<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
ImageReady	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
bitmap	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
was	O
shipped	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
for	O
six	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
from	O
1998	O
to	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
was	O
designed	O
for	O
web	O
development	O
and	O
closely	O
interacted	O
with	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
was	O
designed	O
for	O
web	O
development	O
rather	O
than	O
effects-intensive	O
photo	O
manipulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
that	O
end	O
,	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
has	O
specialized	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
animated	O
GIF	O
creation	O
,	O
image	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
optimization	O
,	O
image	O
slicing	O
,	O
adding	O
rollover	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
versions	O
with	O
which	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
have	O
an	O
"	O
Edit	O
in	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
"	O
button	O
that	O
enables	O
editing	O
of	O
image	O
directly	O
in	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
has	O
an	O
"	O
Edit	O
in	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
"	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
has	O
strong	O
resemblances	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
;	O
it	O
can	O
even	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
set	O
of	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
filters	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
resemble	O
the	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
tools	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
Image	O
Map	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
,	O
indicated	O
by	O
a	O
shape	O
or	O
arrow	O
with	O
a	O
hand	O
that	O
varied	O
depending	O
upon	O
the	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
toolbox	O
has	O
several	O
features	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
ImageReady	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
packaged	O
with	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
5.5	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
through	O
version	O
9.0	O
(	O
CS2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
7.0	O
,	O
Adobe	O
changed	O
the	O
version	O
numbers	O
of	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
to	O
match	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Creative	O
Suite	O
3	O
,	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Adobe	O
,	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
's	O
most	O
popular	O
features	O
were	O
merged	O
into	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Even	O
before	O
discontinuation	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
's	O
web	O
optimization	O
functionality	O
could	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
's	O
Save	O
For	O
Web	O
&	O
Devices	O
tool	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Adobe	O
purchased	O
rival	O
software	O
developer	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
whose	O
application	O
Fireworks	B-Operating_System
had	O
been	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
ImageReady	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
