Fireworks MX : a beginner's guide / Kim Cavanaugh.

This comprehensive introduction to creating and exporting graphics for the Web with Fireworks, covers: changes to the tool panel; the Properties Inspector feature; the use of fills, strokes and gradients; integrating Fireworks with Photoshop, Flash and ot.

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Cavanaugh, Kim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill/Osborne, ©2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Graphics Creation with Fireworks MX
  • What Is Fireworks MX?
  • What Does Fireworks Do?
  • What's New in Fireworks MX?
  • Working with Bitmaps and Vectors
  • Exploring the Fireworks Interface
  • The Tools Panel
  • The Document Window
  • Fireworks Integrated Desktop Environment
  • Introducing the Property Inspector
  • Introducing the Panel Docking Area
  • Additional Options
  • The Menu Bar
  • Main and Modify Toolbars (Windows Only)
  • Context Menu
  • Creating Original Artwork with Vectors
  • Image File Formats for the Internet
  • Bitmaps and Vectors--Understanding Image Types
  • Graphics Interchange Format--GIFs
  • Joint Photographic Experts Group Format--JPEGs
  • Portable Network Graphic Format--PNGs
  • Fireworks' Native File Format--PNG
  • File-Naming Conventions
  • Managing Fireworks Files in a Web Site
  • Creating and Modifying Fireworks Documents
  • Creating a New Fireworks Document
  • Exploring Vector Drawing Tools--Lines
  • The Line Tool
  • The Pen Tool
  • The Vector Path Tool
  • Exploring Vector Drawing Tools--Shapes
  • Creating Basic Shapes
  • Working with Multiple Objects--Arranging, Combining, and Aligning
  • The Power of Transformation
  • Transformation Tools
  • Modifying Objects
  • Transforming Objects
  • Bringing Your Objects Together
  • Combining Objects in a Fireworks Document
  • Working with Bitmap Images
  • Document Operations with Bitmap Images
  • Simple Operations with Bitmap Images
  • Modifying Bitmap Images
  • Project Summary
  • Controlling Edges in Bitmap Selections
  • Understanding Edge Options.