Adobe Fireworks CS5

Adobe® Fireworks® CS5 software provides the tools you need to create expressive, highly optimized graphics for the web or virtually any device — from smartphones to kiosks to embedded displays.

Combine the power of vector and bitmap tools

Create, import, and edit both vector and bitmap images with Adobe® Fireworks® CS5 software. Keep designs crisp on screens of virtually any size with pixel-precise rendering. Design exceptional type with improved text handling.

Pixel-precise rendering

Keep designs crisp on destination screens of virtually any size with advanced rendering. Improved definition means objects in vector and bitmap modes appear sharper, even when converted from one mode to the other.

Adobe Swatch Exchange

Match colors precisely with designs from other Adobe graphics software via Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE). Import an ASE file from Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, or Kuler®.

Easy-to-use screen-based design tools

Create and edit vector and bitmap images, or import and modify native Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files. Changes remain editable at any time, and final output is optimized for display resolutions.

Improved type handling

Produce exceptional type designs with the Adobe text engine. Copy and paste double-byte characters without loss of fidelity. Float text inside a path, and take advantage of many other improvements.

Optimization and scaling tools

Optimize graphics for a wide variety of screen types with preview, selective JPEG compression, and comprehensive export controls. Intelligently scale buttons and graphic symbols with 9-slice scaling.

Design once for multiple deliverables

Quickly optimize designs for websites, rich media applications, and mobile devices. Export to applications in the Adobe Flash® software family to develop interactivity. Edit assets from other graphics programs for wider deployment with Fireworks.

Adobe Device Central integration

Start mobile projects with confidence using device profiles in Adobe Device Central. Choose templates for mobile, HDTV, or other consumer devices with the correct screen size and resolution already configured.

Workflows with apps built using Flash software

Export objects, pages, or entire documents to applications in the Adobe Flash software family to develop interactivity. The XML-based FXG format helps ensure rich application creations are converted precisely.

Sophisticated prototyping

Design interactive layouts for websites and rich Internet applications (RIAs) without writing code. Reduce development time by exporting multipage, clickable website comps as CSS-based layouts. Take RIA prototypes directly into Adobe AIR® software.

Intelligent integration

Import Photoshop and Illustrator files, maintaining color matching, element fidelity, and editing capability. Export to the Adobe Flash software family for advanced interactivity design. Copy and paste between Fireworks and Dreamweaver® software.

Produce better screen graphics, faster

Take advantage of significant performance enhancements, design templates, and customizable pre-created assets to put your design process on the fast track. Integrate client reviews into the design process.

Design templates

Save frequently used projects as templates to share with your design team.

Improved performance

Work faster with significant performance enhancements, including greater control over pixel placement of design elements, improved file opening and saving, updated symbol operation, and quicker bitmap and vector operations.

Effortless client collaboration

Within Acrobat.com, conduct online meetings with two-way video communication using Adobe ConnectNow. Also, use Fireworks to generate interactive PDF or HTML comps for review, complete with clickable links.

Customizable, reusable assets

Jump-start your design process with the Common Library of graphic symbols, form elements, text symbols, and animations. Design your own custom symbols and styles for continued rapid design and prototyping.

CSS and HTML export

Design complete web pages in a robust graphic environment, and then export standards-compliant, CSS-based layouts — with external style sheets — in one step.

Developer productivity tools

Save development time by creating assets quickly and optimizing them for multiple projects. Rely on Fireworks for batch processing of graphical elements.