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Fireworks Training

1 Hour Daily

Duration:- ... Months

Fireworks Training Overview

Adobe Fireworks is Adobe's user-friendly, powerful tool for creating, editing, and optimizing graphics for use on your Web site. In this extraordinarily hands-on Fireworks training class, attendees learn how to put Fireworks to work on their site.

Fireworks Training Objectives

  1. To master creating and editing graphics using Fireworks
  2. To learn how to add and edit text to your Fireworks graphics
  3. To discover how to create buttons, image maps, animated GIFs, pop-up menus, and other Web-related graphic elements using Fireworks
  4. To learn how to optimize your graphics and photographs for use on the web

Fireworks Training Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Bitmap Editing
    1. Exploring the Fireworks tools panel
    2. The Start Page
    3. Floating and docked panel groups
    4. The Property Inspector
    5. Editing bitmap objects
    6. Changing the view magnification
    7. Changing the canvas color
    8. Using the Crop tool
    9. Using the Info Panel
    10. Using the Magic Wand tool
    11. Saving the selection
    12. Adjusting levels
    13. Viewing the gamma setting
    14. Using the Lasso and Polygon Lasso tools
    15. Adding and subtracting selections
    16. Creating a new document
    17. Scaling the image
    18. Changing the image size
    19. Copying the selection
    20. Using the Rubber Stamp tool
    21. Using the Smudge tool
    22. Using the Eraser tool
    23. Using the Red Eye Removal tool
    24. Using the Marquee tools
    25. Moving a selection
    26. Additional selection options
  3. Using Vector Tools
    1. Displaying rulers and guides
    2. Using the Ellipse tool
    3. Using the Rectangle tool
    4. Using the Polygon tool
    5. Using the Scale tool
    6. Making a copy
    7. Rotating an object
    8. Using the History panel
    9. Masking with Paste Inside
    10. Adding Live Effects
    11. Applying filters as Live Effects
    12. Saving as a style
    13. Grouping objects
    14. Importing graphics
    15. Trimming the canvas
  4. Working with Layers
    1. Using the Layers panel
    2. Adding and naming layers
    3. Adjusting the size and placement of an object
    4. Renaming a layer
    5. Locking a layer
    6. Showing and hiding a layer
    7. Picking colors
    8. Drawing rounded rectangles
    9. Using Auto Shapes
    10. Adding texture and a drop shadow
    11. Changing the stacking order on a layer
    12. Using single-layer editing
    13. Setting the default colors
    14. Aligning objects
  5. Adding Text
    1. Adding text
    2. Aligning and indenting text
    3. Checking your spelling
    4. Importing text
    5. Using the text editor
    6. Using the Line tool
    7. Using the Subselection tool
    8. Using Paste attributes
    9. Adding Arrowheads
  6. Advanced Techniques
    1. Combining shapes
    2. Duplicating objects with the repeat command
    3. Creating a CD
    4. Adding a gradient
    5. Changing the opacity
    6. Adding text along a path
    7. Using the intersect and crop commands
    8. Converting text to paths
    9. Applying transformations
  7. Creating Buttons
    1. Using the Button Editor
    2. Adding a new button
    3. Changing your buttons
    4. Adding a name and a link to buttons
    5. Importing your buttons
    6. Changing graphics to buttons
  8. Creating Slices and Hotspots
    1. Creating an image map
    2. Working with the Web Layer
    3. Slicing an image
    4. Adding a slice
    5. Creating disjointed rollovers
    6. Adding frames
    7. Adding a behavior
    8. Viewing full screen
    9. Adding more slices
  9. Optimizing and Exporting
    1. Using the Export wizard
    2. Choosing the image format
    3. Using the 4-Up preview button
    4. Using the preset optimization settings
    5. Exporting JPEG images
    6. Previewing in the browser
    7. Exporting as HTML
    8. Using the Quick Export button
  10. Creating GIF Animations
    1. Creating an animation
    2. Using onion skinning
    3. Sharing a layer
    4. Using animation symbols
    5. Controlling playback
    6. Exporting a GIF animation
    7. Using the export preview with animation
    8. Applying tweening
    9. Tweening effects
  11. Masking and Pop-up Menus
    1. Creating a template
    2. Masking an image
    3. Masking using the Layers panel
    4. Using text as a mask
    5. Creating a text slice
    6. Adding a pop-up menu
    7. Editing a pop-up menu
    8. Performing batch processing
    9. Saving your scripts
  12. Integrating with Dreamweaver [optional]
    1. Fireworks and Dreamweaver
    2. Exporting your pages for Dreamweaver
    3. Creating a local site in Dreamweaver
    4. Viewing your pages in Dreamweaver
    5. Setting Dreamweaver preferences
    6. Viewing the page in the browser
    7. Adding links
    8. Optimizing in Fireworks
    9. Editing in Fireworks from Dreamweaver
    10. Creating a template in Dreamweaver
    11. Creating a template-based page
    12. Adding text in Dreamweaver
    13. Importing from Word
    14. Modifying a template
    15. Applying a template to a page
    16. Moving files on the Files panel
    17. Editing the Fireworks pop-up menu

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