Adobe Fireworks Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
This training course has been designed as an introduction to Adobe Fireworks. Adobe Fireworks is part of the Adobe Creative Suite. In this 2 day training we look at Animating Graphics, Working with Vectors, Text and Styles, Layers, Creating Buttons and Rollovers. Prerequisites: Users who wish to learn and produce effective Web Graphics.
Adobe Fireworks Interface
- Setting preferences
- Using the menu bar/panels
- Working with image/object modes
- Creating a new document
- Importing images/graphics
- Magnifying
- Using the info palette
Selections
- Using the selection tools
- Selection options
- Feathering
- Editing images
Drawing and Editing
- Working with the drawing tool
- Creating shapes/lines
- Working with the colour tools
- Using the colour table
- Using the colour mixer
- Working with swatches
Vectors
- Using the modify bar
- Rotating/scaling vectors
- Grouping/splitting
- Arrange and align
- Merging vectors
- Masking with vectors
Text and Styles
- Inserting text
- Using the text palette
- Typography and formatting
- Using styles and effects
- Saving styles
- Putting text on a path
Using Layers
- Working with the layers palette
- Creating/deleting layers
- Changing layer order
- Maintaining layers
- Sharing layers
Animating Graphics
- About animation
- Using tweening
- Working with symbols/instances
- Animated symbols
- Using the frames panel
- Frame x frame animating
- Frame timing
Working with Slices
- Setting up links
- Inserting slices
- Naming and exporting slices
Buttons and Rollovers
- About JavaScript and behaviours
- Setting up a rollover
- Simple rollovers
Optimization
- Using the optimization panel
- Optimizing simple graphics/Quality images
- GIF vs JPEG – when and why
- GIF's and the colour palette
- GIF colour options
- JPEG's and quality settings
Adobe Fireworks Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
This training course has been designed as an introduction to Adobe Fireworks. Adobe Fireworks is part of the Adobe Creative Suite. In this 2 day training we look at Animating Graphics, Working with Vectors, Text and Styles, Layers, Creating Buttons and Rollovers. Prerequisites: Users who wish to learn and produce effective Web Graphics.
Adobe Fireworks Interface
- Setting preferences
- Using the menu bar/panels
- Working with image/object modes
- Creating a new document
- Importing images/graphics
- Magnifying
- Using the info palette
Selections
- Using the selection tools
- Selection options
- Feathering
- Editing images
Drawing and Editing
- Working with the drawing tool
- Creating shapes/lines
- Working with the colour tools
- Using the colour table
- Using the colour mixer
- Working with swatches
Vectors
- Using the modify bar
- Rotating/scaling vectors
- Grouping/splitting
- Arrange and align
- Merging vectors
- Masking with vectors
Text and Styles
- Inserting text
- Using the text palette
- Typography and formatting
- Using styles and effects
- Saving styles
- Putting text on a path
Using Layers
- Working with the layers palette
- Creating/deleting layers
- Changing layer order
- Maintaining layers
- Sharing layers
Animating Graphics
- About animation
- Using tweening
- Working with symbols/instances
- Animated symbols
- Using the frames panel
- Frame x frame animating
- Frame timing
Working with Slices
- Setting up links
- Inserting slices
- Naming and exporting slices
Buttons and Rollovers
- About JavaScript and behaviours
- Setting up a rollover
- Simple rollovers
Optimization
- Using the optimization panel
- Optimizing simple graphics/Quality images
- GIF vs JPEG – when and why
- GIF's and the colour palette
- GIF colour options
- JPEG's and quality settings
