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Fireworks CS4 CSS Export

Jim Babbage — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:02:38 +0000

Exporting CSS and images out of Fireworks CS4.

Fireworks CS4 Photoshop Integration

Jim Babbage — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:35 +0000

For CS4, Adobe has been working hard to integrate Fireworks with the other apps, especially Photoshop. Two of the new areas of compatibility are in layer comps and vector shape support. You can now also bring vector elements from Photoshop into Fireworks and because of this new integration with Photoshop, everything that you bring over from Photoshop is editable. In addition, Fireworks now runs the same text engine so there is less inconsistency between Fireworks, Photoshop and Illustrator in CS4.

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Fireworks CS4 Layout Tools

Jim Babbage — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:13 +0000

Fireworks CS4 has some new and improved layout features to take advantage of. This video covers: display rulers, traditional guides, the new tool tips feature, smart guides, and align panel improvements.

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Fireworks CS4 Exporting to PDF

Jim Babbage — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:23:53 +0000

Keeping the client involved with the design process is very important. Jim Babbage discusses using Fireworks CS4 to export designs to interactive PDFs that can be shared with the client.

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