I'm not sure I understand your question, or at least your objective?   The original point in the thread was to be able to open native Fireworks files while preserving their integrity and construction structure. The most common solution is to use Photopea, which bridges the gap between PNG (Macromedia style) and PSD.   The question then turned to the possibility of opening FW image files containing States, hence the previous answer since Photopea is a graphics tool... but now the debate turns to specific animation tools, which generally don't open the structure of image files themselves, but import them using flattened PNG versions, rather than working files. The exception being animated GIF formats, where each image is imported in succession on the TimeLine, which is not the case for States.   Anyway, here again, the easiest thing to do is to try it out and see if it meets your expectations... sorry, I don't have Flash or Animate handy anymore 😉 ... View more

Short answer : yes and no... Photopea doesn't exactly interpret states the way FW does, and converts them into layers, but the animation remains accessible and still adaptable. Consistent answer : Why don't you try it yourself... it's free, it's open, and there's nothing to install... https://www.photopea.com/, so you can test and understand for yourself whether you're getting what you want. ... View more

I still do have a double CD about video training (2004)... still amazing how Fh was (and is) still above much modern solution out there     sorry I forgot to reset the scan's settings... so low and B&W resolution... 😞 ... View more

do you remember, or did you ever heard about Ron Rockwell ... View more

I understand what some people are saying when they warn us about Fw's administrative obsolescence, and point to alternatives. I also applaud Ivan Kuckir's remarkable work in making it possible with Photopea to virtually reopen native Fw files while preserving their internal structure.   However, I also realize to what extent people who have never used Fw * don't understand the power of this tool, its simplicity of use, its ergonomics, its extensibility and the catalog of extensions always available (which, by the way, no software can really rival today). ... and the icing on the cake is that today, even though there have been no updates for over 10 years **... despite intensive, daily use, Fw continues to satisfy the needs of thousands of users, smoothly, without latency, and with as much simplicity as ever.   @IAMark 's approach is completely understandable, to enable current Fw users to continue using it, and if new OS no longer allow Fw to be launched, don't worry, we're in the middle of the virtualization era, and processors are increasingly designed to integrate this type of approach, so there will always be a virtual machine that allows an old system to launch Fw.   Adobe, please read this exchange... thank you.   * By this I mean, a real use of Fw in an intensive and thorough manner, therefore producing with it starting from the model to the interface elements through customer validation tests and batch processing, whynot have been part of the user community and having regularly discussed the needs of website and application developers, both with Macromedia, Adobe and third-party developers. In short, having actually used Fw for real and often complex needs.   ** Let's stop at 10 years, but ask ourselves how long Fw's updates have been cosmetic. So how long has the core of this tool been updated? 15 years?... and it still runs, it reminds me of my Mustang 68 convertible... which remained in the United States when I returned to France (for the same reasons....)   *** Don't look, there's no 3-star rating reference,... as @rayek.elfin I just wanted to mention a piece of software in this thread, since for him too we could say the same things... Freehand. ... View more

you've said it all... what more could we add, except our voice so that folks @Adobe can hear you... thank you for writing such a fair text, without anger or bitterness, thank you! ... View more

Live Cycle is no more... long live Adobe Experience Manager Form... we'd say... well, back in the day, there were quite a few alternative solutions on Linux... and Live Cycle allowed for more flexibility.... but, depending on what you want to do and the complexity of your forms (hidden fields, interactions between elements, field combs, stamps, signatures, PDF flattening, locking fields, authenticity certification, etc.),  don't worry, the heart of the PDF data import operation, FDF, still exists, and so do the libraries (depending on your needs), one still also have plenty tools open source around here too... so it all depends on what you want to do...  once you've defined the scope of your needs, I may be able to set up a basic demo for you to understand the flow principle...   ... View more