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General preferences

Document Options
To open the application directly into the workspace, deselect Show Startup Screen. To maintain stroke and effect dimensions when resizing objects, deselect Scale Strokes and Effects.

Saving Files: Add Preview Icons (Mac OS only)
Display or hide thumbnails of Fireworks PNG files on your hard disk. Deselect this option to display the traditional Fireworks icon used for Fireworks PNG files. Changes take effect after you save the file.

Maximum Undos
Set undo/redo steps to a number from 0 through 1009. This setting applies to both the Edit > Undo command and the History panel. A large number can increase the amount of required memory.

Interpolation
Select one of four different scaling methods that Fireworks uses to interpolate pixels when images are scaled:

  • Bicubic interpolation gives the sharpest and highest quality most of the time and is the default.

  • Bilinear interpolation gives sharper results than Soft interpolation but not as sharp as Bicubic.

  • Soft interpolation, which was used in Fireworks 1, gives a soft blur and eliminates sharp details. It is useful when others produce unwanted artifacts.

  • Nearest Neighbor interpolation results in jagged edges and sharp contrasts with no blurring. The effect is like zooming in or out on an image.

Color Defaults
Select the default colors for brush strokes, fills, and highlight paths. Stroke and Fill options don’t automatically change the colors in the Tools panel. These options allow you to change the default colors in the Tools panel.

Workspace
To automatically collapse docked panels when you click away from them, select Auto-collapse Icon Panels. To re-create your most recent panel arrangement when you start Fireworks, select Remember Panel Locations.