What is Adobe ImageReady?
Adobe ImageReady is a program for preparing graphics for online use. ImageReady takes graphics made from other programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, and prepares them by optimization and compression. Since the release of Photoshop CS3, Adobe has discontinued ImageReady. This is because CS3 has the features of ImageReady built in.FeaturesImageReady has the following tools: slice, select and image mapping. ImageReady also lets users export an animated image as a group of individual layers, as well as edit animations.RequirementsTo run ImageReady, you must have Windows 98 or higher on a Pentium or later processor. On a Macintosh, you need Apple System 7.5.5 or higher and a G3 PowerPC processor or later.Release InformationImageReady was released in 1998 along with Photoshop 2.0. ImageReady has been bundled with Photoshop up until CS3, when it was discontinued.AvailabilityTo purchase Adobe ImageReady, you must purchase Photoshop CS2 or earlier.