17Dec
2007
2007
Macworld outlines Fireworks CS3 features
The good people at Macworld has reviewed Adobe Fireworks CS3 and have given it thumbs up.
If you design and develop Web sites, you can’t afford not to use Fireworks CS3.
See the article here.
Also, Adobe products will be compatible with Leopard.
In the meantime, I am waiting for my copy of Adobe Fireworks CS3 to arrive at my doorstep. I have been using Fireworks 8 for all my tutorials to date, just for your information.
Can anyone highlight any improvements that you find significant?
December 17th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
The addition of pages is swell. Also, 9 Slice scaling rocks my face. It’s a great upgrade – you won’t be disappointed!
December 17th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Pages, you say? Sounds good! May I ask what 9 Slice scaling is? Thanks, Matt.
July 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
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October 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hey Justin,
I realize this is a bit ‘late’ in reply, but I thought this might be valuable for others reading your posts here… to help them understand CS3 (even though CS4 is now out !! )
As per Adobe, re: 9-slice scaling, “Better scaling
The addition of 9-slice (or intelligent) scaling solves the problem of distortion when scaling an object. It lets you specify which parts of a bitmap or vector symbol you want to scale and which parts you want to preserve. And scaling is preserved when you copy and paste a symbol from Fireworks CS3 into Flash CS3. For example, if you copy a symbol containing a rectangle with rounded corners and 9-slice scaling is activated, you can paste the symbol in Flash and scale the symbol up or down without distorting the corners.
You can now select an image and use the Copy command in Fireworks and the Paste command in Dreamweaver to copy an image to a Web page. The Paste command in Dreamweaver launches its Image Preview dialog box, which walks you through optimizing and saving the image to your Dreamweaver site. Once you’ve saved the image, it automatically appears on the Web page. This copy and paste method is more efficient than in previous versions of the software.
The new Common Library feature provides a means for creating and storing symbols—including button, graphic, and animation symbols—which you can add to any image in Fireworks CS3. The program ships with a variety of common and rich symbols that are suitable for use in mockups, applications, and Web sites. Rich symbols contain editable properties and attributes that you can change through the Symbol Properties panel. You can also create your own rich symbols, complete with editable properties, using the Create Symbol Script command. The command launches a dialog box that allows you to create a JavaScript file that controls a symbol’s editable properties and attributes, even if you don’t know JavaScript.”
Keep up the great work!
J