Fireworks CS5 Training: Beginning Adobe Fireworks CS5

Course Number: FW-106
Duration: 3 days
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Fireworks CS5 Training Overview

Adobe Fireworks CS5 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 CS5 training class, attendees learn how to put Adobe Fireworks^® CS5 to work on their site.

Location and Pricing

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Fireworks CS5 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 CS5 Training Materials

All Fireworks CS5 training students receive a copy of Adobe Fireworks CS5 Classroom in a Book and related materials.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

This Fireworks CS5 Training course requires:

Firefox 3 or later, Internet Explorer 7 or later, or Safari 4 or later
Adobe Fireworks CS5
Dreamweaver CS5 is recommended but not required
Note: This class can be taught for Windows or MacOS audiences

Fireworks CS5 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 CS5
To learn how to optimize your graphics and photographs for use on the web

Fireworks CS5 Training Outline

Introduction

Getting to Know the Workspace

Getting started in Adobe Fireworks
Using the Tools panel
Using the Properties panel
Configuring panels and panel groups
Working with multiple documents
Undoing steps

The Pages, States, and Layers Panels: Fundamental Workflow Tools

About pages, layers, and states
Getting started
Importing pages
Working with layers
Working with states

Working with Bitmap Images

Resolution and file size
Cropping an image
Managing images on the canvas
Importing images
Distortion-free bitmap scaling
Adjusting tonal range
Using the Align panel
Adjusting brightness with the Dodge and Burn tools
Applying the Unsharp Mask Live Filter
Repairing areas with the Rubber Stamp tool

Working with Selections

Understanding bitmap selections
Getting started
Selecting and modifying with the Magic Wand tool
Selecting with the lasso tools
Converting a selection to a path

Working with Vector Graphics

About vectors
Basic vector drawing techniques
Changing the appearance of basic vector shapes
Scaling vector objects
Adding text to your design
Working with Auto Shapes
Understanding paths and the Pen tool
Editing paths
Creating custom shapes
Drawing the shape
Customizing fills and strokes

Masking

About masks
Designing the banner ad
Creating and editing masks
Final touches

Working with Text

Getting Started
Text basics
Creating an auto-resizing text block
Anti-aliasing
Special text effects

Optimizing for the Web

Optimization basics
Optimizing a single-image file
About the web tools
Creating and optimizing slices
Adding interactivity
Exporting composite designs

Using symbols

What are symbols?
Graphic symbols
Button symbols
Creating button symbols
Editing a button symbol
Adding more buttons
Testing rollovers
Completing the design
Animation symbols
Creating animation symbols
Optimizing the animation
Altering animation settings
Exporting the animation

Prototyping Basics

The prototyping workflow
Delivering the wireframe

Advanced Prototyping

Improving your workflow

Going Further

Conclusion

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