Fireworks CS3 Upgrade Requirements

I will be purchasing the Adobe CS3 Designers Edition Upgrade,
which I qualify for as an owner of Studio 8. Since that package
does not include Fireworks, my question is: Do I also qualify for
the Fireworks CS3 upgrade? I did see that I would qualify as an
owner of Fireworks 8, but didn't know if that meant I had to own
the standalone version. Sorry if this has been already asked in
another thread.

Perhaps that you get a better help from Adobe Customer
Service (through sales department). I am pretty sure that you get
pretty good deal by talking to them.
Give it a try. The contact information can be found on top of
Adobe website everywhere, including the forums using "Contact"
link. Once you are on that page, there is lot of options for you to
select from.
To speak with real live person, you need to speak with them
during business hours as in Pacific Standard Time in the states'
time.
Hope that helps.

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Re-installing Fireworks CS3 upgrade after crash. Does not accept serial number previous Version of Fireworks.

Previous version is Macromedia Fireworks MX.

You should check your Adobe account online to see if it has the information you need. If not, there is likely little chance of you being able to confirm your eligibility to use the upgrade version.
You might need to discuss this with Adobe Support directly. Here are some links to help make contact:
http://www.adobe.com/support/chat/ivrchat.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/download-install/supportinfo/

Can't upgrade to Fireworks CS3

I try to upgrade from Macromedia Studio MX2004 to Fireworks
CS3 only. I am only upgrading Fireworks and not Dreamweaver, ...
When I am asked to enter my Fireworks MX2004 serial, I don't
have one. I only have the Studio MX2004 serial which does not work.
Even changing the first 2 letters of the Studio MX2004 serial to
make Fireworks CS3 think I have the Fireworks MX2004 serial does
not work?
Has anybody tried to upgrade only one software part of a
suite?
Thanks

The same thing happened to me. It turns out you can't upgrade
that way - at least that's the way the Adobe rep explained it. You
have to purchase the full version (non-upgrade) or purchase a CS3
suite upgrade that includes Fireworks (Web or the Master
Collection). The Adobe reps are nice enough though and you should
get refunded if you follow their directions which involves sending
them a Letter of Distruction and your removing and destroying your
copy of the upgrade. But it is kind of lame that a MX 2004 Suite
serial doesn't work to upgrade Fireworks.

Requirements for Special Offer (CS3 Upgrade or Full Version?)

Hello,
I'm thinking about upgrading from CS6 to Creative Cloud and have a question regarding the requirements for the special offer. On the website it says "Requires prior purchase of CS3 or later" and I'm wondering if I need a full version of CS or an upgrade? I have a Photoshop 6 (Full Version) and a "Design Standard CS3 Upgrade" - is this enought to qualify for the special offer?
That would also mean, I could sell my independet upgrade-packages of CS5 and CS6, since I would not have a need for them if I keep the CC-subscription.
Thanks
Jan

Piotr,
Based on Dec9's comment, it sounds like an upgrade.
However, you state:
had the licence transferred to me.
Did the seller furnish you with the "official" Adobe license transfers. There is paperwork involved, and did you get that? What does it say? Adobe makes it easy for a seller to transfer a license legally to another, and there is necessary paperwork involved. You should be, first able to see how Adobe noted the software, and if there is confusion, then will have something to use, when you contact Adobe C/S on licensing/Activation issues. Or, you'll have paperwork to use against the seller when you contact eBay.
Good luck,
Hunt

Problems with Fireworks CS3 in Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

I have recently upgraded to Windows 7 Pro from Windows XP Pro. My Fireworks CS3 is having a problem. I cannot select items in the left side menu bar if I minimize or move the Fireworks CS3 window. If I have just opened the window it works, but minimize the window or move it and the toolbar stops working.
This problem is not unique to my machine. 2 other people are having the exact same problem. Here is the link to the Windows 7 forum:
http://www.sevenforums.com/software/26957-adobe-fireworks-cs3-issue.html
We sure could use some help. This is one of my bread and butter programs.

