# Pretty mundane question

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**Created:** [May 8, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422 "2003-05-08T14:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@ave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ave)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422/1 "2003-05-08T14:48:40Z")

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Ok ive just got hold of fireworks MX i dont want to have to learn it inside out as im already ok with creating stuff in it.  
However i would like to know what is the best resolution to set it to (in fireworks) as everything ive created so far is to grainy/blurry ???  
What is the usual res for Gifs/jpegs etc…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422/2 "2003-05-21T10:42:36Z")

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anyone got any answer ??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422/3 "2003-05-21T12:56:22Z")

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i dont have Firewerks but in general you should work with hi-res images and thene resize it for whatever the purpose is…

GIF is mostly used for short animations without many colors - b&w for example… I do not recommend saving your work with a gif format…  
You have to play around with the JPGs encoding quality depending what you want to do (web or print, in which case I wouldnt save in JPG)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422/4 "2003-05-21T14:47:59Z")

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for print I usually use 300dpi and for web 72-96 it depends. I do most of my stuff in jpg at a quality of 80-85%. I rarely use .gif since you are limited to 256 colors at most. Which is not good for photos and gradients. But when a transparency is necessary I use it. MAN I cant wait for png to become a standard. If you use a png (which will give jpg quality with transparencies) on the web you will get discoloration.

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pretty-mundane-question/20422/5 "2003-05-22T10:46:53Z")

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cheers thats what i needed to know ( i ahve been using Gif but at quite a low res so it looks grainy and a bit crap when imported into flash.  
Cheers for info will mess around with that today…