From the Manufacturer
Fireworks 8 lets you balance maximum image quality with minimum compression size as you create, edit, and optimize images for the Web with precise control. Create animated rollovers and pop-up menus with Fireworks 8s intuitive visual tools, and utilize round-trip editing capabilities with Dreamweaver 8 and Flash Professional 8 for greater efficiency.
Features:
Get top-quality design results.
Take creative control with seamless vector and bitmap editing in an integrated environment.
Produce highly optimized files that still look great.
Make graphics look their best under any delivery scenario with optimization features like export, preview, cross-platform gamma preview, and selective JPG compression.
Slice and export page comps.
Slice up a Fireworks page layout and export the entire page, or selected slices (including graphics, HTML, and code for rollover effects) to an HTML editor (such as Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage).
Create sophisticated Web navigation.
Automatically generate graphics and JavaScript for buttons, interactive interfaces, and pop-up menus without learning how to write code.
Product Description
Fireworks 8 lets you take full creative control over your visual environment, making it possible to create the Web pages you've only imagined. Its library of intuitive visual tools, round-trip editing capabilities and compatibility with Dreamweaver 8 and Flash Professional 8 increases your creative options and improves your workflow. AutoShape properties panel used to modify AutoShape properties such as the star, arrow, or smart polygon Live marquee and convert selections - Turn active selections into editable vector paths and the reverse Autoname text layers are automatically named by the text that gets typed into them Special characters panel - insert special characters directly into text blocks Edit path points when text is attached Recently used fonts now appear at the top of font menus Optimization now defaults to the last settings used Save, restore, name, and delete multiple marquee selections Shift-click to select objects that share an edge, in the layers panel Preferences are automatically saved more frequently Group consecutive nudges, to treat them as one move Improved tablet support for path scrubber tools and stroke pressure sensitivity Lock on a per-object basis in the layers panel