I'm happy to hear you have other work-around alternatives!
Businesses with mission-critical software usually are very careful to research that their software will run on any proposed new system or that alternative software is available. This is the main reason that Microsoft had to continue supporting XP longer than they intended. Too much business-critical software ran on XP but did not run under Vista and would take some time before it would be upgraded to do so...if at all.
If you have "bread and butter" apps, then it was your responsibility to make sure that you could run them once you upgraded. Adobe's software worked more or less as advertised for the operating systems that were available at the time the versions were released. That's reasonable. Expecting indefinite support into the future is not.
Fireworks isn't a $2000 product. Adobe continues product development, yes. They've moved on to CS4 and its patches. You can upgrade to FW CS4 for about $150. The system requirements for FW CS4 do not include Windows 7; note that Fireworks is only certified for 32-bit operating systems:
http://store.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/software/fireworks4/systemreqs.html
However, there's a statement about CS4 applications (in general) working with Windows 7:
http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/faq/?anonymous_element_1=4
And you'd want to get the recent updater:
http://www.adobe.com/support/fireworks/downloads_updaters.html
speedtigger wrote:
... It is probably not a huge problem to fix for an Adobe engineer.
If the feature worked under Vista but does not work under Windows 7, then that means that the problem probably lies somewhere in how the program communicates with the OS. The problem is not isolated to the tens - possibly hundreds - of thousands of lines of Fireworks code, but in how that code interacts with the Windows 7 APIs. To solve this problem is not the work of "an Adobe engineer." It's the work of a project team. It's the work of a project team which would have to be pulled off development of Fireworks CS5 for a few months to resurrect the old CS3 code, get familiar with it, and try to track down and solve the problem, then package up, test, and release a patch . By pulling resources off CS5 development, CS5 would be delayed or quality inversely impacted. Since CS3 is not a current product for sale, I can't see Adobe making this investment. There's no return on it, where there would be a return on getting a quality FW CS5 out the door on time.

PSD source file for animated GIF's - Fireworks CS3

hi
i've upgraded to Web Premium Suite CS3.
Q: i have several PSD source file for animated GIF's created
with ImageReday.
how can i open/iomport/convert it in/to Fireworks CS3 without
looing the "animation"
many thanks
Ueli

ugisiger wrote:
> hi
> no any extras. simply 5 layers "distributed" on the
timeline.
> if i open a "animated" psd, so i get a file with the
layers and one frame, but
> loosing animation stuff like "when show witch layer an
for how long"
> -> there is no conversion to FW frames.
>
> Ueli
>
I don't do animations in PS or IR, but if you like, send me
the file
and I'll see if I can figure something out.
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Text measurement in Fireworks CS3

Hi all,
I'm designing a phone app, and a styleguide for the design,
which require all the elements to be pixel perfect and add up to
the screen dimension. There are 2 problems I run into is how to
measure text in Fireworks CS3:
1) Fireworks CS3 measure text in point, not pixel. I use an
online converter but it doesn't quite work. (For example, 17point =
22.666 pixel. Should I just round it up to 23?)
2) Web text is measured based on the em square, not the size
of the character itself. Is there a way to find out the em square
size in Fireworks? (I thought the blue bounding box when the text
is selected is the em square, but I tried taking screenshot and
measure it, and it turned out that it's not the case).
So, to sum it up, what procedure should I follow to measure
text in a pixel perfect design in Fireworks CS3? Thanks.

But what about the tutorial you did for Lynda.com where you inserted the google map within an i-frame? I am in a similar situation where I am trying to just insert a scrolling text box within my layout done within FWCS4 using similar layout. Just simple scrolling text box that's it.
I see what you are saying though. DW is the true HTML dev tool but I'm just having too much damn fun in FW and don't want to leave. :]
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Fireworks CS3 Error on Set-up

Running installation on Win XP and getting to setup when I
receive an error that IE needs to be shut down. I disabled IE
several times, rebooted again and no success. IE is not running and
the software given me an fatal error to contact support. Please I
need to test Fireworks for future Joomla web work.

A Huge thanks to nedsbeds for finding out that his
issue was the DW sites registry. I tried the same thing and
Fireworks launched properly. The down side is that I have 26 sites
defined in DW so I spent another half hour importing the sites back
into DW. After each site was imported I tried to start Fireworks
until I found the site definition that was causing Fireworks to
crash.
Cause: When I upgraded to CS3 Web Suite I exported my
Deamweaver 8 sites and then imported them in Dreamweaver CS3.
Obviously for me Fireworks CS3 didn't like one of my site
definitions. I would never have made a connection between Firworks
and Dreamweaver sites except for NedsBeds previous post.
Problem (read bug): Fireworks will unexpectedly quit if
Dreamweaver has a site definition that it doesn't like. In my case
the site in question used a dot in the site URL (
http://site.local/).
Solution (read work-around): For me I needed to change the
site url in the Dreamweaver site definition so it didn't have a dot
in the URL (
http://local_site/).
Steps to solve without having to re-create all your sites in
Dreamweaver:
1. Export all your sites from the Deamweaver site manager.
2. Start Fireworks and see if launches normally. If it
doesn't this isn't a solution to your specific problem. If it does
continue with the next steps.
3. Import your sites into the site manager one at a time,
starting (then quitting) Fireworks after each import.
4. When you find that the site you just imported causes
Fireworks to crash delete it and continue with the next site.
5. After importing all your sites and verifying that
Fireworks will run re-create the site(s) that cause Fireworks to
crash.
This has been plaging me for months and I have spent
countless hours tring to get Fireworks CS3 to run. Now thanks to
nedsbeds pointing me in the right direction I am finally happy with
my purchase again!
I hope this helps some other people in this topic that have
been frustrated by this bug.

