Macromedia break down

[gittyup]

Macromedia has a lot of products. I am not sure that I totally understand the difference bewtween a few of them. I recently created my business site using Frontpage 2000 for the html and Photoshop/ImageReady for the graphics. Now, can someone explain the difference between the following. You can include any opinions you have one way or another also. Thanks.

Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromeida Flash

 

[Juniper]

Dreamweaver is macromedia's version of frontpage in better and more complicated.

Flash is to do those flash movies, flash sites, animation.

Im not very sure whats fireworks though

 

[amnesiac]

dreamweaver = web development tool
Flash = animation tool / web standard
fireworks = java / advanced web asthetics creation tool (really hard to explain but you can do all sorts of fancy web design stuff in it..)
Check out Virtualrob.net, the site was made using some stuff in Fireworks