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Macromedia Fireworks
Levels: Introductory

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Duration: 2 days

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.
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.

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