Fireworks CS3 in Windows 7

Hi
My Firworks CS3 installed all great and its mainly fine, but when I go to use any tool such as eraser and blurr etc where the cursor is not the standard mouse it is laggy, I believe this is due to the way fireworks is rendering the mouse cursor.
My photoshop CS2 is ok and other CS3 products are OK its just fireworks CS3. My old Firworks 8 was fine. I believe that it is something to do with the desktop composition as when I turn areo off, its perfect, but I need areo on.
Does anyone have any iedas?

Thank you pixlor, your solution has worked for me.
Exact same experience, Fireworks worked great until I used any of the bitmap tools and then the cursor was slow slow slow.
Running Windows 7 64-bit with Aero Theme
Fireworks CS3
I didn't change the compatibility mode, I just checked Disable desktop composition.
Now when I start Fireworks, I can see the Aero theme is turned off (it takes a second, both monitors go black and then come back on).
A minor inconvenience, and it saves me from having to upgrade to CS4. Sorry, I really can't see why other people are complaining about this. I'm also running Chrome and it restored to the aero theme perfectly fine.
Thanks again!
Message was edited by: PDAJunkee - sorry fixed typo

Error when opening Fireworks CS3 by first time

I downloaded the trial version of Fireworks CS3 as I'm
planning to buy it, but after downloading and installing it,
Fireworks wouldn't work, a message appeared saying that the License
for the product stopped working, I tought a problem might have
ocurred during downloading so I downloaded it again, installed but
the same problem continued. The message that appeared also said
that maybe reinstalling would be the solution but it wasn't.
THE
MESSAGE BOX ERROR
What can I do?

I've read all of the instructions, but I'm afraid that I only
count with 8 of the 9 requirements, I have a RAM of 448MB, anyhow I
don't think this has anything to do with the error I got, as the
RAM would only affect how fast the program would run, it WOULD let
me open it.
btw, the download comes with Bridge CS3, the extension
manager and stuff, they all work correctly, expect fireworks wich
is the most important thing, why wont Fireworks work????????? It's
depressing.
I also noticed some innadequate behaviour where the software
is placed at; the installer creates a folder named "Adobe" wich is
fine, but the programs are placed outside that folder, is this a
sign that has to do with the problem I'm experiencing?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I just realized that I installed Photoshop CS3 extended
Lite, it might be the problem, but there's even a bigger problem: I
can't uninstall it!! i don't know why, any ideas?

CS3 upgrade wont accept older serial number in stage 2 :(

Hi folks,
I have been happily using Photoshop CS for years and then got a retina with Mavericks...
So I had to up the ante but since I couldn't afford CC or CS5+ I got myself CS3 on eBay. Now- it was sold as "full retail" but turns out is only an upgrade but with serial number et al. No HUGE problem as I did have my Photoshop CS serial number and unboxed disk still. Or so I thought.
But it works fine to install and even to trial, but when I get to the point of my CS serial number to "upgrade" from it doesn't like my CS serial number. Meaning- I cannot upgrade!
What could the matter be? My CS serial number is fine and it does work fine on my older Mac running CS still, just not on either Mac (both the retina and the older Mac which I tested just to rule out the retina not acknowledging CS) to upgrade to CS3.
Also- I would like to register CS3 even though it is only an upgrade but it is already registered. IS there provision for owners of preowned Photoshops? I do have the bonafide disk, complete with workshop and box etc.

I just got my transcript from the chat where I am told I cannot be helped with my issue with the CS3 upgrade because I haven't been able to register the serial/licence to myself and where I signed off after apologising to the operative for wasting their time only to find that they had tagged this mysterious bit at the end, after I closed the window:
*bleep* :But in case of the upgrade cs3 serial number , sometimes there are trouble to unlock it .
*bleep* :so we need to unlock the serial number in the different way.
Obviously I cannot now ask what on earth that means.
Wee Moan Alert: I am so stressed by this as the whole reason for this is that my beloved MacBook Pro died on me just ten days after having been "repaired" by the local Apple "mechanic" and they suspect that this time it is the motherboard or logic board which made it uneconomical to repair and I had to stump out for a new retina which can only run Mavericks and Mavericks requires CS3 upward, has no Super Drive and "outdated" any of my non-native software so that this has been EXCEEDINGLY expensive.
I didn't WANT to upgrade CS (I like it- it is familiar and NEVER let me down) but had to so thought that at least buying a bonafide second-hand (full retail) version would be the best of both worlds- genuine (I like genuine and have more ancient boxed software than is sane) AND not going to break me financially (blood and stones, blood and stones!). /end moan

