There was a thread on Adobe’s Fireworks forums recently where a user was asking why Fireworks uses the PNG file format (and extension) for its native editable files (the equivalent to Illustrator’s .ai and Photoshop’s .psd). This is an issue that gets raised from time to time and that thread was just the latest public example of…
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Fireworks Performance and AntiVirus Software
There has been a few threads in the Adobe Fireworks forum recently where some users were having performance issues with Fireworks on Windows machines. Most of the time, their problems can be traced back to their using either Norton or McAfee antivirus software. Both of those are notorious resources hogs that use ungodly amounts of RAM…
Fireworks CS3 Review on Designorati
About two weeks ago, Jeremy Shulz published an “interesting” review of Fireworks on Designorati. I put “interesting” in quotes because I strongly disagree with many of his points… starting with the title of his review: “Fireworks CS3 Is Looking For its Niche”. I suppose I shouldn’t be but I’m always surprised when poeople who should know better still see Fireworks as…
Adobe CS3, A Very Different Experience On My New Computer
Since I got my new computer, I’ve been busy installing software, installing Office, email and other basic applications as well as setting my new Vista environment and getting familiar with it. I’ll post later about my impressions on Vista. But Saturday, I finally installed Adobe Design Premium CS3 on the new machine. All I can say is wow! I liked…
New Adobe Fireworks CS3 Extension: Guides Panel
I just found out about a great new extension for Fireworks that will help you create, save and recall guides sets quickly and easily. This is a powerful new Flash panel based extension that really fills a hole in Fireworks’ native toolset. If you have worked in other graphic apps like FreeHand, Illustrator or InDesign and enjoyed the…
