Fireworks 3 the first graphics editor designed designed specifically for Web graphics design and production. It is the first production environment to overcome the special challenges facing Web graphic designers and producers.

Use Fireworks® to design editable Web graphics and animations. Fireworks combines both bitmap and vector editing tools. In Fireworks, everything is editable, all the time. And you can automate the workflow to meet the demands of edits, updates, and changes. Fireworks integrates with Macromedia products, such as Macromedia DreamweaverT and FlashT, as well as other favorite graphics applications and HTML editors to provide a true integrated Web solution. You can easily export Fireworks graphics with HTML and JavaScriptT code customized for the HTML editor you're using.

Here are some of the things you can do in Fireworks:

• create graphics using some of the best features of both vector and bitmap graphic applications in a single application.
• edit with vector-object flexibility and apply bitmap effects-including bevels, glows, drop shadows, and now Photoshop filters-that redraw as you edit.
• optimize Web graphics to minimize file size, resulting in fast-loading Web sites.
• you can add interactivity to your Web graphics to create image maps, JavaScript rollover buttons, animated banner ads, and even entire Web pages.

Fireworks is primarily a design application for screen graphics. However, with the ability to export to applications such as FreeHand and Illustrator, you can reuse graphics designed in Fireworks for print purposes.