Any way to set default Save Settings? Fireworks CS3

Question

Everytime I scan a picture and hit "Save As", then default
file type to save is JPG and at 48%.
Can I set the default to be PNG in the dropdown?
Thanks!
Rich

Answer 1

Christian3D wrote:
> The png format was originally supposed to be a image
file that could
> remain editable and could take advantage of
transparencies, as well
> as vector resizing.
Actually, the plain PNG file format is a pure raster/bitmap
image
format. The vectors in Fireworks were added to the
proprietary data
chunk that can be added to a PNG file. There's no intrinsic
vector
support in the PNG format. The open vector format for the Web
was
supposed to be the SVG format which still has little to no
support.
> Because of the file size, and bandwidth limitations, and
poor browser
> support, this intention of the png format never came to
light.
The advantages of the PNG format as an end format for Web
sites are
still as real as ever: being able to embed a color profile,
full alpha
transparency, adaptive lossless compression that handles what
GIF and
JPGs traditionally did equally well in one file at usually
smaller sizes
than either of them. All of that still holds true more than
ever,
especially now that IE7 finally handles transparency. But
none of that
is even remotely relevant to Fireworks.
It's that use of the format as a native editable format I
question and I
still think it was a bad idea if only for how confusing it is
for new users.
> IMO it was brilliant of Macromedia to see the
possibilities and make
> it the format that they chose to work with,
unfortunately its true
> advantages just never had a chance.
>
> None the less with more and more browsers starting to
support pngs,
> it is a great alternative to gifs for transparency. And
it works
> really well (though sitll a bit large) in applications
like Flex.
Browser support and usage as a native file format within a
graphics
application are two non-related and completely different
things. The
browser limitations of PNG never affected its behavior within
Fireworks
where it matters to Fireworks users. Being able to preview
one's native
file in a browser is only a marginally useful side-effect of
using the
PNG format and the only one anyone seems to be able to come
up with.
No one expects a PSD or an AI file to be preview-able in a
browser. Why
would that be so important for Fireworks? The PNG format
might be open
but the proprietary data Fireworks uses to save its native
data is not.
Again, what's the point? What's the advantage? Where's the
brilliance?
You would not use a native FW PNG file on a Web site or a
Flex app that
is bloated Hey! I can see what my site comp looks like in my
browser.
Big deal...by Fireworks' proprietary data. You would use an
exported
one. What's the big deal with Fireworks using the PNG file
format for
its native files then? What is the advantage over an entirely
proprietary format like PSD, AI or INDD? To me, there is
none. The only
"open" part of the PNGs Fireworks saves is the bitmap preview
part. The
rest is a closed proprietary format just like a PSD or AI
file. But wow!
I can see what my native FW file looks like in my browser!
Big deal...
Sorry for the sarcasm but when people are loosing work I have
to
question why the choice was made to use the same format and
file
extension for a graphic app's editable files as one of its
main flattened
exported ones. I see none, none whatsoever. What is really
worth it
then? Not to me, not by any stretch of the imagination.
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