Micrografx Picture Publisher 8 Reviewer's Guide

Feature	What does it do?	Why is it important?
Fully integrated support for animated GIF files	Create new animated GIF files or edit existing animations with access to all of Picture Publisher's powerful imaging tools	More exciting animations can be created from directly within Picture Publisher, leveraging its full array of tools and effects
Animation FX Wizard	Automatically creates animated GIFs from any image or text with user selected effects	Users can easily convert any static image or text into an attention grabbing animation for the Web
Editable Web Styles Wizard	Provides complete, professionally designed Web interface elements - each fully editable with retained Web properties	Professional interface designs allow users to quickly develop a consistent, integrated Web page layout. Fully editable elements allow users to customize any design to suit their needs
Interactive Color Palette Editing	Enables selective individual color reduction with file previews	Users can optimize their Web Graphics by selecting precise colors to remove from the palette while previewing the image quality and resulting file size
Direct image map creation	Enables the creation of URL links from any image, mask, or object	Users can link their images to other files on the Web, specifying precise areas as jump points
Bevel Factory	Quickly create a 3D bevel on text or any masked shape. Special Light Studio functionality allows users to create advanced lighting effects quickly and easily.	Enables users to easily create Web design elements
Enhanced Contact Sheet Generator	Creates thumbnail catalogs with appropriate URL file links from any number of selected images	Contact Sheets are frequently used to index other files on a site
Advanced Color Reduction	Enables optimized palette conversion and dither settings for various image types	Provides superior image quality when working with limited color palettes
Random Texture Generator	Creates an infinite variety of seamless textures from selected colors and effects	Users can spice up their Web pages with unlimited new backgrounds

Common Palette Generator	Create common color palettes from multiple files or apply existing palettes to new images	Images sharing common color palettes prevent ugly palette shifts on the Internet
Batch File Conversion	Quickly convert multiple files to GIF, JPG, or any other format	Allows users to leverage existing content very efficiently
Internet Page Separators	Create unique beveled page separators	Easily create Internet content
Seamless Texture Creator	Automatically creates seamless textures from any image	Users can spice up their Web pages with unlimited new backgrounds
Cool Text	Allows users to easily produce eye-catching, compound text effects	Use these professionally designed graphic techniques to create exciting page headers