Macromedia Fireworks is the Swiss Army knife of Web graphics production. With this single software application, users can create, modify, optimize, and output all the Web graphic elements, including text, photos, buttons, banners, animation, and interface elements. This then enables users to produce sophisticated, graphics-rich, interactive Web sites with great ease and speed. Fireworks offers seamless compatibility with Dreamweaver and other Web authoring tools. Fireworks 4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is designed to be easy to use. Like the other books in this popular series, it takes a visual, task-oriented approach, so readers can look up what they need to know and get straight to work. It covers all the tools and techniques for creating graphics within Fireworks and exporting them to a variety of formats. This fully updated edition includes added coverage of animation; Dreamweaver and Fireworks scripting; using JavaScript commands; and exporting Fireworks graphics to Director.