Macromedia's Fireworks MX 2004 enables you to design, optimize, and add basic interactivity to your graphics. It is mainly used for designing and optimizing web graphics, then exporting them to website creation programs like Dreamweaver or Flash.
With extensive tools for editing bitmap and vector graphics, Fireworks makes collaborative site design much quicker with improved integration of the Studio products. Graphics in Flash or Dreamweaver libraries can be quickly edited in Fireworks and instantly updated throughout your website. Extra photo-editing tools, Auto Shapes, Live Effects animation, and additional anti-aliasing options provide more creative scope and developers can extend Fireworks image-editing capabilities into Dreamweaver.
* Possibility of being first to market.
* Extended coverage of Dreamweaver integration and additional "Hero" color section.
* Builds on solid history of Fireworks MX Zero to Hero (first edition pub. Oct 2002).
* Full colour 60 page "Hero Project" section.
From the reviews:
"I warmly recommend this book to all beginners." - Thierry Lorey from Fireworks Zone
"In this book you will learn how to use effectively Fireworks MX 2004 from scratch for Web graphic creation. ? In the last two chapters, you will be able to complete two real webdesign projects which will give you an hand on experience of Fireworks. ? I warmly recommend this book to all beginners to become more familiar with Fireworks." (fireworkszone.com, May 11, 2004)
