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Adobe Fireworks, known as '''FW''' for short, is a and Adobe Flash . It is available as a stand-alone product or bundled with CS3 . Version 8 was also bundled with Macromedia Studio 8 . FEATURES The primary feature is Fireworks' emphasis on vector editing, similar to Adobe Illustrator , with limited bitmap capabilities. This is opposite to the approach used by Photoshop , which is primarily for bitmap graphics with limited vector editing features. Vector objects in Fireworks can be resized with no loss of quality, just as in Adobe Illustrator. A range of Macromedia FreeHand 's vector tools were incorporated into the release of Fireworks 8. Bitmap objects suffer a similar loss in quality whether resized in Fireworks, Adobe ImageReady or Photoshop. Docked menus As with all Macromedia and Adobe releases as of 2004, menus and even some extensions can be docked in the Fireworks environment. Within the docks, menus can be collapsed and expanded to allow a high level of accessibility as well as convenience. This facilitates a cleaner workspace. ]] Toolbar The toolbar in Fireworks contains 34 buttons. Some buttons can be held down to reveal a submenu of variations on each tool. For example, as the dodge and burn tools are used to lighten or darken an image and are similar, they can be found within the same submenu. This system of organization saves a lot of space and is very useful to graphic editors trying to save as much space on-screen as possible. Pointer tool The Pointer Tool contains a submenu of 2 items. It is represented by a black-filled cursor.
Subselection tool The Subselection Tool has two main functions. It is represented by a white arrow with a black outline.
Scale tool The Scale Tool contains a submenu of 3 items. It is represented by a box with a diagonal arrow.
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