Which is better between fireworks 8 and CS4

[Dulani]

Hello friends I am very keen to find new information about technology. I am interested to find out what is the difference between fireworks 8 and CS4. Can you give me any relevant information about this topic. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Gania]

Fireworks is a multidimensional software program to edit and create web graphics. it was developed by Macromedia and Adobe acquired it in 2005. Fireworks 8 is the last Macromedia edition. Fireworks are one of the few products to acquire in adobe’s creative suite. There is installed web designers which has features like slices which is able to add hotspots. This are used for fast access of creating website and prototypes.

[QUENBY]

Fireworks are designed in such a way that it can easily integrate with the earlier Macromedia products like Dreamviewer and Flash. It has very consistent user interface which is same as Adobe Photoshop. Fireworks has a special feature in Mac OS X, the application instantly transforms into multiple document interface mode where the toolbars are easily accessible on the screen. It is also called as standard viewing mode.

[Hollyn]

CS4 (creative suite) is basically a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems. CS4 has the following applications:

• Photoshop
  
• Acrobat
  
• InDesign

CS4 consists of various technologies like PostScript, PDF, Flash.

[JyotiT]

We can work on the layering process of graphic file in fireworks. We can access all the layers from the layers panel. There is feature called Smart guide and when u activate it, you can eventually use the selection tool to drag any object which is present on the canvas. The lines will automatically appear. There is an another feature called 9 slice scaling in which we can get the actual figure and dimension we want. It will not change. It will maintain the exact shape when it is transformed.

[Shurod]

Macromedia Fireworks 8 has various great features in them. Here are some features:

• Adobe Creative Suite Integration: In this feature the file formats such as ai, psd, eps are used by the designers to provide better workflow between different Adobe Applications.
  
• Image Optimization: this feature is specially created for web production. We can compress the image very easily and it has the best compression rate compared to Photoshop including JPEG, PNG and GIF images.
  
• Symbols: we can convert the elements into symbols and place multiple pages. When we edit the master symbol, there is an instant change in the symbols.
  
• Export: the file can be exported to format. The individual pages of a file can also be transformed into a single pdf.

[AnitG]

CS4 has improved commands and menu items which eventually make them more intuitive and understanding for the web designers. Many commands comes with preview features which will make your work easier . the changes are actually very to navigate or search the workspace and it has various expanded utility panels.

[Go!pee]

CS4 will help you to access features you need to use and navigate correctly at your work. They will enhance the quality of the graphics. they also prevent repetitive tasks you have to do and you eventually find it easy to work. Designer can easily import Photoshop to other native program files.

[-Deven-]

Fireworks 8 can easily edit bitmap and vector based graphics. initially every designer use this software program. They use fireworks for making websites and make the graphics which are used in web pages. We can also create and edit many design like special effects.eg rollovers, pop-up menu, etc. CS4 has the ability to create an entire web page composed of HTML codes and CSS vin addition of graphics.

[Bontu]

Fireworks 8 is a type of Vector graphic editor. It runs on the operating system such as Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows. It is written in C++ language. Adobe is the developer of fireworks 8. Formerly it was Macromedia.

[Dulani]

Thanks a lot friend for giving me detailed and relevant information about this topic. Really appreciated. I am admired. This will be surely add to my information, thanks again.