System Requirements; Chapter 1: Introduction - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Macromedia Fireworks 8 is the definitive solution for professional web graphics design and
production. It is the first production environment to address and solve the special challenges
facing web graphics designers and developers.
You can use Fireworks to create, edit, and animate web graphics, add advanced interactivity,
and optimize images in a professional environment. In Fireworks, you can create and edit
bitmap and vector graphics in a single application. Everything is editable, all the time. And
you can automate the workflow to meet the demands of time-consuming updates and
changes.
Fireworks integrates with other Macromedia products such as Dreamweaver, Flash,
FreeHand, and Director, as well as your other favorite graphics applications and HTML
editors, to provide a truly integrated web solution. You can easily export Fireworks graphics
with HTML and JavaScript code customized for the HTML editor you're using.
This chapter covers the following topics:

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What's new in Fireworks 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Guide to instructional media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System requirements
Before installing Fireworks, make sure your computer meets the system requirements. For
more information, see the Macromedia website at www.macromedia.com/go/sysreqs.
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