Adobe Fireworks Beginner to Intermediate Training - 2 Days

Platform: Windows PC and Apple Mac

Courseware: Comprehensive training manual provided per person

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Windows or Apple Mac operating system

Software Version: Training available for Fireworks CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3, 8, MX 2004, MX

Course Overview:
This two day training course provides a comprehensive introduction to Fireworks, allowing you to
create a wide variety of visual elements for your web sites. You will learn to create animated gifs
for banner ads, edit images, create rollover buttons, slice up content and optimise your files for the
Web. This Fireworks course is ideal for anyone who needs to produce professional Web graphics.

Fireworks Beginner to Intermediate Training Outline

Image Concepts

About graphics on the web
Planning graphic content
Download times
Image formats

The 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

Working with 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

Working with Vectors

Using the modify bar
Rotating/scaling vectors
Grouping/splitting
Arrange and align
Merging vectors
Masking with vectors

Working with 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

Creating 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

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