| Chapter
1: Introduction to Fireworks 3 |
•
What is Fireworks?
• Digital Image Types: Vectors and Bitmaps
• Internet Image Standards
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| Chapter 2: The Fireworks Environment |
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The Fireworks Workspace
• The Menu Bar and Toolbars
• The Document Window
• Fireworks Editing Modes
• The Toolbox
• Web Tools
• Stroke / Fill Colors
• Show / Hide Hotspots
• Panels
• Customizing the Fireworks Workspace
• Prefrences
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| Chapter 3: Creating a New Document |
•
Creating a New Image
• Opening Existing Images into Fireworks
• Import Photoshop Files
• Magnification / Navigation Controls
• The Zoom Tool
• The Hand Tool
• The Info Panel
• The History Panel
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| Chapter 4: Selections |
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Selections
• The Selection Tools
• Moving Selections
• The Options Panel
• Magic Wand Tool
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| Chapter 5: Drawing and Editing |
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Drawing with Fireworks
• Swatches Panel
• Curves and the Pen Tool
• Rectangle, Ellipse and Polygon Tool
• Eraser Tool
• Rubber Stamp
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| Chapter 6: Working with Vectors |
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Organizing Vector Objects
• The Modify Toolbar
• Group / Ungroup
• Join / Split
• Arrangment
• Rotate / Flip
• Select Behind
• Converting text to Path
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| Chapter 7: Using Layers |
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The Layers Panel
• Layer Name
• Active Layer
• Distribute to Frames, New / Duplicate Layer,
Delete Layer
• Transparency
• Moving Layers
• Moving Objects from One Layer within another
• Blend Modes
• Layer Panel Flyout menu
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| Chapter 8: Using Style and Text |
•
Style
• Text
• Changing the Apperance of Text and Shapes
• Saving your Settings as Styles
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| Chapter 9: Timesaving Features of Fireworks |
•
Making the Designer's Life Easy
• The Library Panel
• The Find and Replace Panel
• The Project Log
• URL Library
• Batch Processing
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| Chapter 10: Advanced Usage of Vector Shapes |
•
Extending the Capabilities of Vector Shapes
• Using Vector Shapes to create masking Groups
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| Chapter 11: Animation |
•
Animation basics
• Creating Simple Animations with Fireworks
• Frame-by-Frame Animation
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| Chapter 12: Hotspots and Slice Objects |
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Fireworks and the Web
• Creating Image maps with the Hotspot Tool
• Inserting a Slice Object
• Exporting your Sliced Graphic as an HTML
Document
• Modifying HTML properties
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| Chapter 13: Buttons and Disjointed Rollovers |
•
Fireworks and JavaScript
• Disecting a Rollover
• Creating Buttons the Quick and Easy Way
• Disjointed Rollovers
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| Chapter 14: Graphic Optimization |
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Fireworks Optimization Features
• GIF's
• The Optimization palette for the GIF file
Format
• JPEG's
• Interlaced GIFs and progressive JPEGs
• Supplimentary File Formats
• Multiple Compression Settings in a Single
Document
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| Chapter 15: Export and Integration |
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Export Options
• Export Preview
• Export Wizard
• Integration with Dreamweaver
• Update HTML
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