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Macromedia's Fireworks has grown to become one of the premier graphics editing programs used by web developers and designers alike. With features that allow for quick optimization, cropping, and resizing of images, combined with the power to make colors transparent, change contrast, and color balance, it's clear why Fireworks is quickly becoming the standard for web professionals. In fact, because of its relative simplicity, quick launching interface, and tight integration with Dreamweaver, it's easy to see why Fireworks is quickly surpassing other larger scale image-editing applications on the market today.