by
David Nagel
Executive
Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com
Macromedia
today announced the immediate availability of Dreamweaver 4, its
HTML authoring suite, and Fireworks 4, its image editing and Web
graphics application. According
to Macromedia, Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4 unify code authoring,
layout and graphics creation. Both the Studio and standalone versions
are now available.
Dreamweaver
4's features include:
- Roundtrip
HTML
- Integrated
Text Editor
- Split Code
and Design Views
- JavaScript
Debugger
- Integrated
O'Reilly Code Reference
- Integrated
BBEdit 6.0 and HomeSite 4.5 Bundle
- Quick Tag
Editor
- Edit Non-HTML
Documents
- Custom
Tag Database
- W3C Standards
Layout
- View Macromedia
Flash Text
and Buttons
- History
Palette
- Integrated
Tag Selector
- CSS and
HTML Styles
- Tracing
Image
- Dream Templates
- Roundtrip
Graphic Editing
- Native
Support for Rich Media
- Asset Management
- Microsoft
Office Integration
- SourceSafe
and WebDAV Integration
- Site Reporting
- Design
Notes
- Configurable
Site Window
- Site Map
View
- Synchronize
Site
- Integrated
E-mail Configurable Menus.
New
features in Fireworks 4 include:
- Pop-up
Menu Creator for creating navigation effects with multilevel
pop-up menus;
- Drag and
drop rollovers;
- Masking
and Layers panel enhancements, including expanded thumbnails
of each layer's objects and advanced masking capabilities;
- Refined
Photoshop import and export;
- Live Animation;
- Improved
batch processing;
- Roundtrip
table editing with Dreamweaver;
- Export
controls, such as customizable automatic file naming, table
handling and other output options;
- Selective
JPEG compression, which allows for compression of only portions
of an image.
The
Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio is priced at $449. Dreamweaver
4 standalone is priced at $299, and Fireworks 4 standalone is
priced at $299. Both Dreamweaver and Fireworks customers can upgrade
to the Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio for $199. For more information,
visit http://www.macromedia.com.
