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Thread ID: 84027 2007-10-21 21:26:00 Fireworks MX and Vista - does it work - what can i replace it with pref open source Morgenmuffel (187) Press F1
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603933 2007-10-21 21:26:00 Hi all
I have studio MX, and from what i have heard fieworks mx doesn't work well with Vista, is anyone here using Vista and Fireworks MX together and is it working OK

I have tried searching the web but most people talk about MX 2004 whereas my version is the original MX bersion

If it doesn't work, can you suggest a replacement, preferably opensource (and if possible multi-platform), yes i know about Gimp and a little about inkscape

If you've used fireworks a lot you'll understand when i say it does pretty much all the basics, i can create shapes, manipulate text, edit images etc, I can't even draw a square (easily) in Gimp

I'm not averse to using 2 different programs to replace it, but i would prefer an all in one solution

Cheers
Morgenmuffel (187)
603934 2007-10-22 00:55:00 Gimp is not really a replacement for fireworks since it's mainly a raster editing software. Inkscape, on the other hand, is completely vector so you do lose the raster preview and such, but I find the flow of drawing much smoother in Inkscape than Fireworks, but that may be just a personal choice. If you want some more pretty effects than Inkscape, you might wanna try Xara Xtreme, but the free (as in speech) version is only available on Linux. gnail (6819)
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