ImageReady: Course Length: One-Day
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £150 each per-day + VAT

Optimisation theory

Optimise JPEG and GIF files

Consider the balance between file size and quality

Adjust the amount of dithering applied to an image

Create a hypertext image map

ImageReady HTML

Batch process files

Slice an image using four different methods

Optimise each image slice using various settings and file formats

Create slices for text and HTML

Create rollover buttons in a banner

Apply a warped text style for a rollover

Show or hide certain layers in the image when a rollover button is in its Over or Down state (Swap Image Behaviour)

Generate a HTML page that contains the sliced image in a table 

Create and annotate a PDF file in Photoshop

Open the PDF in ImageReady

Create a layout grid for the page

Import text into the layout

Format text

Import and open graphics into the layout

Edit and resize graphics

Use the Photoshop file as a tracing image in ImageReady and Dreamweaver 

Open a multi-layered image to use for the animation

Use the Layers palette in conjunction with the Animation palette to create animation sequences

Make changes to single frames, multiple frames and an entire animation

Use the Tween command to automatically vary layer opacity and position across frames

Preview animations in ImageReady and in a Web browser

Open and edit an existing GIF image

Optimise the animation using the Optimise palette