You can start Fireworks to edit individual images placed in a Dreamweaver document.

NOTE

Before editing Fireworks graphics from Dreamweaver, you should perform some preliminary tasks. For more information, see Setting launch-and-edit options.

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.