Adobe Upgrade to Macromedia Studio 8 38031961 Data Sheet

Product codes

38031961

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver 8 is the industry-leading
web development tool, enabling users
to efficiently design, develop and
maintain standards-based websites
and applications.

Best Practices

• Visual authoring with XML data

• New, unified CSS panel

• CSS layout visualization

• CSS rendering improvements

• Style rendering toolbar

• Accessibility: WCAG Priority 2

checkpoints

• Improved WebDAV

Efficiency

• Background File Transfer

• Guides

• Zoom

• Coding toolbar

• Code collapse

• Workspace layouts

• Tabbed documents for the Mac

• New starter pages

• Improved site synchronization and

check in/check out

• Compare files

• Paste special

• Site relative references

• Code editing improvements

Integration

• Support for ColdFusion® MX 7

• Support for PHP 5

• Flash Video

• Macromedia Web Publishing System

• Updated O’Reilly® reference material

Flash

Professional 8

Flash Professional 8 is the
industry’s most advanced authoring
environment for creating interactive
websites, digital experiences and
mobile content.

Expressiveness

• Graphic Filters such as Blur, Drop

Shadow, Bevel and Glow

• Blend modes

• Cache as bitmap feature for improved

run-time performance

• Custom Easing for advanced animation

control

• Object-based drawing model

• Improved Text Tool

• Enhanced stroke properties

• Image API for precise pixel control via

ActionScript

Video

• Intuitive workflow for easily building

interactive video content

• New high-quality video codec

• Run-time support for Alpha channels

• Stand-alone video encoder with batch

processing

• Embedded cue points in FLV files

• Export Flash Video (FLV) from

professional video tools using the Flash
Video encoder plug-in

• Improved, easily-skinnable Video

Playback Component

Quality Experiences

• Powerful anti-aliasing control for

improved text formatting and rendering

• Improved library panel for better

usability

• Tabbed panels for better workspace

optimization

• Stability and performance optimization

in the authoring tool

• Script Assist for simplified scripting

• Document-level vs. Global Undo/Redo

preference

• Add file Upload/Download capabilities

to Flash applications

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Fireworks

Fireworks 8 lets you balance maximum
image quality with minimum
compression size as you create,
edit and optimize images for the web
with precise control.

Integrated Workflow

• Pop-up menus in Cascading Style

Sheet (CSS) format

• More slicing options

• “Save As” to create different file types

• Smarter default folders for common

operations

Creative Control

• 25 new blend modes

• Perspective shadow

• Solid shadow

• Autoname text

• Special Characters panel

• Autoshape Properties panel

• Mobile assets

Optimization

• More Import File Formats

• Improved batch processing

• Image Editing Panel

System Requirements

Windows®

At least 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III processor
(or equivalent), Windows® 2000, Windows XP,
256 MB RAM (1 GB recommended to run more than
one Studio 8 product simultaneously), 1024 x 768,
16-bit display (32-bit recommended), 1.8 GB available
disk space

Macintosh®

At least 600 MHz PowerPC® G3, Mac OS® X 10.3,
10.4, 256 MB RAM (1 GB recommended to run more
than one Studio 8 product simultaneously), 1024 x 768,
thousands of colors display (millions of colors
recommended), 1.2 GB available disk space

Complete product system requirements
and recommendations available at
www.macromedia.com/go/sysreqs