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Exporting Images

• Choosing an image format.
• GIF palette and transparency.
• Compression and quality.
• Export previews.
• Creating export presets.
• Choosing appropriate file type.
• Export wizard and exporting slices.
• Exporting to a target file size.

Animated GIFs

• Symbols, instances, buttons and graphics.
• Setting frame disposal methods.
• Onion-skinning and tweening to aid design.

Rollovers, Image Maps and Slices

• Creating interactive buttons in the Web Layer.
• Choosing button features and effects.
• Making image maps.
• Creating disjointed links to alter parts of the page other than the buttons.
• Creating complex tables for slices from simple images.
• Making the most of the URL manager.

Managing Files

• Options when saving images and HTML.
• Using find and replace.
• Project logs and batch processing.

Libraries and Styles

• Creating library objects and sharing with Dreamweaver.
• Creating styles for graphics and for text.
  Level: Introductory
  Duration - 2 Days
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This course will give delegates an understanding of the role of Fireworks in producing dynamic interactive web sites and web graphics.

Fireworks Workspace

• Opening and managing files.
• Understanding and using floating panels.
• Building an image with the toolbox.
• Switching between bitmap and vector mode.

Editing Images

• Tools for drawing lines and shapes.
• Editing points and curves.
• The object info panel.
• Working with groups of objects.
• Aligning and merging shapes.
• Changing the order, transparency, pattern and texture of objects.

Colour Techniques

• Understanding and using colours.
• Palettes, Swatches and Colour Tables.
• Setting and editing colour gradients.
• Creating fills and strokes, including variable transparency, radial, linear and custom gradients.

Layers and Frames

• Drawing on different layers.
• Distributing images to frames for animation.

Using the History Palette

• Undo, redo and repeating several steps.
• Recording and reusing events.

Editing Text

• Creating text areas.
• Changing text properties, including kerning and spacing.
• Text along curves.