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Smart Saver Pro 3.0 introduces a wealth of new features that make Smart Saver both easier to use and more powerful than ever before. In Part 1 of this article, we took a look at Optimization enhancements, and at changes that add power to the entire Smart Saver program (such as improved Batch Processing). In Part 2 of this article, we'll look at enhancements to Smart Saver Pro's Image Mapping, Image Slicing, and JavaScript modules.
Image Mapping
Smart Saver Pro 3.0 contains enhancements that allow you to build smarter image maps in less time:
 Magic Wand: The "Similarity for Magic Wand" setting has been moved from the Preferences dialog box to the Image Mapping Properties dialog box, where it can be accessed much more conveniently.
Code Copying: Clicking Edit --> Copy HTML Code now copies HTML mapping code much more intelligently. The <BODY> and <CENTER> tags, which caused problems with both HTML editors and with some browsers, has been removed from the mapping code, and replaced with a neatly organized table, as in the example below:
<! TableStart -- Ulead SmartSaver Pro 3.0 -- Key=myfile>
<MAP NAME="myfile-1x1">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="247,96,333,202">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="2,95,96,201">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="2,1,179,95">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="179,0,337,96">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="96,95,247,202">
<AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="0,0,334,500"></MAP>
<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=334 HEIGHT=500>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 WIDTH=334 HEIGHT=500>
<IMG NAME="myfile" SRC="myfile.jpg" WIDTH=334 HEIGHT=500
BORDER=0 USEMAP="#myfile-1x1"></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
<! TableEnd -- Ulead SmartSaver Pro 3.0 -- Key=myfile>
Image Slicing
Smart Saver Pro 3.0 includes several impressive Image Slicing enhancements:
Table Creation: You can now use Smart Saver to create an empty table which can then be filled in with images or any other content. The table can be saved as HTML code or copied and pasted into your HTML Editor. If you're using a text editor such as Notepad to write your HTML, you'll find this new feature to be particularly useful, since you can use Smart Saver instead of having to code your tables by hand.
Sliced Animations: You can now use Smart Saver to slice GIF animations. This is a powerful new feature that I haven't seen available in any other program. In the image below, I used Smart Saver to take a single animation and slice it into 3 individual animations.
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