8 is the New MX: Major-Macromedia-Updates!
After the previous annoucement of Adobe to acquire Macromedia, and now considered as the biggest update for Macromedia comes the release of their line of web authoring tools: Macromedia Flash Professional 8, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia Fireworks 8 and the Macromedia Studio 8. *drool*
Macromedia Flash Professional 8
Features – Filters and blend modes (sounds like Photoshop eh? awesome!) and my favorite, Assist mode, the Actionscript Tab in Normal mode (they removed this on MX 2004 and now it’s back!).
Read more info from the Macromedia press release.
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Features – Visual authoring with XML data (whatever the hell that means LOL), improved CSS functionality and rendering, better file transfer, zoom and support for Coldfusion MX 7 and PHP5.
Read more info from the Macromedia press release.
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Features – More import file formats, optimized batch processing workflow, vector compatibility and more blend modes and stuff.
Read more info from the Macromedia press release.
and lastly
Macromedia Studio 8
Products Included: All the latest releases of Macromedia Flash Professional, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Contribute and Macromedia FlashPaper.
Read more info from the Macromedia press release ans see the Macromedia Studio 8 experience.
Everything can now be pre-ordered from their shop. I retired (for a while) from making Flash sites because of this site version (also seen on the About page), and now, all of those new programs to play with, makes me want to “Flash” again. And everything was announced on the 8th of August (08/08), quite catchy.