[WEB4LIB] Tool for "breaking up" graphic files for web pages

[Avi Rappoport]

At 10:04 AM -0800 12/10/98, Charles P. Hobbs wrote:
> There are a number of web pages, like http://www.aafla.org, that consist
> of several graphic files that have been split apart. They load into table
> cells, giving the appearance of a single graphic. But they have the
> flexibility of multiple files (e.g. only parts can be animated, as opposed
> to the whole file, saving file size and download time)
>
> Does anyone know of a tool that allows one to "cut apart" a graphics file
> like this? (I know Photoshop, etc. can do this, but one often has
> difficulty counting pixels, getting the files to line up correctly, etc.)
>
Apparently Adobe Imageready and Macromedia Fireworks will do this for 
you.  I haven't used them myself but the graphics folks say they work 
pretty well.

Avi
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