IL-TCE
Fireworks - pre-session
March 1 and 2, 2005
Fireworks documentation from Macromedia:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/fireworks/index.html
Understanding Fireworks
Screen oriented...not print!
Internet based - minimizes file size.
Vector drawing - paths not bitmaps. No more "jaggies"
Create and reuse simple paths.
Separates -- so you can edit --stroke, fill, and effects
Floating Panels...Fireworks document
panels. Use this page as a reference when you want to know
where to find/do something.
If you've closed panels, go to Window on the menubar
and get them back.
New in Fireworks MX is the Properties Window. It combines
many of the windows used in previous versions of Fireworks and changes
according to the selection (text/object/tool). Always keep the Tools
and Properties Windows open
on your desktop.
Live Effects....adapt to any
changes made to the object itself
Inner Bevel, Outer Bevel, Drop Shadow, Glow, Emboss
Objects - Paths & Strokes -
Fills
Text -Graphical
More text: kerning,
leading, horizontal scale, baseline shift
Transforming text: strokes
and fills
Change text shape: convert text
to Paths, scale, skew, distort
Roll Over Buttons- Images with Behaviors
Premade Buttons
Create Buttons
Buttons & Backgrounds made
with Fireworks
Animation
Hotspots and slices (See buttons)
Janet Barnstable
December 30, 2004
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