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Adobe Fireworks vs Xfig

A side-by-side look at Adobe Fireworks and Xfig. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Adobe Fireworks

Adobe Fireworks

Photos & Graphics

Adobe Fireworks is a discontinued bitmap and vector graphics editor that was used to rapidly prototype website and mobile app designs and UI mockups. It offered features like vector tools, bitmap editing, CSS/JS extensibility, and support for PSD files.

vector-graphicsbitmap-editingprototypingwebsite-designmobile-app-designui-mockups
Xfig

Xfig

Photos & Graphics

Xfig is an open-source vector graphics editor used to draw diagrams and figures. It supports objects like circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. and can export to formats like PDF and PostScript. Common uses are drawing diagrams like flowcharts, UML diagrams, network maps, etc.

diagrammingflowchartsumlvector-graphicsopen-source

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