User Guide

384 Chapter 15: Using Fireworks with Other Applications
To open and edit a Fireworks image placed in Dreamweaver:
1. In Dreamweaver, choose Window > Properties to open the Property inspector, if it is not
already open.
2. Do one of the following:
■ Select the desired image. (The Property inspector identifies the selection as a Fireworks
image and displays the name of the known PNG source file for the image.) Then click
Edit in the Property inspector.
■ Control-double-click (Windows) or Command-double-click (Macintosh) the image
you want to edit.
■ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the desired image, and choose
Edit with Fireworks from the context menu.
Dreamweaver starts Fireworks, if it is not already open.
3. If prompted, specify whether to locate a source Fireworks file for the placed image. For
more information on Fireworks source PNG files, see Fireworks Help.
4. In Fireworks, edit the image. The Document window indicates that you are editing an
image from Dreamweaver.
Dreamweaver recognizes and preserves all edits applied to the image in Fireworks.
5. When you have finished editing the image, click Done in the Document window.
The image is exported using the current optimization settings, the GIF or JPEG file used
by Dreamweaver is updated, and the PNG source file is saved if a source file was selected.
NOTE
Using Fireworks technology, Dreamweaver provides basic image-editing features
that let you modify images without having to use an external image-editing
application. You can crop, resize, resample, and so on, without leaving
Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver image-editing features apply only to JPEG and GIF
image file formats. Other bitmap image file formats cannot be edited using these
image-editing features. For more information on editing images in Dreamweaver,
see Dreamweaver Help.
NOTE
When you open an image from the Dreamweaver Site panel, the default editor for
that image type, which is set in Dreamweaver Preferences, opens the file. When
images are opened from this location, Fireworks does not open the original PNG file.
To use the Fireworks integration features, open images from within the
Dreamweaver Document window.