{"id":978,"date":"2010-04-14T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/?p=978"},"modified":"2010-04-15T13:45:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T10:45:31","slug":"adobe-fireworks-cs5-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2010\/04\/14\/adobe-fireworks-cs5-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Fireworks CS5 is out…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…and I recommend it to you with all my heart!<\/p>\n

This time, the Fireworks version is much better than the previous one (CS4), and I think the Fireworks Team has done a fantastic job!<\/p>\n

Fireworks CS5<\/a> is fast, stable, with a minimum of bugs, it starts fast, it works fast, and doesn’t require so much memory. It works equally well under latest MacOS X versions, as well as under Windows XP\/Vista\/7.<\/p>\n

\"Adobe<\/a><\/p>\n

Quick list of improvements:<\/p>\n

— the tools in version CS5 are almost the same, but now you can also create\/edit Compound Shapes<\/strong> — special groups of vector objects that give you even more creative vector power;
\n— the .ase<\/strong> color swatches are now supported by Fireworks (this is Adobe Swatch Exchange format, which is supported by Photoshop and Illustrator, too);
\n— the text engine<\/strong> has some new features that will allow you to work with text even easier and faster than before (multi-selection of words in one text block, “select similar” option, better text undo-redo, and many other tiny improvements);
\n— export to FXG 2.0<\/a><\/strong> is now possible;
\n— importing of vector (and bitmap) objects from Illustrator CS5\/Photoshop CS5 is almost perfect;
\n— gradients in Fireworks CS5 (linear and radial types) now have also a dithering<\/strong> option, which fixes any possible “banding” issues;
\n— the PI (Property Inspector) panel “refresh” times have been reduced, and now the PI works much faster (this applies especially to the Windows version of Fireworks);
\n— the PI panel is also much more powerful now, with new Stroke options built-in, and a new “lock proportions” option for modifying any object on the canvas;
\n— new Snap-to-Pixel<\/strong> option (just apply ctrl\/cmd+K shortcut to any object or group of objects that may appear blurry on the canvas, as a result of some complex transformation, and the blurriness is gone!);
\n— possibility to create and open new files from pre-built templates<\/strong> (plus, you can now create your own templates and share them in a small team);
\n— integration with Adobe Device Central<\/strong>;
\n— better integration with Flash Catalyst, Illustrator and Photoshop;
\n— and many, many more!<\/p>\n

Bruce Bowman, the Product Manager for Fireworks, already announced the new Fireworks version<\/a>, and then also published a detailed article<\/a><\/strong> on the new Fireworks features and improvements (if you’re wondering if you should make the switch to CS5 — read the article — it will answer your questions thoroughly!).<\/p>\n

Not only this — currently the Fireworks Team also works on a new bugfix patch for version CS4<\/a>, which will also improve the older version of Fireworks.<\/p>\n

There are already some reviews\/articles to be found online, about Fireworks CS5:
\n— Top 5 Fireworks CS5 Features<\/a>,
\n— Adobe Creative Suite 5 Brings Sexy Back<\/a>,
\n…and overall, the reviews are quite positive up to now. I hope I will write a more detailed article about Fw CS5, too (this is just a quick look, an overview).<\/p>\n

My personal opinion is: If you are using currently Fireworks CS4, don’t even think, but upgrade to Fireworks CS5 right away!<\/p>\n

It’s worth it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, let’s not forget to mention that Fireworks is better<\/a> than Photoshop — especially when working with vectors and doing any kind of design job for Web\/screen, and also for prototyping\/wireframing! ;-)<\/p>\n

(NOTE: You’ll have still to wait at least a month, before you can order or download the 30-days trial of Fireworks CS5. The Adobe CS5 apps will be available to the public officially in mid-May 2010. So hold your breath till then!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…and I recommend it to you with all my heart! This time, the Fireworks version is much better than the previous one (CS4), and I think the Fireworks Team has done a fantastic job! Fireworks CS5 is fast, stable, with a minimum of bugs, it starts fast, it works fast, and doesn’t require so much…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fireworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}