While I have been using Fireworks MX2004 for a while I have a lot to learn.

I have traced and greatly changed a graphic that is made of single curved
lines. The graphic appears so pixelly, if that could be considered a word.

In an effort to change the pixelly appearance I changed the resolution. While
its not as bad, it still appears more rough than I would like it to be. Also,
though, in lowering the resolution, the size of the printed picture has
changed. It is much smaller. . . . but the listed image size, in the program
remains the same?????

First, how do I change the lines from having such a pixelly appearance. Why
does Fireworks list the image size as 6 x 6, but yet the image prints as 2 x 2?

Feeling very much like a newby

Fireworks renders the image the way it would appear on-screen, that's why it
appears "pixelly." If you want a program that doesn't show your drawing the way
it would look aliased for screen output, you want to use Illustrator (or
Expression Design or the open source Inkscape, something that isn't necessarily
geared to making screen output.)

The resolution setting in Fireworks is pretty much meaningless. More important
are the pixel dimensions (height and width). An image isn't a certain number of
inches (like an artist's canvas), it is a certain number of pixes. The
resolution of the device you're using to output figures into determining the
image'ss final size.

For example, suppose you make an image that is 600x600 pixels square. On a
monitor that shows about 100 pixels/inch, that image is about 6 inches square.
On a printer with 300 dpi (dots per inch) resolution, that same image would
normally print at 2 inches square. If your printer is 1200dpi, then the image
would be 1/2 inch square. That's if you print one-to-one each pixel of your
image is represented by one dot of ink. You can always print things bigger or
smaller.

More info
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...=193&threadid=
1368933.