Fireworks CS3 won't load

I just upgraded to Fireworks CS3 from Fireworks 8. When I
open Fireworks CS3 I receive the following error:
"Your user privileges do not allow Fireworks to update your
registry. Launch and Edit with Dreamweaver will not work properly
until Fireworks is launched while using Administrative privileges."
I am the administrator on my computer and am signed in as
such. Can anyone help me with this PLEASE!
Thank you.

Mack879w
Thanks for the help. I ended up having to get technical
support on the phone and I had a software that was attaching itself
to LR for some reason. All good now. Thanks!

Fireworks CS3 still can't work with OpenType!!

Just received Fireworks CS3. One of the first things I wanted
to know if the app was finally able to work with detailled OpenType
functionalities. Answer: no. I'm shocked! Complete waste of
upgrade-money.
I use a lot of smart OpenType fonts, some of them with
options like Small Caps hidden inside the font. Completely unusable
inside Fireworks. If I want to use Small Caps with these fonts I
first have to go to Illustrator, type it, convert it to outlines
etc. etc.
I knew Macromedia didn't care for OpenType fonts... but
Adobe?!
Plus: the fontmenu still doesn't have submenus and the 6
'last used' fonts on top are extremely annoying.
Very, very disappointed!!

Bobby Kreiner wrote:
> Now it's December and the workarounds are really a big
pain. Now more
> and more of my fonts are otf and it's more and more a
waste of time
> for me professionally.
They work in Fireworks on my machine. What is your operating
system? Are
the fonts properly installed in the system font folder?
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Fireworks CS3 Program Switching Issue

In the office we have 3 machines using Fireworks CS3 (part of Studio CS3). All the machines are experiencing the issue I am about to describe. Each machine is an Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB ram. All 3 machines are using Windows Vista.
We all had the old Vista Aero problem with brushes, and we quickly overcame this by using the "disable desktop composition" fix.
However, one problem we have never been able to solve occurs when switching between ANY application and Fireworks. There is a delay of at least 20-30 seconds (sometimes more) when trying to swap back to Fireworks. We have being doing various Google & Adobe forum searches regularly over the past 2+ years, looking in vein for a fix, but as yet have still not managed to find a solution or even a record of someone else with the same issue (mainly because out searches are dominated with the old "disable desktop composition" fix). We assumed it was a problem fundemental to CS3 yet still hold out hope for a solution.
Normally it's not a problem, but when working on websites which involve a lot of graphics edits and/or switching in and out of Fireworks it can quickly add a very frustrating hour or more to a job.
Recently, I was forced to upgrade to a new computer with Windows 7, and transfered my old CS3 install to the new machine. I was surprised to find that I can switch in and out of Fireworks instantly, much to the frustration of the other guys in the office who are unfortunately stuck with Vista for the time being.
Is there a fix for this horrible switching delay on Vista and has anyone else here even sufered with the same issue?
TL:DR - This is not the desktop composition problem with brushes which seems to domnate results when we try to search for a fix, this is a very noticable delay when swapping in and out of Fireworks.

I'm affraid that didn't help. It actually slowed down the inital launch of the program and it took around 5 minutes for Fireworks to finally start. Once started the program switching issue was still present

Fireworks CS3 full of bugs

Fireworks CS3 has potential. But it keeps crashing on me. It
said internal error, when I was changing fonts. I was unable to
save it. Tried it again, and could not reduplicate the error.
Though I did have Word open the previous time.
Then I tried to save later and it said not enough memory,
which is not true.
Then when I used the scroll button on it, it closed with no
prompt to save.
I have also noticed that when undoing various actions it
states "undo command prompt" in the menu.
I'm sure they will work these bugs out, but until they do, I
recommend waiting to upgrade!

TanisHarding wrote:
> Fireworks CS3 has potential. But it keeps crashing on
me. It said internal
> error, when I was changing fonts. I was unable to save
it. Tried it again, and
> could not reduplicate the error. Though I did have Word
open the previous time.
>
> Then I tried to save later and it said not enough
memory, which is not true.
>
> Then when I used the scroll button on it, it closed with
no prompt to save.
>
> I have also noticed that when undoing various actions it
states "undo command
> prompt" in the menu.
Did you buy the Web standard or Web Premium suite? Have you
had problems
with the other programs in the suite?
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