Is the future bleak for Adobe Fireworks?
Resources for Adobe Fireworks seem to be few and far between, what is happening? Has Fireworks ran its course, or is it simply not cool any more? Was it ever cool? Photoshop was always the better and more powerful (definitely, harder to use), it seems to have totally taken over. I use Fireworks all the time for quick mock ups, and Photoshop for everything else. It is possibly the easiest graphics editor I have ever used, and would recommend it to anyone.
Anyway, here are the Best (maybe, the only) 70+ Adobe Fireworks Resources.
Fireworks Resource Portals
Adobe Fireworks CS4 Homepage
FIREWORKS ZONE
DMXzone
Ultraweaver.com
senocular.com
Phireworx
FWKit
Playing with Fire
Fireworks Tutorials Directories
Adobe Fireworks – Tutorials
Fireworks Tutorials on Layers Magazine
Community MX – Tutorials
qrayg.com – Tutorials
disdatdesigns.com – Tutorials
Aentheosweb.com – Tutorials
maujor.com – Tutorials
Fireworks Weblog – Tutorials
maagraphics.com – Tutorials
TW Design – Tutorials
Vector Babe – Fireworks Tutorials
Voidix.com – Fireworks Tutorials
Firetuts
Fireworks Extensions
Adobe – Fireworks Exchange
Phireworx
Senocular
nathanpitman.com
John Dunning
FW Extensions
FIREWORKS ZONE
Fireworks Styles
VirtualClues.com: Download Fireworks Styles
Ultimate Web 2.0 Styles For Fireworks
150 Fireworks Styles (Gradients Effects)
FWKit Styles
Fireworks Forums
Adobe – Fireworks Support Forums
FireworksGuru Forum
LAYERS Magazine Fireworks Forum
Fireworks Blogs
Joe DaSilva’s Adobe Fireworks Blog.
Alan Musselman Fireworks Blog.
Matt Stow Presents Fireworks .
Fireworks Tutorials
Create Vista-like Wallpapers with Fireworks
How to Draw a Marble or Glass Ball
Five easy steps to create a barcode in Fireworks
Create a Planet from scratch with Fireworks
Creating a Realistic Peelable Sticker Effect in Fireworks
Realistic 10-step 3D simulation with reflection in Fireworks 8
Old Photos in Fireworks Tutorial
Perspective Shadow in Fireworks Tutorial
Fireworks CS4 Stamp
Animated 3D Football
Lightning Effects
Vector Shield
Web 2.0 Stars
RevButton
Worn – Fireworks
Fireworks CS4 Video Tutorials from Layers Magazine
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 1 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 2 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 3 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 4 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 5 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 6 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 7 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 8 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 9 of 10
Fireworks CS4 Overview – Part 10 of 10
For more excellent Fireworks Video Tutorials visit Layers Magazine – Fireworks Tutorials.
So, what do you think, is there a future for Adobe Fireworks?
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29 Dec, 2008
I am glad to see that I am not the only one to see a bright future for Fireworks.
Thierry
29 Dec, 2008
I love fireworks and use it for most everything. Keep the FW stuff coming! Thanks!
29 Dec, 2008
Forever Love Fireworks!
29 Dec, 2008
Fireworks is a must have for productive pre-code UI prototyping. I’ve been using it for UI design since 2000 and haven’t looked back. I’m glad to see the heinous font menu remedied in CS4. Great list, BTW. Thanks!
29 Dec, 2008
Sure you can do photoshop type stuff with Fireworks but it’s got a whole heap of functionality that photoshop doesn’t and shouldn’t have.
For wire-framing and mocking up web applications fireworks is simply superb. I don’t see it going anywhere but up :)
29 Dec, 2008
Thanks for this list. I’ve been forced to use FW at work lately since we’re too cheap for the PS license. Coming from years of PS use, I’ve found FW limited on the surface. I’m hoping these tutorials will help me dig up some of the tricks I’m used to in PS.
29 Dec, 2008
For website graphics, it gives the best compression we can get. I love Fireworks a lot.
29 Dec, 2008
Fireworks is a wonderful application. It’s always been cool to use in my opinion. There should definitely be a campaign in the design community to spread the word about it and to educate designers that Photoshop is not always the best tool to use for web design
29 Dec, 2008
I can definitely see your point, Joel. However, as someone who has been using Fireworks for years, I probably feel the opposite as you do. Slicing and image-mapping is a lot simpler in Fireworks and as Markos said, Fireworks works great for wire-framing.
29 Dec, 2008
The future of Adobe Fireworks is bright and Adobe will surely make it shine.
30 Dec, 2008
This is an excellent post. Well done compiling the list.
