Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Now Available; New Version Boosts Performance, Adds New Creative Tools, and Deepens Cross-Product Integration for Web Professionals.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 Macromedia(R) (Nasdaq:MACR MACR Macromedia (stock symbol) MACR Missing Air Crew Report MACR Major Accident Control Regulations (UK) MACR Monthly Arrest and Citation Register MACR Modified And Combinable REMIC ) today announced the immediate availability of Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to (R) MX 2004, the complete solution for designing, optimizing, and integrating great-looking web graphics. Fireworks MX 2004 runs faster, delivers a broad array of new design tools and effects, and promotes collaboration through expanded integration with other products in the Macromedia MX family. Fireworks MX 2004 has already been awarded the CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Editors' Choice seal by the CNET/ZDNet Product Reviews Team. Fireworks MX 2004 is available for immediate download from the Macromedia Online Store (http://www.macromedia.com/go/buymx2004/). Fireworks MX 2004 combines tighter integration with the other tools in Studio MX 2004 and faster performance, along with a host of often-requested new creative tools and effects. Fireworks MX 2004 performance is noticeably faster, with large image manipulation and other processor-intensive tasks now performing as much as 85 percent more quickly. Fireworks boasts many new drawing and image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. features such as dashed lines and contour contour or contour line, line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation above or below mean sea level. It is thus a kind of isopleth, or line of equal quantity. gradients, which follow a shape's outline, and motion blur blur (blur) indistinctness, clouding, or fogging. spectacle blur the indistinct vision with spectacles occurring after removal of contact lenses, especially non–gas-permeable lenses; it is Live Effects, which create the illusion of motion. New anti-aliasing options deliver more readable read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. text, which is especially important for developers delivering content to more kinds of devices. Full Unicode support enables users to create double-byte graphical and alt text (ALTernate text) On a Web page, a text description that can be added to the HTML tag that displays an image. The ALT text is displayed by the browser when the cursor is moved over the picture. If pictures are turned off in the browser, the ALT text is automatically displayed instead. for localized sites. For more information on Fireworks MX 2004, visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/fwmx2004/. "Tribal DDB Tribal DDB is a worldwide network of interactive agencies, established in 2000, when the advertising giant DDB integrated all its interactive-web properties under the Tribal brand. couldn't build large-scale interactive and rich media sites like Pepsi.com and Airforce.com without the Macromedia MX products," said Chris Griffith, multimedia developer, Tribal DDB. "We rely heavily on Fireworks MX to quickly produce well-optimized images and vector art for use in Flash(TM) and Dreamweaver(R). The blazing speed and slick new drawing tools in Fireworks MX 2004 allow us to generate web graphics faster and easier than ever before." Fireworks MX 2004 and the other MX 2004 products shipping today (see separate releases) are not only individually best-in-class, but they also work together within Studio MX 2004 as a fully integrated tool set which shares core new features including site definitions, file management, and Property Inspectors. Fireworks MX 2004 is "Designed for Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. " and "Built for Mac OS X." Pricing and Availability Fireworks MX 2004, for Windows and Mac OS X v10.2.6, is available for immediate purchase from the Macromedia Online Store (http://www.macromedia.com/store/). Pricing is $299 for new users, $149 for upgrades from Fireworks MX and Fireworks 4, and $99 for education customers. The product is also available as part of Studio MX 2004, which costs $899 for new users, $399 for upgrades from Studio MX, $499 for upgrades from any eligible product, and $199 for education customers. Macromedia DevNet Professional members receive Fireworks MX 2004 automatically as part of their annual subscription. Corporate, government, and education volume licensing is also available. The product is now available in English, with Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish expected to ship later this year. About Macromedia Experience matters. Macromedia is motivated by the belief that great experiences build great businesses. Our software empowers millions of business users, developers, and designers to create and deliver effective, compelling, and memorable experiences -- on the Internet, on fixed media, on wireless, and on digital devices. Macromedia, the Macromedia logo, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc., which may be registered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and internationally. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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