Macromedia Fireworks 2

Fireworks is a graphical tool used by many web designers and graphic designers. It is used for a few things such as :Bitmap Graphics Editing, Web Publishing, Vector Graphics Editing, Animation.

What is Macromedia Fireworks?

Since Fireworks is targeted toward Web builders, it focuses on tasks they do daily. Image mapping, image slicing, and animation are still easy to do, but some of Fireworks' features go beyond a typical graphics application. For instance, Fireworks will generate HTML code for you when you export a graphic. Version 2 even lets you choose what "type" of HTML to export by targeting specific editors such as Dreamweaver 1.0 or 2.0, FrontPage, or CyberStudio. Design, optimize and integrate fully editable, spectacular Web graphics and animations with Fireworks 2 for Macintosh. Fireworks 2 allows designers to work with vector art and bitmap images without switching between tool sets. Use professional design tools such as slices, color palettes, effects, brushes and pencils to design, animate, optimize and export your images. Operating on a system of paths, Fireworks 2 lets designers execute sophisticated vector tasks such as simplifying or expanding a shape. Fireworks 2 features a wide variety of brushes, from standard brushes to natural looking organic brushes, so you can achieve the brush effects and strokes that you desire. Use Fireworks' multiple live effects to experiment with the style of your graphics. Apply effects such as Inner and Outer Bevel, Drop Shadow, Glow and Emboss to any object. Viewing the effects takes a mere mouse click and the changes are made in real time. And never fear, the effects are completely editable. Fireworks 2 also features the new ability to apply individual colors to different text characters in the same text block. In the animation arena, Fireworks 2 provides you with powerful tools for precise results. The onion skinning feature allows you to take control of animations by showing the precise position of graphics in an animation. With Fireworks 2, you can have one object manipulate the appearance of other objects, allowing you to change the look without opening each frame separately. Plus, you can create and preview your GIF animations quickly. Fireworks 2 is compatible with a number of commonly used applications, including PhotoShop 5, FreeHand 8, Illustrator 8, CorelDraw 7 and 8 and most graphics tools.

Fireworks is able to handle many graphic formats:

• GIF
• JPEG
• BMP
• TIFF
• PNG
• Macromedia Freehand 8.0
• Adobe Illustrator
• PSD
• CorelDRAW 8.0
• TGA
• Macromedia Freehand 7.0

Macromedia Fireworks 2

An early version of Fireworks brought to you by Macromedia. Fireworks original pricing is as follows: $199 new and $129 upgrade. Fireworks 2 for Windows brings efficiency to Web graphics production! Quickly create buttons, animations, and page comps. Everything remains editable, including files from leading graphics applications. Fireworks brings you everything you need to design, produce and optimize your web graphics. Features such as frames and layers and real-time editing make it easy to make your web pages stand out from the crowd with impressive graphics.

Macromedia Fireworks 2 Requirements

• PowerMac
• MacOS 7.5.5
• 24MB RAM (with Virtual Memory on)
• 60MB free disk space

Macromedia Fireworks 3

Fireworks is designed from the ground up to be a Web graphics creation package. Fireworks 3 brings efficiency to Web graphics production. Quickly create buttons, animations and page comps. Everything remains editable, including files from leading graphics applications. Save production time with the History panel, step-by-step button maker and the Library. Integrate Fireworks code seamlessly into Dreamweaver and other leading HTML editors. Only Fireworks lets you script the entire application to automate workflow. Amazon.co.uk Review Building graphics for a Web site often involves the use of several different tools: one for building vector-based images, one for bitmapped images, and still another for incorporating these images into an HTML document. Macromedia's Fireworks 3.0 is all of these tools--and more--rolled into one.

Macromedia Fireworks 3 Requirements

• Windows 95/98/NT 4(with Service Pack 3) or later
• 32MB RAM, 40MB or more recommended 60MB available disk space, 100MB recommended
• Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, 120MHz or faster
• CD-ROM drive
• 640 x 480, 256 color display (1024 x 768, millions of color recommended)

• 266 MHz G3
• Mac OS 8.1
• 64 MB RAM
• 60 MB hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive
• 800 x 600 display
• 24-bit color

Fireworks 3 brings efficiency to Web graphics production. Quickly create buttons, animations and page comps. Everything remains editable, including files from leading graphics applications. Save production time with the History panel, step-by-step button maker and the Library. Integrate Fireworks code seamlessly into Dreamweaver and other leading HTML editors. Only Fireworks lets you script the entire application to automate workflow.

Macromedia Fireworks 4

Fireworks 4 The top solution for Web graphics! Fireworks® 4 delivers a robust solution for Web design professionals seeking a standard way to create and optimize Web graphics. Quickly create resolution-independent vectors, edit bitmap images and create GIF animations with multiple frames in a professional environment. Fireworks Web graphics workflow is optimized for creating advanced interactivity. Easily develop buttons, rollover effects, and sophisticated navigation schemes with multi-level pop-up menus in a step-by-step visual environment. Support for multiple file formats and common design standards lets you quickly design and produce graphics, HTML and JavaScript that can be moved seamlessly between popular graphics and HTML applications such as Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia® Flash™ and Dreamweaver®.

Macromedia Fireworks 4 Requirements

• PowerPC™ G3 processor
• Mac OS 8.6
• Minimum memory requirements: 64MB
• Minimum disk space requirements: 80MB