Edit images in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver provides basic image-editing features that let you modify images without having to use an external image-editing application such as Fireworks. The Dreamweaver image-editing tools are designed to let you easily work with content designers responsible for creating image files for use on your website.
Note: You do not need to
have Fireworks installed on your computer to use the Dreamweaver
image-editing features.
Select Modify > Image. Set any of
these Dreamweaver image-editing features:
- Resample
-
Adds or subtracts pixels from a resized JPEG and GIF image
files to match the appearance of the original image as closely as
possible. Resampling an image reduces its file size and improves
download performance.
When you resize an image in Dreamweaver, you can resample it to accommodate its new dimensions. When a bitmap object is resampled, pixels are added to or removed from the image to make it larger or smaller. Resampling an image to a higher resolution typically causes little loss of quality. Resampling to a lower resolution, however, always causes data loss and usually a drop in quality.
- Crop
- Edit images by reducing the area of the image. Typically, you’ll want to crop an image to place more emphasis on the subject of the image, and remove unwanted aspects surrounding the center of interest in the image.
- Brightness and Contrast
- Modifies the contrast or brightness of pixels in an image. This affects the highlights, shadows, and midtones of an image. You typically use Brightness/Contrast when correcting images that are too dark or too light.
- Sharpen
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Adjusts the focus of an image by increasing the contrast
of edges found within the image. When you scan an image, or take
a digital photo, the default action of most image capturing software
is to soften the edges of objects in the image. This prevents extremely
fine details from becoming lost in the pixels from which digital
images are composed. However, to bring out the details in digital
image files, it is often necessary to sharpen the image, thereby increasing
edge contrast, and making the image appear sharper.
Note: Dreamweaver image-editing features apply only to JPEG and GIF image file formats. Other bitmap image file formats cannot be edited using these image-editing features.