RE: FLASH: OT - To Dreamweave or not to Dreamweave

[Bryan Rieger]

JGL,


Dreamweaver 3 and Fireworks 3 are fantastic together.

They allow me to create sites in a 3rd of the time it used to take by

hand-coding and export, batch, optimize with Debabelizer. I've been using

both since version 1 and have to say version 3 is great - especially being

able to copy/paste paths from Fireworks into Freehand or Flash. MM has done

a great job integrating all of their tools, and if you're currently using

Flash and Homesite going to Dreamweaver should be a welcome change. One last

thing - if you do any database/dynamic page stuff (or think you might) do

yourself a favour and look at Dreamweaver Ultradev. It paid for itself the

first day I used it - as I was actually going to subcontract some database

stuff, but wtih DWUD I had the pages ready to go in a couple of hours.


Hope this helps.


Cheers,


Bryan


BTW - in relation to Flash - Dreamweaver makes embeddding the Flash object

completely mindless, and Fireworks allows you to design and use your

graphics in either bitmap or vectors - so you can reuse your entire design

in either html or Flash from one file/application. Doesn't get much better

than that. ;-)


> Well I have been developing with HomeSite and when I need to do something

> quick I use NetObjects Fusion4. I am ready for a change/upgrade and was

> wondering if I could get some insight from the group here about

Dreamweaver

> and Fireworks 3.

>

> I have been using Fireworks2 for some time now but haven't touched it in a

> while, except when I need to optimize or whip up a quick ani gif.

>

> Any and all insight would be greatly appreciated about these two MM

> products. Will they make my Flash Dev easier and more streamlined etc.?

>

> What WYSIWYG html tools are you using?

>

> Thanks

> JGL

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           shockwave.com and Electric Rain.

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