CS3 slicing behavior not like FW8

Question

I just upgraded to CS3, and slicing is not behaving as it did
in FW 8. I have a simple image, which I cut up into three slices.
The slices do not overlap, although they are arranged on the page
so that the slicing guides would overlap if they extended further
down the page. When I select a slice and export it, I get only part
of the image, as though the slices were overlapping and the slice
were stacked at the bottom (it's not).
Even more strangely, when I enlarged the canvas and arranged
the images and slices such that there is no possibility of overlap,
the slices seem to "remember" their partial state, so I still can't
export them.
IF, on the other hand, I export the whole image (and thus get
all those extra files), the slices I want come out fine.
I was completely accustomed to slice behavior in FW8. Is
there some preference I can set to make it act the way it used to?
I've wasted about 4 hours (not billable) trying to figure this out.
It's not mentioned in the Help.
Want to see?
Here's a
link to it.
Any help anyone can provide will be deeply
appreciated!

Answer 1

deebs wrote:
> Export Area tool retains its position while a document
is Live and has W
> H X and Y parameters in the property inspector.
>
> It sure is a neat feature.
>
> I wonder if it could save its last used values even
through a Save or a
> Save as?
>
> maryhowe wrote:
>> Let's see, I'll answer both Linda and Jim together.
I didn't want to
>> resample because it alters the original image. Of
course, I can
>> always undo afterwards, or not save it, but that's
an extra and
>> dangerous step for an absent-minded person like me.
(Save Changes?
>> OK, sure. Oops.)
>>
>> Jim, holy cow! I totally forgot about the Export
Area tool! It's
>> not as precise as a slice because you have to keep
track of the
>> dimensions and coordinates if you need to re-export,
but it does
>> export at the correct percentage.
>>
>> Dang, I sure wish I had kept a copy of FW 8 so I
could see if it used
>> to be possible to export slices of an image at a
smaller percentage
>> than the original. Oh, well. Export Area is my
answer.
>> Thanks, folks!
>>
>> Mary
>>
If you "save" rather than "export" you run into another
glitch in that
FW adds at least 6 - 8 k to the file because its reserving
space for
meta data.
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