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The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by shawnc »

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #6
Zikes wrote: post #2

> Over the last couple of years, there has been an increasing amount of overlap in the functionality between Fireworks and both existing and new programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Edge Reflow. Because we'd all much rather have to work in and pay for all three of those applications than to have the one tool that does it right?

The monthly creative suite subscription is a pretty good deal and lets you download/use all the cs apps.

That's not the point. The point is having to use all three of those apps to achieve what the wonderful Fireworks did all on its own.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by terhechte »

PixelCut wrote: post #10
Osmium wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly, they also make an app called PaintCode which outputs Objective-C code: http://www.paintcodeapp.com I'm sure they used to be part of the same app; I'm not sure when that changed or what the logic was behind it.

We just launched WebCode about a month ago (been selling http://www.paintcodeapp.com/ for more than a year). The two apps obviously share a lot of internals. We decided to make WebCode a separate app because it has an entirely different target audience.

Avid PaintCode user here, just learned about WebCode. Interestingly, more than once I wished I had the ability to export from PaintCode to something web with CSS or Canvas. Great to know there's now an app for that, but wouldn't it make sense to kinda also have it as additional functionality (maybe in-app purchase) for Paintcode?

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by [deleted] »

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #6
Zikes wrote: post #2

> Over the last couple of years, there has been an increasing amount of overlap in the functionality between Fireworks and both existing and new programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Edge Reflow. Because we'd all much rather have to work in and pay for all three of those applications than to have the one tool that does it right?

The monthly creative suite subscription is a pretty good deal and lets you download/use all the cs apps.

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Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by shawnc »

normanv wrote: post #3

WebCode is a vector drawing app that instantly generates CSS+HTML, JavaScript+Canvas or SVG code. http://www.webcodeapp.com/ If you have a Mac, WebCode is a great alternative to Fireworks.

Sketch is also wonderful. The thing is, Fireworks has the Bitmap editing involved too which is really nice to have on hand in the same program.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by AdamTReineke »

Osmium wrote: post #4

My first copy of Fireworks I bought when it was still owned by Macromedia and it was wonderful; so powerful yet easy to use. It was my impression that Adobe never really "got" it, or knew how it should exist in their ecosystem as a sort-of competitor to their other products. It was sad watching it flounder, but I wonder what Adobe could've done differently.

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004? Loved it, was my go-to image editor for a VERY long time.

Re: The Future of Adobe Fireworks

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Post by zeruch »

I grew to like Fireworks but can see how it could be effectively rolled into PS or Illustrator in some kind of FW compat mode if they wanted to. Which is to say they won't do that, and they'll otherwise likely screw the maximum number of users implicitly. That is unfortunate, but sadly seems like par for the course these days.
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