Adobe Fireworks CS5

Adobe Fireworks CS5 software allows you to create bright screen graphics for almost any device. Create user interfaces, design websites or media applications using vector and bitmap tools together. Import projects from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator software and export to HTML and CSS, Adobe Flash Catalyst software, or the Adobe AIR runtime. Optimize final art-work with Adobe Fireworks CS5 easily and efficiently.

Features

Feature improvement
Fireworks CS5 includes extensive productivity enhancements that allow you to create rich, multi-layered web images, comps, and interactive designs easily, while maintaining the quality, accuracy, and flexibility. Changes have been made in the user interface, access key features right from the Properties panel.

Adobe Device Central integration
Experiment with designing for mobile devices. Integration between Fireworks and Adobe Device Central makes it easy to set up a Fireworks project and preview it in Adobe Device Central. Fireworks creates a new project with the correct pixel dimensions of the device's display. Use Fireworks to craft your mobile content.

FXG Export
Fireworks is optimized for designing screen graphics. Fireworks CS5 supports the latest FXG format (2.0).

Adobe Swatch Exchange
Fireworks can now open and create Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) files that can be used in Adobe InDesign®, Photoshop, and Illustrator software. ASE files created with other Creative Suite applications can be easily imported into the Swatches panel in Fireworks. Additionally create ASE files from Adobe Kuler themes.

Fireworks templates
Jump-start project with a variety of templates, including web and mobile designs, wireframes, grids, and document presets.

Type enhancements
Select text with similar attributes, such as bold and italic, inside a text block; select non-contiguous text elements within a single text block;  undo/redo text-editing changes; search for a font by typing the first few characters of the name in the font list box (Windows only); keyboard shortcuts to adjust kerning and tracking characters up to 200 points in 10-point and 100-point increments, accurate mapping of kerning and tracking values; text overflow indicator showing when text doesn't fit on or in a path; triple-click a text block to select an entire paragraph; line and paragraph breaks, specify the space after a paragraph and much more.

Pixel-perfect precision
Fireworks CS5 includes lots of features that enable you to precisely control the location and appearance of design elements. In addition to stroke alignment, type-handling enhancements, proportional scaling, and FXG export, Fireworks CS5 allows users to create crisp graphics that align to the underlying pixel grid.

The Compound Shape tools
Creating complex vector shapes is much faster and more flexible in Fireworks CS5, thanks to the Compound Shape tools in the Properties panel. The Compound Shape tools allow you to group vector shapes temporarily as you draw them, so you can both move the objects as a group and edit individual objects one at a time. Achieve nondestructive effects such as punching, intersecting, or cropping overlapping vectors.

Extensibility enhancements
Fireworks offers a high degree of built-in extensibility. Fine-tune workflows to your personal preferences or the needs of specific projects using simple JavaScript commands for batch processing.

Check out the extensibility in Fireworks, third-party developers release numerous extensions. From Flash panels to Auto Shapes (artwork with JavaScript logic attached) to workflow commands, extensions can streamline your workflow in numerous ways.

System requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7
• 512MB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
• 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or Firefox 3 or 3.5 required for the Adobe® Contribute® web browser plug-in
• Office 2003 or 2007 required for the Microsoft Office plug-in