News & Announcements

Adobe CS4 Announcement

Sept 15 2008 - Sign up to view a special Web cast showcasing the new Adobe CS4 Suite; this Web cast will occur on September 23, 2008. Click here to sign up!

Adobe Fireworks Beta Now Available!

June 5 2008 - Adobe has made available Fireworks CS4 beta. This new version of Fireworks has some key new features that Fireworks users of old and new will appreciate. The first thing you're sure to notice is the new interface. (Read on...)

(Above: Adobe Fireworks CS4 Beta)

Favicon Command for Fireworks

March 27 2008 I found this useful command for Fireworks offered by John Dunning. Check it out.

Introducing Thermo

Jan 11 2008 First let me say Happy New Year about 11 days late! Well, If you haven't heard the buzz yet regarding Adobe's new program Thermo, or haven't a clue what it is, let alone what it's for, Adobe has posted an excellent video presentation explaining Thermo's proposed capabilities. Basically Thermo helps designers create Flex applications in a visual way, meaning non-programmers like me, can build interactive content for the web. If it pans out like the presentation shows all I can say is WOW!

For more information visit: http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/december2007/video/index.html?trackingid=BOYND

Fireworks CS3 Kuler Panel

Nov 13 2007 Fireworks users can now use Kuler inside of Adobe Fireworks CS3 with this new panel. It's still considered as a beta release but it's here:

http://pixelfumes.blogspot.com/2007/08/adobe-fireworks-cs3-kuler-panel.html

Some Indispensable Fireworks Commands and Panels

Oct 17 2007 Over the past few months several new Fireworks Commands and Panels have been made available to the Fireworks community. There are a few of them that I have found quite indispensable as a designer. One extension that I have found extremely helpful is Smart Punch, created by John Dunning. This commands allows you to select several paths or bitmaps and punch them into the bottom most object. Without this extension only one object can be punched into another at a time in Fireworks - I found this out when trying to create a stamp image a couple years ago. I bet it took me ten times longer to create the same effect without the Smart Punch command! At the end of this article I have provided a link to the extension. You'll find a full description and video tutorial of it there as well.

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Paw prints in Fireworks CS3

Sep 26 2007 This is a fun way to learn how to create textures and beveled (sunken) effects in Fireworks. In this case, we'll be creating a paw print in the sand.

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Glass Button in Fireworks

This is a cool little button I created in Fireworks. It's basically a glass button with a 3D appearance. I thought it created a really nice effect so I thought I'd share it with you.

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