Fireworks 8 Essential Training with Abigail Rudner is a video-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 and learn at your own pace.
Introduction
1. The Fireworks Interface
2. Vector Drawing Tools
| Vectors vs. bitmaps | 6:19 | 8.1 MB |
| Creating basic shapes | 9:44 | 12.2 MB |
| Combining shapes | 6:09 | 7.5 MB |
| Using auto shapes | 4:01 | 4.6 MB |
| Drawing with the Pen tools | 10:07 | 11.8 MB |
| Rulers, guides, and grid | 6:26 | 9 MB |
3. Picking Colors
| The Color Mixer panel | 8:35 | 11.2 MB |
| The Swatches panel | 6:09 | 8.6 MB |
| Using the Eyedropper tool | 2:43 | 3.2 MB |
4. Fills and Strokes
| Fill types | 16:20 | 26.9 MB |
| Gradients | 10:02 | 13 MB |
| Stroke settings | 6:21 | 9.9 MB |
| Creating custom strokes | 6:41 | 9 MB |
5. Bitmap Painting Tools
| Pencil, Brush, and Eraser tools | 5:59 | 7.6 MB |
| Tracing art | 4:52 | 5.3 MB |
6. Working with a Wacom Tablet
| Bitmap Paint Brush settings | 7:19 | 9 MB |
| Combining bitmap and vector art | 6:41 | 8.5 MB |
7. Image Editing
| The Image Editing panel | 8:05 | 10 MB |
| Selecting pixels | 10:21 | 17.7 MB |
| More about selecting pixels | 7:39 | 12.2 MB |
| Saving selections | 6:03 | 10.4 MB |
| Red-eye removal | 3:12 | 4.1 MB |
| Tonal correction with Levels | 7:16 | 10.9 MB |
| Adjusting colors with Hue/Saturation | 4:15 | 5.9 MB |
| The Color Replace tool | 4:22 | 5.5 MB |
| Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask | 5:41 | 7.1 MB |
8. Text
| Intro to fonts/installing fonts | 1:05 | 2.1 MB |
| Creating and formatting text | 11:58 | 18.4 MB |
| Special characters | 2:40 | 4.3 MB |
| Importing text | 4:33 | 8.2 MB |
| Spell-checking | 2:58 | 4.7 MB |
| Text on a path | 4:50 | 7.4 MB |
| Converting text to paths | 7:30 | 10.4 MB |
9. Layer Essentials
| Layer basics | 11:12 | 12.8 MB |
| Managing layers | 13:11 | 16.2 MB |
| Transparency and Blend Modes | 5:22 | 6.8 MB |
10. Symbol Essentials
| Using graphic symbols | 10:13 | 13.9 MB |
11. Aligning and Transforming Objects
| Aligning and distributing objects | 4:32 | 6.2 MB |
| Scaling, skewing, and distorting | 4:18 | 6.2 MB |
12. Masking
| Using vector masks | 22:00 | 33.9 MB |
| Using bitmap masks | 4:53 | 7.7 MB |
| Using hide and reveal | 4:10 | 6.4 MB |
| Masking with text | 3:34 | 4.8 MB |
13. Live Filters and Styles
| Live vs. traditional filters | 13:36 | 18.7 MB |
| Shadows | 11:17 | 18.7 MB |
| Working with Styles | 12:05 | 19.4 MB |
14. Optimization and Exporting
| GIFs | 13:55 | 18.7 MB |
| GIFs with transparency | 6:46 | 9.7 MB |
| JPEGs | 4:45 | 6.2 MB |
| Selective JPEG optimization | 6:53 | 9.1 MB |
| Using the Export Wizard | 7:28 | 9.9 MB |
| The History panel | 6:39 | 7.6 MB |
| Batch processing | 12:00 | 15 MB |
15. Slicing Essentials
| Image slicing | 13:21 | 18.1 MB |
| HTML slicing | 4:59 | 7.3 MB |
| Exporting a single slice | 7:14 | 11.9 MB |
| The Polygon Slice tool | 1:12 | 1.5 MB |
16. Image Maps
| Creating image maps | 4:06 | 5.3 MB |
17. Rollovers
| Simple rollovers | 5:06 | 5.6 MB |
| Exporting rollovers | 5:23 | 7.5 MB |
| Complex rollovers | 7:23 | 10.3 MB |
| Button Symbols | 13:12 | 18.8 MB |
| Creating multiple rollovers | 21:38 | 35.6 MB |
| Exporting multiple rollovers | 13:45 | 22.6 MB |
| Rollovers and image maps | 8:10 | 13.6 MB |
| CSS pop-up menus | 15:00 | 22.2 MB |
18. Animation
| Frame-by-frame animation | 7:15 | 9.5 MB |
| Animated masks | 11:27 | 18.9 MB |
| Sharing layers across frames | 2:55 | 5 MB |
| Exporting GIF animations | 2:59 | 3.7 MB |
| Importing photos as animations | 9:45 | 16.7 MB |
| Tweens | 9:12 | 16.2 MB |
| Animating Symbols | 10:38 | 16.1 MB |
| Importing animations | 2:55 | 5.1 MB |
19. Dreamweaver Integration
| QuickExport | 3:02 | 5.3 MB |
| Roundtrip essentials | 2:54 | 3.5 MB |
| Building a simple site | 16:17 | 28 MB |
20. Flash Integration
| QuickExport | 3:48 | 6.3 MB |
| Fireworks to Flash | 4:37 | 6.1 MB |
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