Fireworks CS5 on Windows 7 x86 |
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| Developer(s) | Adobe (formerly Macromedia) |
| Stable release | CS5 / April 12, 2010 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Vector graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Adobe Fireworks Homepage |
Adobe Fireworks (formerly Macromedia Fireworks) is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. It was originally developed using parts of xRes by Macromedia, which Adobe acquired in 2005, and aimed at web designers (with features such as: slices, the ability to add hotspots etc.) for rapidly creating website prototypes and application interfaces. It is designed to integrate easily with other former Macromedia products, such as Dreamweaver and Flash. It is available as a standalone product or bundled with Adobe Creative Suite. Previous versions were bundled with Macromedia Studio.
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Fireworks' user interface is consistent with the rest of Adobe Creative Suite, similar to that of Adobe Photoshop. On Mac OS X, it is possible to display the application in multiple document interface mode or the standard viewing mode where all toolbars float freely on the screen.
Fireworks supports layering the graphic file. Deep child layers are also possible. All the layers can be accessed from the Layers panel.
When Smart Guides are enabled, dashed lines will appear as you use the Selection tool to drag any object around on the canvas. Smart Guides intuitively "line up" with any other element, so that you can visually see when two objects are aligned by their top, sides, bottom or center. Also by dragging out guide lines and pressing the Shift Key, numeric indicators display the distances between guides and the edges of the canvas.[1] This feature was added with the release of CS4.
This feature ensures that rounded rectangles maintain their roundness when transformed depending on where the guides are placed. CS4 has this feature exposed as a tool. With this feature introduction in CS3 version, its usage was limited to symbols.
Reusable elements can be converted into symbols and placed at multiple pages or on the same page. When the master symbol is edited, the changes are propagated to all the instances of that symbol automatically.
Fireworks was created specifically for web production[2] and in terms of image compression, it is known to have a better compression rate than Photoshop with JPEG, PNG and GIF images.[3]
Fireworks understands the file formats ai, psd, eps, which designers use in a team allowing for better workflows across multiple Adobe applications.
A file can be exported as TIFF, flat PNG (8,24,32 bit), JPEG, GIF (both animated and non-animated), PSD, SWF, PICT, BMP, WBMP. The individual pages of a file can also be converted into a single PDF.
Previously known as Frames, these are used for animation purposes. They are also used for defining the behaviors in cases of symbol buttons like Up, Down, Over.
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