Fireworks MX

Fireworks MX

Create, optimize, and export interactive graphics in a single Web-centric environment using Macromedia Fireworks MX. Fireworks offers all the tools to make everything from simple graphic buttons to sophisticated rollover effects and pop-up menus. Support for major file formats and HTML standards and integration with popular HTML editors allow users to comfortably use Fireworks MX in any work environment.

The workspace offers bitmap editing, precise text control, automation, and extensibility, allowing for rapid production and easy updates. Broad support for file formats, new standards like XHTML, and Section 508 compliance ensure that output matches current and future needs.

Share files across graphics applications, including Macromedia Flash, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. Create vector graphics for Flash, export SWF files, and open graphics directly from within Flash. Open, edit, and export Photoshop graphics while retaining layers, masks, and text properties. Fireworks also integrates seamlessly with such editors as Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage.

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