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70+ Adobe Fireworks Resources - Is there a future for Fireworks?

December 29, 2008 - Categories: Fireworks Extensions, Graphic Design, Popular, Tutorial.

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.

Kim Cavanaughs Brain Frieze.

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 Resource
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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45 Comments so far

Thierry Lorey on December 29, 2008 6:41 am

I am glad to see that I am not the only one to see a bright future for Fireworks.

Thierry
trent on December 29, 2008 7:27 am

I love fireworks and use it for most everything. Keep the FW stuff coming! Thanks!
Hamd on December 29, 2008 10:51 am

Forever Love Fireworks!
Lucija on December 29, 2008 11:48 am

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!
Markos on December 29, 2008 12:51 pm

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 :)
Joel S on December 29, 2008 1:15 pm

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.
Victor DeCastro on December 29, 2008 2:11 pm

For website graphics, it gives the best compression we can get. I love Fireworks a lot.
Colorburned on December 29, 2008 5:04 pm

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
Tim on December 29, 2008 9:33 pm

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.
Sarthak Singhal on December 29, 2008 11:18 pm

The future of Adobe Fireworks is bright and Adobe will surely make it shine.
Ricks on December 30, 2008 5:12 am

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.
Paul on December 30, 2008 12:31 pm

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?
patrick on December 30, 2008 7:55 pm

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.
Nebel on January 2, 2009 9:39 am

Very nice :D.

Thanks!
Anne on January 5, 2009 5:42 am

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
Alan Musselman on January 5, 2009 2:48 pm

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
blue2x on January 6, 2009 4:57 am

Its going to burn even more ! keep the flames burning ! fireworks rocks !
madme on January 11, 2009 1:44 am

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..
Real on January 19, 2009 1:04 am

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.
Webby on January 20, 2009 4:17 am

Its going to burn even more ! keep the flames burning ! fireworks rocks !!
J. P. on March 24, 2009 4:46 pm

I have always loved Fireworks and I hope Adobe won`t give up on it. Thanks for this great resource page on FW
J. P. on March 24, 2009 4:51 pm

just love FW. I hope Adobe doesn`t give up on it
jacktech2007 on May 2, 2009 1:06 am

Thanks for the big resources list! I need this.
Dmitry Shapiro on June 19, 2009 9:30 am

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!
kaubatak on June 19, 2009 9:38 am

thanks for this post!!!!!!!!
Everson J. Pereira on June 19, 2009 9:39 am

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.
Jim Hanifen on June 19, 2009 9:51 am

I will always love fireworks. There is no better tool to quickly create web graphics and design mock ups. Adobe please keep supporting Fireworks!
David Perel on June 19, 2009 10:54 am

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.

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