Key Features
Rapidly prototype websites, application interfaces, and
other interactive designs with Adobe® Fireworks® CS4.
Create, edit, and optimize web graphics more accurately
and quickly than ever with an enhanced toolset. Demo your
designs live on the web for your clients or e-mail them
an Adobe PDF file generated from Fireworks. Integrate Live
Styles and the improved Common Library for continual leaps
in productivity.
Improved performance
Work faster and smarter with overall performance enhancements,
from file opening and saving to symbol updates and intensive
bitmap and vector operations.
Adobe PDF file export
Generate high-fidelity, protected Adobe PDF documents from
your Fireworks design comps for enhanced client communication.
Help safeguard your designs with optional password protection — separate
passwords can be created for viewing and other tasks
such as printing, copying, and commenting.
Live Styles
Customize a Fireworks object or text with professionally
designed styles or your own custom collection of styles.
Update applied effects, colors, and text attributes for
all instances of a style by modifying a single style
source.
Styles panel upgrades
Work more efficiently with the enhanced Styles panel. With
the click of an icon, choose between default Fireworks
styles, current document styles, or styles from other
libraries. Multiple style sets can easily be accessed.
Sophisticated prototyping
Creatively design interactive layouts for websites and
rich Internet applications (RIAs). Export website comps
to Adobe® Dreamweaver® software as standards-compliant,
CSS-based layouts, and bring RIA prototypes into Adobe
Flex® software with professional-quality coding.
Workspace improvements
Quickly place Smart Guides on your canvas for swift, accurate
positioning and measurement of guides and elements — the
heads-up display lets you know where you are on the canvas
as you drag guides in place. Edit symbols in place for
precise symbol refinement in context with the rest of
your design.
Optimization and scaling tools
Optimize graphics for virtually any delivery scenario with
preview, cross-platform gamma preview, selective JPEG
compression, and a wide range of export controls. Intelligently
scale buttons and graphic symbols (in vector or bitmap)
with 9-slice scaling. Combine 9-slice scaling with the
Auto Shape Library to accelerate website and application
prototyping.
Cross-platform support
Work how you want to work: Fireworks CS4 is available for
PowerPC® and Intel® based Macs as well as Microsoft® Windows® XP
and Windows Vista® systems.
Customizable and reusable assets
Jump-start your design process with the Common Library,
a repository of graphic symbols, form elements, text
symbols, and animations frequently used in web and software
applications, interfaces, and websites. Expand your collection
with your own custom symbols and styles for continued
rapid design.
RIA authoring support
Prototype layouts for RIAs in Fireworks and then export
them directly to Adobe Flex, while retaining absolute
positioning, styling, and professional-quality coding.
New user interface
Easily switch from other Creative Suite 4 components — such
as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash® CS4 Professional
software — thanks to a universal user interface design.
Enhanced type handling
Produce exceptional type designs with the enhanced typesetting
capabilities of the Adobe text engine, familiar to users
of Photoshop and Illustrator and now in Fireworks. Import
or copy/paste double-byte characters from Illustrator
(CS3 and CS4) and Photoshop (CS3 and CS4) without loss
of fidelity. Float text inside a path for high-impact
logos.
Online services
Access online services from within Fireworks to share your
screen with colleagues or clients in a few clicks using
Adobe ConnectNow, get targeted search results from the
online community, and find color inspiration from your
peers with Adobe Kuler™.
Client collaboration
Demo in a real-time online meeting with the Adobe ConnectNow
service. Generate high-fidelity PDF files or interactive
HTML comps for review. Create an Adobe AIR™ prototype
to run on any platform.
Superb design tools
Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and
modify native Photoshop and Illustrator files. 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.
Intelligent integration
Import Photoshop PSD files while retaining hierarchical
layers, layer effects, and blend modes and save Fireworks
PNG files in native Photoshop format. Import Illustrator
AI files while retaining graphic integrity. Copy and
paste objects from Fireworks CS4 into Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4
software. Export Fireworks PNG files directly to Flash
CS4 Professional while maintaining vectors, bitmaps,
animations, and multiple states for complete editability.
CSS export
Design complete web pages in a robust graphic environment
and then export standards-compliant, CSS-based layouts,
complete with external style sheets, in one step. Start
with one of the six most common layouts and integrate
foreground and background graphics with automatic margin
and padding detection. Drop Fireworks rich symbols on
your layouts to specify headings, links, and form properties
for precise CSS control.
Adobe AIR authoring
Create your Adobe AIR prototype directly within Fireworks
as a click-through mock-up, ready to be deployed to HTML
and CSS, Flex, or SWF.
Rich user experiences
Creatively design interactive layouts for websites and
rich Internet applications (RIAs). Export website comps
to Adobe Dreamweaver as standards-compliant, CSS-based
layouts and RIA prototypes to Adobe Flex with professional-quality
coding.
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