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adobe fireworks cs5
rapidly prototype and design for the web
Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe Fireworks CS5 software. Create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately than ever before with an enhanced toolset. Present your comps to clients whether they are across the hall or across the country with Adobe PDF file support and integration with the free Adobe ConnectNow online service.
ideal for …
- Web Designers
- Interaction designers and usability testers
- Web developers
top reasons to invest in Adobe® Fireworks CS5
| 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. |
| Superb design tools | Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and modify native Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator® files. Apply effects, styles, and blend modes to add depth and character to text and symbols. |
| Optimization and scaling tools | Optimize graphics for virtually any scenario with preview, selective JPEG compression, and a wide range of export controls. Intelligently scale buttons and graphic symbols with 9-slice scaling to accelerate website and application prototyping. |
| Intelligent integration | Import Photoshop PSD files while retaining layers, effects, and blend modes and save Fireworks PNG files in native Photoshop format. Copy and paste objects from Fireworks CS5 into Dreamweaver CS5 or Adobe Flash® CS5 Professional. |
| 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. |
| Cross-platform support | Work how you want to work: Fireworks CS5 is available for PowerPC® and Intel® based Macs as well as Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista® systems. |
| 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. Integrate foreground and background graphics with new slice types. |
| 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. |
| Customizable and reusable assets | Jump-start your design process with a Common Library of graphic symbols, form elements, text symbols, and animations. Expand your collection with your own custom symbols and styles for continued rapid design. |
| Improved performance | Work faster and smarter with overall performance enhancements, from file opening and saving to symbol updates and intensive bitmap and vector operations. |
top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Fireworks CS5
| Improved performance | Work faster and smarter with overall performance enhancements, from file opening and saving to symbol updates and intensive bitmap and vector operations. |
| New user interface | Easily switch from other Adobe Creative Suite® 5 components - such as Adobe Photoshop® CS5, Illustrator® CS5, and Flash® CS5 Professional - thanks to a universal user interface design. |
| 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. Integrate foreground and background graphics with new slice types. |
| PDF export | Generate high-fidelity, protected PDF documents from your Fireworks comps for client communication. Help safeguard your designs with password protection—separate passwords can be created for viewing and other tasks such as printing, copying, and commenting. |
| Enhanced type handling | Produce exceptional type designs with the enhanced typesetting capabilities of the Adobe text engine. Import or copy/paste double-byte characters from Illustrator (CS3 or CS5) and Photoshop (CS3 or CS5) without loss of fidelity. Float text inside a path for high-impact logos. |
| Workspace improvements | Quickly place Smart Guides on your canvas for swift, accurate positioning and measurement of guides and elements. Edit symbols in place for precise symbol refinement in context with the rest of your design. |
| Adobe Kuler™ integration | Access the latest colour themes from the Adobe Kuler web-hosted service right in Fireworks to sample and apply to your web designs. Craft colour harmonies for your own use or to upload to Kuler. |
| Adobe ConnectNow integration | Connect client to designer for a real-time online meeting with full-screen sharing across platforms and the country with the Adobe ConnectNow service. |
| Adobe AIR™ authoring | Create your Adobe AIR prototype directly within Fireworks, ready to be deployed to HTML and CSS, Flex, or SWF. Easily convert your click-through mock-up. |
| 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. |
frequently asked questions
- What is Adobe Fireworks?
- Fireworks is a standalone application designed to enable web designers and web architects to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces.
- What’s new in Fireworks CS5?
- Fireworks CS5 offers new features and an enhanced toolset to help you more quickly and accurately create and optimize images for the web as well as prototype and mock up web designs and other applications. New Live Styles makes single-source changes a reality for numerous instances of a style. The new universal user interface enables you to easily switch from other Creative Suite components. And, with Adobe PDF file support, you can present high-fidelity, protected comps to your clients.
- What is the difference between Fireworks and Photoshop?
- Fireworks is the ideal tool for prototyping vectors and bitmaps for the web and application interfaces. With Fireworks, you can easily create click-through mock-up web pages, and quickly update fills, borders, textures, and text flow on web page designs. The uniform user interface and core functionality, such as consistent text handling, across Fireworks and other Adobe Creative Suite 5 components enable you to streamline your workflow.
Photoshop is the industry standard for digital imaging, with tools that photographers, graphic designers, web designers, and many other graphic professionals use for detailed image editing and compositing.
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