Adobe Fireworks CS4

Adobe® Fireworks CS4 software delivers compelling functionality for web designers with Live Styles, Smart Guides, universal 9-slice scaling, and CSS export. Interaction designers can now develop interface prototypes for Adobe Flex® and Adobe AIR™ applications with ease. Fireworks users can reach out to clients and team members with high-fidelity Adobe PDF output and free online meetings.

New and enhanced features:

Adobe AIR authoring
Create your Adobe® AIR® prototype directly within Adobe Fireworks®, ready to be deployed to HTML and CSS, Adobe Flex®, or SWF. Easily convert your click-through mock-up.

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.

Customizable and reusable assets
Jump-start your design process with the Common Library, a repository of graphic symbols, form elements, text symbols, and animations frequently used in web and software applications, interfaces, and websites. 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.

New user interface
Easily switch from other Adobe Creative Suite® 4 components ® such as Adobe Photoshop® CS4, Illustrator® CS4, and Flash® CS4 Professional software ® thanks to a universal user interface design.

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 CS4) and Photoshop (CS3 or CS4) without loss of fidelity. Float text inside a path for high-impact logos.

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.

Styles panel upgrade
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.

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 color themes from the Adobe Kuler® web-hosted service right in Fireworks to sample and apply to your web designs. Craft color 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.

Enhanced design tools for screen-based design
Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and modify native Adobe® Photoshop® and Illustrator® files. Changes remain editable at any time, and final output is optimized for display resolutions.

Improved performance
Work much faster with significant performance enhancements, including greater control over pixel placement of design elements, improved file opening and saving, updated symbol operation, and quicker bitmap and vector operations.

Enhanced optimization and scaling tools
Optimize graphics for a wide variety of screen types with preview, selective JPEG compression, and comprehensive export controls. Intelligently scale buttons and graphic symbols with 9-slice scaling to accelerate website and application prototyping.

Enhanced CSS and HTML export
Design complete web pages in a robust graphic environment and then export standards-compliant, CSS-based layouts — with external style sheets — in one step. Integrate foreground and background graphics with distinct slice types, and utilize repeating images.

Improved type handling
Produce outstanding type designs with the enhanced Adobe text engine. Copy and paste double-byte characters from Illustrator and Photoshop without loss of fidelity. Float text inside a path, and take advantage of many other improvements.

Sophisticated prototyping
Design interactive layouts for websites and rich Internet applications (RIAs). Reduce development time by exporting multipage, clickable website comps as standards-compliant, CSS-based layouts, and bring RIA prototypes into the Adobe AIR® runtime without writing code.

Enhanced intelligent integration
Import Photoshop and Illustrator files while maintaining color matching, element fidelity, and editing capability. Export Adobe Fireworks® designs into applications in the Adobe Flash® software family for advanced interactivity design. Copy and paste objects between Fireworks and Adobe Dreamweaver®.

Enhanced client collaboration
CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time. Also, generate clickable PDF files or interactive HTML comps for review, and create Adobe AIR prototypes to run on any platform.

Customizable and reusable assets
Jump-start your design process with the Common Library of graphic symbols, form elements, text symbols, and animations. Design your own custom symbols and styles for continued rapid design and prototyping.

Enhanced Developer productivity tools
Save time by quickly creating assets and optimizing images for use in development projects. Rely on Fireworks for batch processing of graphical elements.

System requirements:

• 1GHz or faster processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services*