Macromedia created Fireworks as a complete graphics applications aimed towards Web designers.

It offers more advanced image control than existing packages, such asPhotoshop or CorelDraw, for work that specifically relates to theInternet. Fireworks enables web designers to produce high qualityimages , export them in a variety of file formats while retaining excellent file size compression.

Fireworks surpasses other rivals as it also enables you to edit text,graphics and effects at any stage during production. Fireworks alsosimplifies the process of making JavaScript buttons with mouseovereffects, all combined with automatic HTML generation.

This products is obviously aimed squarely at web designers who arecurrently restricted by the limitations of Photoshop and the endlessworkarounds that are necessary to convert images accurately to the web.

The combination of excellent vectors and bit-map tools, exportingcapabilities and powerful Web-specific features ensure its success withWeb designers. Though its interface suffers from a mass of palettes andtoolbars, like Macromedia’.s other product Dreamweaver, this can beeasily forgiven considering the remarkable features that