For most people graphic software can be a hard thing to learn.

I have used Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter for a very long time and feel that I know my way around those applications. There is of course always something new to learn in such huge applications, but I feel comfortable working with 'em.

But when I joined the Rocket Theme template club I did not feel secure anymore... ;)

Andy's templates are done in former Macromedias Fireworks (now owned by Adobe). Fireworks is simply a totally different world compared to the two other applications that I love so much... How could he do it, why did he not use Photoshop as everyone else? Well I guess Andy had already seen the light, Fireworks is simply THE best application for web releated work. When you get to know Fireworks, Photoshop will suddenly be a boring experience (again when we talk about web releated work). There are simply so many cool features, that makes life so much more easy.

But I can only imagine people would still continue to use their regular applications, its not easy to make a sudden switch. But belive me it's worth it, Fireworks is really THAT cool.

I have selected a few links to great tutorials but also a nice 20mb zip file from Adobe, with some really good "get to know Fireworks documents". There is a 30 day free version available, so there is not really anything that should hold you back from trying out this killer web application!

• Adobe - Getting started with Fireworks - PDF - 3.2mb 
• Adobe - Complete collection of Fireworks documentation - ZIP - 19.2mb (includes the above file)
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