So Fireworks is often underappreciated and outshined by Photoshop’s penetration and audience. But Fireworks has power beyond Photoshops. More layer modes, better at optimizing, way better at web graphics and page creation. The CS4 version has something that the Photoshop team should steal from (below). But judge for yourself by downloading the Beta here.
Live Style improvements
Now when you update a style, all the elements the style has been applied to are instantly updated. Individual instances can break away from the style with a click of the Properties panel icon.
