Fireworks Training: Beginning Fireworks

Course Number: FW-100
GSA/Previous Course Number: 720
Duration: 3 days
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Fireworks Training Overview

Adobe Fireworks is Adobe's user-friendly, powerful tool for creating, editing, and optimizing graphics for use on your Web site. In this extraordinarily hands-on Fireworks training class, attendees learn how to put Fireworks to work on their site.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/adobe.htm.

Fireworks Training Prerequisites

Prior knowledge of Windows or Macintosh computers. Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver training or equivalent experience is beneficial but not required.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Fireworks training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 15 minutes. Students "learn by doing," with immediate opportunities to apply the material they learn to real-world problems.

Fireworks Training Materials

All Fireworks training students receive a copy of Macromedia Press's Fireworks: Training from the Source and related materials.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Firefox 2.0 or later or Internet Explorer 6 or later
Adobe Fireworks 8, CS3, or later (Fireworks MX 2004 or MX taught upon request)
Dreamweaver 8, CS3, or later is recommended but not required
Note: This class can be taught for Windows or MacOS audiences

Fireworks Training Objectives

To master creating and editing graphics using Fireworks
To learn how to add and edit text to your Fireworks graphics
To discover how to create buttons, image maps, animated GIFs, pop-up menus, and other Web-related graphic elements using Fireworks
To learn how to optimize your graphics and photographs for use on the web

Fireworks Training Outline

Introduction

Bitmap Editing

Exploring the Fireworks tools panel
The Start Page
Floating and docked panel groups
The Property Inspector
Editing bitmap objects
Changing the view magnification
Changing the canvas color
Using the Crop tool
Using the Info Panel
Using the Magic Wand tool
Saving the selection
Adjusting levels
Viewing the gamma setting
Using the Lasso and Polygon Lasso tools
Adding and subtracting selections
Creating a new document
Scaling the image
Changing the image size
Copying the selection
Using the Rubber Stamp tool
Using the Smudge tool
Using the Eraser tool
Using the Red Eye Removal tool
Using the Marquee tools
Moving a selection
Additional selection options

Using Vector Tools

Displaying rulers and guides
Using the Ellipse tool
Using the Rectangle tool
Using the Polygon tool
Using the Scale tool
Making a copy
Rotating an object
Using the History panel
Masking with Paste Inside
Adding Live Effects
Applying filters as Live Effects
Saving as a style
Grouping objects
Importing graphics
Trimming the canvas

Working with Layers

Using the Layers panel
Adding and naming layers
Adjusting the size and placement of an object
Renaming a layer
Locking a layer
Showing and hiding a layer
Picking colors
Drawing rounded rectangles
Using Auto Shapes
Adding texture and a drop shadow
Changing the stacking order on a layer
Using single-layer editing
Setting the default colors
Aligning objects

Adding Text

Adding text
Aligning and indenting text
Checking your spelling
Importing text
Using the text editor
Using the Line tool
Using the Subselection tool
Using Paste attributes
Adding Arrowheads

Advanced Techniques

Combining shapes
Duplicating objects with the repeat command
Creating a CD
Adding a gradient
Changing the opacity
Adding text along a path
Using the intersect and crop commands
Converting text to paths
Applying transformations

Creating Buttons

Using the Button Editor
Adding a new button
Changing your buttons
Adding a name and a link to buttons
Importing your buttons
Changing graphics to buttons

Creating Slices and Hotspots

Creating an image map
Working with the Web Layer
Slicing an image
Adding a slice
Creating disjointed rollovers
Adding frames
Adding a behavior
Viewing full screen
Adding more slices

Optimizing and Exporting

Using the Export wizard
Choosing the image format
Using the 4-Up preview button
Using the preset optimization settings
Exporting JPEG images
Previewing in the browser
Exporting as HTML
Using the Quick Export button

Creating GIF Animations

Creating an animation
Using onion skinning
Sharing a layer
Using animation symbols
Controlling playback
Exporting a GIF animation
Using the export preview with animation
Applying tweening
Tweening effects

Masking and Pop-up Menus

Creating a template
Masking an image
Masking using the Layers panel
Using text as a mask
Creating a text slice
Adding a pop-up menu
Editing a pop-up menu
Performing batch processing
Saving your scripts

Integrating with Dreamweaver [optional]

Fireworks and Dreamweaver
Exporting your pages for Dreamweaver
Creating a local site in Dreamweaver
Viewing your pages in Dreamweaver
Setting Dreamweaver preferences
Viewing the page in the browser
Adding links
Optimizing in Fireworks
Editing in Fireworks from Dreamweaver
Creating a template in Dreamweaver
Creating a template-based page
Adding text in Dreamweaver
Importing from Word
Modifying a template
Applying a template to a page
Moving files on the Files panel
Editing the Fireworks pop-up menu

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Fireworks Training Overview

Fireworks Training Prerequisites

Fireworks Training Materials

Fireworks Training Objectives

Fireworks Training Outline