Macromedia Fireworks :: Thousands of files!


	Thousands of files! Hi there, I have a problem with Fireworks 8 on my Mac G5. I have an image that has 60 'buttons' on it that show a small changeable image when the cursor goes over the 'button' - each changeable image is on a different layer and there are 60 of them. I designed this file a couple of years ago and when I exported it (via image preview), so Dreamweaver could place it into a web page, about 300 small images were created and everything was fine - the total was no more than 1.5 meg which is fine for my needs. However, recently I had to edit a few of the small images, which I did, and then when I exported the file, it produced 10,695 images at a combined size of 49meg!! Way too much and slows everything down. I didn't change anything and the export options are as follows (the same as before) Export : HTML and images HTML: Export HTML file Slices: Export slices Selected slices only - no Include Areas without slices - yes I have tried every change but nothing seems to work. I am at a complete loss. This has also happened on a few other files - exactly the same - when I used to get a couple of hundred images, I now get thousands. Anyone got any ideas?? Thanks in advance if you do! ;-) Rob Wow, 300 is a lot of slices! Is this spread across more than one frame? Try unchecking "Include Areas without slices". That generates a lot of unecessary slices, thought I've never seen a number as big as 10K! -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- Thanks for that Abeall - I got it down to 5,600 files! I know what everyone is thinking and yes it does sound a bit mad but I have been working like this for years and it has always worked! It's just that recently Fireworks has been creating thousands of files rather than a couple of hundred. I don't have 'share across frames' on any layer and usually there aren't that many layers. I'm going to re-install the programme as I suspect something has gone wrong inside. For my current project I'm going to use the old faithful javascipt as a compromise! Cheers Rob -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- Rob Miller wrote: > Thanks for that Abeall - I got it down to 5,600 files! > I know what everyone is thinking and yes it does sound a bit mad but I have > been working like this for years and it has always worked! It's just that > recently Fireworks has been creating thousands of files rather than a couple of > hundred. I don't have 'share across frames' on any layer and usually there > aren't that many layers. > I'm going to re-install the programme as I suspect something has gone wrong > inside. > For my current project I'm going to use the old faithful javascipt as a > compromise! > Cheers > Rob Do you have overlapping slices? If you do, that could be the problem. If 2 slices overlap, FW will generate THREE slices (at least) to make the area function in a table. Zoom in to at lest 150% and double check to see if you have any slices that overlap each other. -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. Extending Knowledge, Daily http://www.communityMX.com/ CommunityMX - Free Resources: http://www.communitymx.com/free.cfm --- .:Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks:. news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.fireworks news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.dreamweaver