Gradient problem in Fireworks

Hello.
I am having a serious problem with gradients in Fireworks.
The display of every gradient looks like there is not enough
quality so there will be visible stripes that makes it look
insufficient. E.g. a simple box made with the Rectangle tool and a
gradient preset looks like it´s a gif export with way to few
colors.
I´ve tried three different computers and screens.
I´ve checked my program configuration. I´ve searched the
internet and I can´t find anything or anyone who seems to have
a similar problem.
I´ve compared it to Photoshop and there it works
perfectly.
It looks the same in Fireworks it self as it does if I try to
export JPG - full quality.
All the three computers I´ve tried it on have CS3 on
them. The fourth one though didn´t have this "bug", and that
one had never seen CS3, instead I installed a trial of Macromedia
Fireworks 8 and there it worked perfectly. And two of the computers
I´m trying this on have previously had Fireworks 8 with no
problem at all. But since then I have formatted them and put the
operating system on from scratch.
Enough of explanation. Has anyone been through something
similar or does anyone have an idea on how to resolve this problem
of mine?
Every suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.

Trish Meyer wrote:
> I finally had some time today to compare gradients in
Fireworks, Photoshop,
> After Effects and Illustrator (the latter two are based
on the same code).
> Except for Photoshop, the other programs create
math-correct linear ramps.
> Meaning, that the colors progress in 10% increments for
every 10% of height.
> On the other hand, Photoshop is applying - for better or
worse - an S-curve so
> that the ramp starts off slower and ends slower (sort of
like an ease in and
> out). The colors are the same at the start and end, and
roughly the same in the
> middle, but the quarter tones are very different. I
posted my results (and
> added the original test files in a zip archive) at:
>
http://www.crishdesign.com/gradients/gradient-compare.html
>
http://www.crishdesign.com/gradients/gradient-compare.html
This may not be the
> same issue that others were complaining about when
exporting as GIF and seeing
> banding. That's why no matter what format I used (PNG,
JPG, GIF) I still didn't
> like the visual effect of how a Fireworks gradient from
A-to-B met the B color
> in a Dreamweaver background. It is more jarring than
creating the same gradient
> in Photoshop. Now I know it's because Photoshop is
'easing in' to the B
> color. It sounds like we need more control than just
Linear or Radial ramps in
> all programs. We need Straight Linear and an S-curve
Linear...or whatever Adobe
> wants to call it. Either that, or I need to create 3- or
4-color gradients
> where the mid-point or three-quarter point is moved to
add the photoshop-type
> 'ease in' effect. Maybe someone on the Photoshop team
would like to explain
> why the linear ramp is different. over to you, Trish
>
Something that may help in this control is the Gradient panel
by Grant
Hinkson.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/gradient_panel.html
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Logan May
Sutherland Design Agency

Problem with fireworks images

Sometimes when look at my site from different computers my
fireworks image looks different. It sometimes has a colored
background and when it was created in fireworks it has a
transparent background. I am really frustrated as to why this is.
Can anyone help me?

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:17:31 +0400, Murphy37
<[email protected]> wrote:
> And the png image created in Fireworks (that is the
logo) sometimes
> displays a grey background. Now I checked out the
article listed in the
> response below but it states that the problem shouldn't
exist if you use
> Fireworks to create the png.
There is the problem with PNG transparency and IE:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/
It is IE problem.
> I also tried to use a jpg as the format to save it
> in but then I get a white background.
JPEGs do not allow transparency, so forget about using JPEGs
for such a
cases.
Ilya Razmanov
http://photoshop.msk.ru -
Photoshop plug-in filters

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