. How about it? Have we cropped a piece of the image?
Maybe the size of the picture still doesn't meet our requirements at this time. Don't worry, let's change its size. Enter the size you want in the image size display, such as width 530px and height 280px. After inputting, the width and height will be connected with a convoluted arrow. This feature is also unique to the new version of Dreamweaver. If this kind of arrow appears at the size of the picture, it means that the picture you are currently selecting has been artificially changed by dragging and dropping. If you want to restore the original size, just click the rotation arrow. If you want to change the actual size of the picture to 530×280 pixels after resizing it, then you need to use another new tool, resample (the second icon in the framed section). After resizing the picture, you will find that it was originally gray. The resample tool becomes brighter, and after clicking, the image will become the size you need. At the same time, the actual size of the picture has also changed instead of the simple stretching change before.
The two tools mentioned above are tools for adjusting the size of the image, while the two tools below are tools for making simple changes to the image quality. brightness and contrast (brightness and contrast, the 3rd icon in the frame) and sharpen (sharpening, the 4th icon in the frame).
Click on the first brightness and contrast tool icon, and a dialog box will pop up. You can perform brightness and contrast processing on some darker pictures and fill in the adjusted values (Figure 3).
The effect of the changed picture is as shown in (Figure 4).
Is there any obvious change compared to the previous picture? The use of the sharpening tool is basically the same as the use of the brightness and contrast tools, and the operation method is also the same. Now even if you don’t know other image processing software, you can create simple image post-effects with just the built-in Fireworks technology in Dreamweaver. It’s really convenient!
