Adobe Fireworks CS4

$200

Rapidly prototype and design for the web

Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe® Fireworks® CS4 software. Create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately than ever before with an enhanced toolset.

Regular Price: $299
Education Price: $99 (Full Version - Students save $200)

Top reasons to get Adobe Fireworks CS4: +

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® with professional-quality coding.
Superb design tools	Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and modify native Adobe Photoshop® and 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 CS4 into Dreamweaver CS4 or Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional software.
RIA authoring support	Prototype layouts for RIAs in Fireworks and then export them directly to Flex, while retaining absolute positioning, styling, and professional-quality coding.
Cross-platform support	Work how you want to work: Fireworks CS4 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.
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.
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