Adobe Fireworks Training
Introduction To Adobe Fireworks Training Course:
The Fireworks was initially developed & was launched by Macromedia as Macromedia Fireworks &it was packaged with Macromedia Dreamweaver a leading WYSIWHG Web Editor. Adobe Fireworks is an bitmap & the Vector Graphics Editor which is mainly used by Web Designers & the Application Designers to create & design Web Interfaces & the Application interface for the Prototyping & Demonstration purposes. Adobe Fireworks integrates with the Adobe Dream Waver & the Adobe Flash & it has Adobe Photoshop integration tools. Its available as an independent software as part of Adobe CS6 & also comes bundled with the Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription service. Though Adobe has officially stopped adding features to its already rich web design editor it has a large world following and close to 44% web designers around the world Adobe Fireworks for Web & App prototyping purpose.
Adobe Fireworks Online Training Course Content
1: Bitmap Editing
- Difference between bitmap & vector graphics
- Fireworks interface
- floating & docked panel groups
- Property Inspector
- Crop tool & Magic W&
- Info panel
- Select specific areas of an image
- Lasso & Polygon Lasso tools &Marquee tools
- Add & subtract selections in bitmap mode
- Move, copy & save selections
- Red Eye Removal tool
- Scale an image
- Change image size
- Rubber Stamp & Smudge tool
- Eraser tool
2: sing Vector Tools
- Guides for placing & aligning objects
- Draw with the Ellipse &Polygon tools
- Scale & Rotate objects
- Use the History panel to replay actions
- Mask an object using Paste Inside
- Add Live Filters
- Group objects
- Import graphics
- Trim the canvas
3: Working with Layers & Text
- Examine the Layers panel
- Add & name your layers
- Property inspector for precise positioning & sizing of objects
- Rename, Show , hide & lock a layer
- Auto Shape Rounded Rectangle tool
- Add a texture & a drop shadow
- Change the stacking order of a layer
- Use single-layer editing
- Use the default fill & stroke colors
- Align objects
- Add & format text
- Use the spell checker
- Use the Text Editor
- Use the Line & Subselection tools
- Use the Paste Attributes commands
- Add arrowheads to a line
4: Advanced Techniques
- Combine simple shapes into complex objects
- Use techniques for saving & duplicating your actions
- Create a CD
- Create a gradient
- Change the opacity of an object
- Add text to a path
- Convert text to a path
- Use the Intersect & Crop commands
- Applying Transformations
5: Creating Buttons, Slices & Hotspots
- Use the Button Editor to create buttons
- Add a new button from an existing button
- Make changes to the button
- Add links to buttons
- Turn graphics into buttons
- Add hotspots to an image to create an image map
- Work with the Web Layer
- Add slices to your page
- Add frames to the document
- Create disjointed rollovers
- View your page in full-screen mode
6: Optimizing & Exporting
- Examine the various color palettes available in Fireworks
- Export wizard
- Choose the right image format
- 4-up Preview Button
- Set the target export file size
- Optimize panel
- Previewing in the browser
- Save export settings
- Save as HTML
- Quick Export Button
7: Creating GIF Animations, Masks, & Pop-up Menus
- Create GIF animations
- Use onion skinning
- Change the playback settings for an animated GIF image
- Use tweening to rotate an item
- Create symbols & use the symbol library
- Create a base template for your pages
- Use Group as Mask to isolate an image
- Paint on a mask
- Use text as a mask
- Create a text slice
- Add a pop-up menu
- Edit the pop-up menu
8: Integrating with Adobe Dreamweaver
- Batch process several images
- Export & view your pages for Dreamweaver
- Create a local site in Dreamweaver
- Set Dreamweaver preferences
- Add links in Dreamweaver
- Edit a Fireworks page from Dreamweaver
- Create a Dreamweaver template
- Add text in Dreamweaver
- Edit a Fireworks pop-up menu