What's New in Studio MX? Dreamweaver's new features include -
Full CSS integration, including a "Relevant CSS" tab that displays rules applied to the selected element, and more accurate CSS layout rendering in Design view -
Dynamic cross-browser validation, automatically performed each time you save a document -
Enhanced integration with Flash and Fireworks -
An image-editing toolbar for frequent graphics operations -
Intelligent cut-and-paste from Microsoft Office documents -
"Siteless" page editing, permitting you to work on a server without creating a full Dreamweaver site -
Secure FTP for safer server connections -
Enhanced code-editing tools, including an improved Tag inspector and a new Code View context menu -
Advanced find and replace Flash's new features include -
Faster Flash files (SWFs) -
Third-party plug-ins supporting 3D, text effects, graphs, charts , and more -
Timeline Effects, which make it easy to add common effects such as fade-ins, fade-outs, wipes, drop shadows, blurs, position-rotation-scale animations, and fragmenting and "exploding" objects -
Behaviors for easy application of predefined ActionScript snippets -
More and better components , for faster construction of sophisticated user interfaces -
Templates that provide basic design and architecture for a project, saving you set-up time -
A spell-checker -
Enhanced find and replace -
A Video Import Wizard, including video clip editing -
A History panel that records previous actions, enabling flexible undo, redo, and command creation -
Tighter security rules in Flash Player 7 -
ActionScript 2, implementing object-oriented programming (OOP) in a more standard way Fireworks' new features include -
Improved performance -
Graphical previews that make it easier to select the right fill, brush, or texture -
An Auto Shapes tool that provides new shapes -
A Red Eye Removal tool that removes "red-eye" from photographs -
A Replace Color tool that makes it easier to change selected colors in bitmaps -
Motion blur effects -
Roundtrip editing for server-side file formats, such as ASP, CFM, and PHP, seamlessly reflecting Fireworks edits in other MX 2004 programs -
New anti-aliasing options -
A contour gradient feature that applies a gradient effect that matches an object's shape -
Six varieties of dashed and dotted lines -
An Add Noise Live Effect that applies "noise" to an image for a more natural look -
JavaScript API (Application Programming Interface) extensions FreeHand MX and ColdFusion MX were not updated for Studio MX 2004. |