Adobe's web design applications updated

24.09.2008

Adobe's upcoming web design applications Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, and Flash CS4 Professional will debut this October. Dreamweaver CS4, available as a public beta since May 2008, boasts new Live View feature enabling to design web pages under real-world browser conditions; new user interface; code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks; Adobe AIR authoring support; HTML Data Sets; and more (What's New PDF document.) Preorder for $399 US or buy an upgrade for $199 US.
Rapid website prototyping and application interface design software Fireworks CS4 will enable to author Adobe AIR applications; design complete web pages with CSS-based layouts; generate protected PDF documents from your Fireworks comps; work faster thanks to overall performance enhancements, from file opening and saving to symbol updates and intensive bitmap and vector operations; and more (What's New PDF document.) Full version is priced at $299 US, upgrade at $149 US.
Animation and authoring software Flash CS4 Professional features object-based animation functionality; 3D transformations; XMP metadata support; new Motion Editor for detailed control over keyframe parameters, including rotation, size, scale, position, or filters; procedural modeling with Deco and Spray Brush; inverse kinematics with the Bones tool; etc. (read the What's New PDF document.) Flash CS 4 Professional comes with a price tag of $699 US (upgrade costs $199 US.) [source]
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