Sarthak Singhal

Fireworks CS4 version has introduced defining the roundness of rectangles in either pixels or in percentage values. However in Fireworks CS3 the roundness could be defined only in percentage numbers.

In Fireworks CS4 if you are working with pixel values and a CS3 version file is opened, all the rectangles will loose the roundness information and have sharp corners.

To work around this just create a new rectangle and define the roundness in percentage and then open the CS3 version created fireworks png files. This will solve the issue.

Posted by Sarthak Singhal at 05:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I have written some utility extensions for Fireworks which can all be accessed by clicking here.

Also I have written a couple of articles on Fireworks DevCenter. One of them is related to 9 slice functionality emphasizing on the tool itself which can be read here.

In case you need some extensions to be written or would like to discuss about a new one, I am open for a discussion.

Posted by Sarthak Singhal at 09:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Fireworks CS4 now utilizes a new rendering engine. Users have the option of toggling between the CS3 and CS4 vector rendering engines using the following scripts: Any object created afresh in CS4 version will utilize the new rendering engine.

A legacy file created in version prior to CS4 even when edited in CS4 version will not use the newer engine until the object is selected and the script is run on it.

1. Download link for script to enable Fireworks CS3 vector rendering on selected objects
2. Download link for script to enable Fireworks CS4 vector rendering on selected objects

Users can toggle as many times between the 2 options to verify the graphic appearance.

Visual Illustration: See the 1 pixel anti-aliasing added to red rectangle on right which uses CS4 rendering.

The above editable fireworks png file can be downloaded from here.

Posted by Sarthak Singhal at 04:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Bug fixes part 2 lists some more issues which have been ironed out in Fireworks CS4 release.

1. When objects are present in sub layers and the canvas image is resized, the sub layer objects do not get resized.
2. & character is now allowed in Symbol Properties dialog.
3. Layer in FW created in a PSD have the blend mode set to Pass Through now instead of Normal.
4. Exporting the slice from contextual menu was causing a hang of Fw.
5. Text with PS effects had a bigger bounding box. Now it is fixed.
6. Text object which had multiple attribute settings when copy pasted did not preserve the attributes when pasted. Now pasting the text object preserves the same.

Posted by Sarthak Singhal at 04:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (8)

The Creative Suite 4 is being officially being launched in India. The launch events will be at the following cities. Send in your confirmations to the mail ID mentioned below to confirm your seats. It is a first come first served reservation.

Hope to see you at the launch events for 'The Grand Unveil'

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