Fireworks 4 is a great piece of kit for all people interested in web design, graphics creation, editing home pictures or other graphics, or even creating user interfaces for applications or the web. Macromedia have long since produced professional software and Fireworks is one of the most popular alongside it?s sister product Macromedia Flash. I started using Fireworks about 2 years ago for web design. I made simple images and good navigation for websites. My first attempt of navigation can be seen in my first website http://homepage.ntlworld.com/liamsquire. I also used it to make other things but web design was the first and main thing I used it for. ...  Read the complete review

There has been a lot of rivalry between Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Fireworks, with Adobe believing that Fireworks treads on the toes of Photoshop just that little bit too much for their liking. There are a startling number of similarities between Fireworks 4 and Photoshop 6, although up until now Macromedia have protested that Fireworks has been for web use only, whereas Photoshop with things like CMYK colour separations is more of a print based output solution, although it does appear to have aped the interface used in Fireworks 3 for web output somewhat closely (perhaps too closely!) in version 6 of Photoshop, with Macromedia using a lot of the palettes ...  Read the complete review

Fireworks is a great graphics program that packs tons of useful features. Like Jasc Paint Shop Pro, this is one cool proggie I can't do without. I do a lot of web design, and of course graphics has a major effect on the look of any website. Fast loading, professional looking graphics are a must for anybody that wants to be somebody. Fireworks is specialised at creating web graphics, and will automatically optimise and compress images when saving. There is also a preview of compression choices when saving, so you can be sure your pics are the smallest size they can be, while still retaining that crisp sharpness. Fireworks really comes ...  Read the complete review

Well I wouldn't go as far as what the title says, but it got your attention. :) Well what can I say, this is truely a magical piece of kit, that every computer user should have. I know most people describe it has a web design tool but believe me, this can be for home use too. I have created many banners for projects, or just to mess around and see what the programs capabilities are. Everything you need and more can be found in here to make the perfect banner or graphic. I must say though a couple more effects wouldnt go amiss. But lets be honest here you can still make quality stuff without these missing effects so I wouldn't let this but you ...  Read the complete review

I should start by saying quite clearly, "I can't draw!" and I am usually more concerned with the techie stuff like databases, programs and scripts. So far, I have simply done my best with Fireworks 3 (or PaintShop Pro) if I needed some graphics - generally, doing things the hard way and taking a long time but then I got the Fireworks 4 trial version - ooohhhh mama! Maybe it's just me, but I find things much easier to do the more I use version 4. They have improved the wizards that assist you in the more complicated tasks, integrated Fireworks much more closely with Dreamweaver and, surprisingly for me, I actually used their help pages! ...  Read the complete review