Fireworks has powerful optimization features to help you find the balance between file size and acceptable visual quality as you prepare to export graphics. You can optimize web graphics in Fireworks to minimize their file size so that they load quickly into websites, while comparing the quality of the graphics in the Preview, 2-Up, or 4-Up views in the workspace.

You can slice an image into smaller parts and then optimize each part in the format that best suits the content. For added optimization flexibility, you can use selective JPEG compression to focus the most important part of a JPEG while reducing the quality of the background.

After you optimize your graphics, the next step is to export them for use on the web. From your Fireworks source PNG document, you can export files of a number of types, including JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, and HTML tables containing sliced images in multiple file types. For more information, see Optimizing and Exporting.