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Adobe Fireworks 8 Training DVD

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Adobe Fireworks 8 training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, This Adobe Fireworks 8 tutorial video makes learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by certified professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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Introduction

1. The Fireworks Interface

2. Vector Drawing Tools

Vectors vs. bitmaps
Creating basic shapes
Combining shapes
Using auto shapes
Drawing with the Pen tools
Rulers, guides, and grid

3. Picking Colors

The Color Mixer panel
The Swatches panel
Using the Eyedropper tool

4. Fills and Strokes

Fill types
Gradients
Stroke settings
Creating custom strokes

5. Bitmap Painting Tools

Pencil, Brush, and Eraser tools
Tracing art

6. Working with a Wacom Tablet

Bitmap Paint Brush settings
Combining bitmap and vector art

7. Image Editing

The Image Editing panel
Selecting pixels
More about selecting pixels
Saving selections
Red-eye removal
Tonal correction with Levels
Adjusting colors with Hue/Saturation
The Color Replace tool
Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask

8. Text

Intro to fonts/installing fonts
Creating and formatting text
Special characters
Importing text
Spell-checking
Text on a path
Converting text to paths

9. Layer Essentials

Layer basics
Managing layers
Transparency and Blend Modes

10. Symbol Essentials

Using graphic symbols

11. Aligning and Transforming Objects

Aligning and distributing objects
Scaling, skewing, and distorting

12. Masking

Using vector masks
Using bitmap masks
Using hide and reveal
Masking with text

13. Live Filters and Styles

Live vs. traditional filters
Shadows
Working with Styles

14. Optimization and Exporting

GIFs
GIFs with transparency
JPEGs
Selective JPEG optimization
Using the Export Wizard
The History panel
Batch processing

15. Slicing Essentials

Image slicing
HTML slicing
Exporting a single slice
The Polygon Slice tool

16. Image Maps

Creating image maps

17. Rollovers

Simple rollovers
Exporting rollovers
Complex rollovers
Button Symbols
Creating multiple rollovers
Exporting multiple rollovers
Rollovers and image maps
CSS pop-up menus

18. Animation

Frame-by-frame animation
Animated masks
Sharing layers across frames
Exporting GIF animations
Importing photos as animations
Tweens
Animating Symbols
Importing animations

19. Dreamweaver Integration

QuickExport
Roundtrip essentials
Building a simple site

20. Flash Integration

QuickExport
Fireworks to Flash

Conclusion

Goodbye

Fireworks 8 Training DVD Info

Title Information.

This Fireworks 8 Training Video with Abigail Rudner is a practical-based tutorial designed for beginning to intermediate Fireworks users who need to design and export static, animated, and interactive graphics for the Web. This tutorial begins with an overview of the Fireworks 8 interface, then advances to cover topics such as working with vector tools, manipulating bitmap images, image optimization and exporting methods, as well as integration with Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along with the tutorials and learn at your own pace.. Close »

Instructor : Abigail Rudner

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

11 hours - 89 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

Fomat :

Video CD

Price:

$99.95

£65.47

€73.36

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