I use fireworks ALL the time in my designs. As you, I find it so much easier to do quick mockups. But for me, I use it for any web layout. Photoshop is best for more complex graphics – but as a Web Designer (8years) – for putting everything together in terms of layouts – Fireworks is always going to be my weapon of choice.
30 Dec, 2008
I’ve recently converted to Fireworks after 15 years with Photoshop because it’s so much more efficient for web design (though Photoshop is the daddy for photo manipulation, obviously). Fireworks has a few bugs that need to be worked around, but overall I’m liking it more. Thanks for the list of resources.
Of course your poll will be heavily biased in favour of Fireworks, as what non-Fireworks users will get that far down the page, or even be reading this article?
30 Dec, 2008
thx for this post.
i use fw exclusively, meaning absolutely no photoshop even though i have it. i just like fw better, and it does my web optimization work more efficiently.
2 Jan, 2009
Very nice :D.
Thanks!
5 Jan, 2009
I am using fireworks since 2003. It IS the graphic editor for webdesign. Use photoshop for paper design or photo manipulation. After all these years I thought I was the only one – others wouldn’t use it, only PS – that uses Fireworks and like it a lot.
Seems to me that times are changing… :).. finally
5 Jan, 2009
With advocates like yourself and I the future will always be bright for Adobe Fireworks! With Fireworks CS4 we really gave it new life and took Fireworks to the next level. I’d encourage all of you to give it a whirl and thanks for the resources. :)
You can find me and other Fireworks users at Fireworksguru Forums. http://www.fireworksguruforum.com
6 Jan, 2009
Its going to burn even more ! keep the flames burning ! fireworks rocks !
11 Jan, 2009
thx for this post.
i use fw exclusively, meaning absolutely no photoshop even though i have it. i just like fw better, and it does my web optimization work more efficiently..
19 Jan, 2009
I can definitely see your point, Joel. However, as someone who has been using Fireworks for years, I probably feel the opposite as you do. Slicing and image-mapping is a lot simpler in Fireworks and as Markos said, Fireworks works great for wire-framing.
20 Jan, 2009
Its going to burn even more ! keep the flames burning ! fireworks rocks !!
24 Mar, 2009
I have always loved Fireworks and I hope Adobe won`t give up on it. Thanks for this great resource page on FW
24 Mar, 2009
just love FW. I hope Adobe doesn`t give up on it
2 May, 2009
Thanks for the big resources list! I need this.
19 Jun, 2009
Fireworks is my only graphics editor. I use it every day for wireframing, full rendering of web pages, and even photo touch up (know that it is the wrong tool for that, but it actually works quite well). Fireworks ROCKS!
19 Jun, 2009
thanks for this post!!!!!!!!
19 Jun, 2009
Fireworks it’s an awsome software! I use it 100% in my websites.. i just think FW have a bad reputation.. that’s all! If you are a creative designer, you can make much more with it.
19 Jun, 2009
I will always love fireworks. There is no better tool to quickly create web graphics and design mock ups. Adobe please keep supporting Fireworks!
19 Jun, 2009
I dont think (hope not) that Fireworks is over. It better not be because I cannot stand PS. We still do Fireworks tutorials which we hope encourage people to use it more often because it is super easy to use and quite fast.
Nice collection by the way.
17 Aug, 2009
fireworks rocks by far the best program
12 Sep, 2009
Fireworks is my only graphics editor. I use it every day for wireframing, full rendering of web pages, and even photo touch up (know that it is the wrong tool for that, but it actually works quite well). Fireworks ROCKS!
19 Sep, 2009
I’ve used Fireworks back when Macromedia still existed, I loved it back then! I used it together with Flash (those two were a great team)!
The past few months I’ve been working with Photoshop and Illustrator, and just this week I got back to using Fireworks. I still love it so much more than Ps and Ai. I really hope that Adobe doesn’t stop supporting Fireworks!
I’m gonna try to advocate Fw as much as possible for me! I’m even thinking about setting up a blog for it, posting tutorials and stuff to get more people to try it!
Don’t let Fireworks die!
13 Nov, 2009
Fireworks indeed powerful and I believe will continue to grow with web designers. From basic web layout design till illustrations, Fireworks deliver the job efficiently especially for designers/artists who demand for pixel perfection where FW is the easiest tool.
However, I have to admit that FW still have a lot of bugs from their text alignment (justify) to other manipulation tools. But I’m sure Adobe will get it fixed and improve.
Just wishing that they could update the texts Anti-aliasing rendering engine to get closer to web browser text Anti-aliasing.
13 Dec, 2009
Collection of Good links of fireworks. now im new to fireworks this article is very useful for upgrade