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Editorial Review:

Adobe Fireworks CS3 accelerates Web design and development. It's the ideal tool for creating and optimizing images & rapidly prototyping websites and Web applications. Fireworks CS3 offers the flexibility to edit both vector and bitmap images, a common library of prebuilt assets, and timesaving integration with Adobe tools. Rapid prototyping for interactive layouts and rich Internet applications New Pages panel contains slices, layers, frames, animations, and canvas settings - offering multipage support Organize and manage your prototypes with a new hierarchical layer structure Apply lighting effects, shadow effects, styles, blend modes - add depth and character to text and symbols Work with a common library of graphic symbols, text symbols, and animations for frequent use in Web applications, forms, interfaces and sites Intelligent scaling - 9-slice scaling for buttons & graphic symbols; combine with the new Auto Shape library to accelerate website and application prototyping Streamlined Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Bridge and Adobe Flash integration

Accelerate web design and development with Adobe Fireworks CS3 software, the ideal tool for creating and optimizing images for the web and rapidly prototyping websites and web applications. Fireworks CS3 offers the flexibility to edit both vector and bitmap images, a common library of prebuilt assets, and timesaving integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, and Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software.

New Adobe Fireworks CS3 dramatically accelerates web prototyping and web image design.

Rapidly Prototype and Design for the Web
New Adobe Fireworks CS3 dramatically accelerates web prototyping and web image design. Enjoy timesaving enhancements, new prototyping tools, and impressive integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, and Adobe Flex software.

New in Fireworks CS3

New Macintosh and Windows OS support
Design and develop on the platform of your choice. Adobe Fireworks CS3 is available for PowerPC and Intel based Macintosh computers as well as Windows XP and Windows Vista systems.

Efficient Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator integration
Import Photoshop (PSD) files while retaining hierarchical layers, layer effects, and blend modes. Save Fireworks (PNG) files back into Photoshop (PSD) format. Import Illustrator (AI) files while retaining graphic integrity, including layer, group, and color information.

Hierarchical layer organization
Organize and manage your prototypes with a new hierarchical layer structure, which is similar to the one in Adobe Photoshop, that enables you to easily organize web layers and pages.

Intelligent scaling
Intelligently scale buttons and graphic symbols (in vector or bitmap) with 9-slice scaling. Combine 9-slice scaling with the new Auto Shape library to accelerate website and application prototyping.

Multipage support
Use the new Pages panel to create multiple pages in a single document (PNG file), and share layers across multiple pages. Each page can contain its own slices, layers, frames, animations, and canvas settings, making it easy to simulate website flow in a prototype.

RIA layout prototyping
Prototype layouts for rich Internet applications in Fireworks, and then export them directly to Adobe Flex while retaining absolute positioning and styling.

Customizable assets
Jump-start your prototyping with a common library of frequently used graphic symbols, text symbols, and animations. Use the new Symbol Properties panel to customize symbol attributes.

Adobe Photoshop blend modes
Customize the appearance of your images with seven popular blend modes from Adobe Photoshop: dissolve, linear burn, linear dodge, vivid light, linear light, pin light, and hard mix.

Adobe Bridge integration
Enjoy a more efficient workflow with Adobe Bridge, which offers central access to project files and batch processing that can include multiple Adobe applications.

Streamlined Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash integration
Copy any object in Fireworks CS3 and paste it directly into Dreamweaver CS3. Create pop-up menus that can be saved as CSS and HTML. Export Fireworks (PNG) files directly to Flash CS3 while maintaining vectors, bitmaps, animations, and multistates, and then edit in Flash CS3.

Additional Features

Vector and bitmap editing
Create and edit vector and bitmap images, and import and edit native Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator files.

Image optimization
Optimize graphics for virtually any delivery scenario with preview, cross-platform gamma preview, selective JPEG compression, and a wide range of export controls.

Filter effects
Apply lighting effects, shadow effects, styles, and blend modes, including seven new blend modes from Photoshop, to add depth and character to text and symbols.

Common library
Jump-start your prototyping with a common library of graphic symbols, text symbols, and animations frequently used in web applications, forms, interfaces, and websites.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Fireworks - Powerful yet fun and easy to use.:

Excellent -- very pleased with the software. I had used an older version of this software (Mac format)-- very user friendly. This updated version (IBM format) is every bit as user friendly. Program allows one to do complex graphic designs with minimal effort and in a very short period of time. Excellent to do graphics for print and web. Very powerful program. Highly recommend for users who have limited knowledge of Photoshop and for those with limited graphic design experience.

Web graphics standard:

I have used photoshop for my web work since the mid-1990s and have resisted making the change to Fireworks and the learning curve involved. I finally made the switch and I'm glad I did. Fireworks is more geared to web work whereas Photoshop's focus has always been print, with web design features added. The learning curve isn't as steep as I thought it would be and Fireworks has some great tutorials to help with your transition. It really has a better work flow than Photoshop and seems to be more intuitive.... more info

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