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Application Overview:
Adobe Fireworks CS3

Adobe Fireworks CS3, is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Adobe Fireworks CS3 is the ideal tool for creating and optimizing images for the web and rapidly prototyping websites and web applications. Fireworks CS3 allows you to create and edit both vector and bitmap images and to apply a range of effects and blend modes to capture a unique look and feel. You can batch process your images to achieve consistent size, format, and quality in a minimum amount of time. When you are ready to export your final images Adobe fireworks assists you to balance quality and image size with the exceptional optimization tools. Adobe Fireworks CS3 also offers timesaving integration with Adobe Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, and Flash CS3 Professional software. You can import Photoshop (PSD) files while retaining hierarchical layers, layer effects, and blend modes. Then you can save Fireworks (PNG) files back into the PSD format. In addition you can import Illustrator (AI) files while retaining graphic integrity, including layer, group, and color information.

Users: Web, Creative, Photography, Marketing and Admin Professionals as well as anyone who needs to design, prototype, create, edit, manipulate, and optimize interactive interfaces, navigation and digital imagery for web pages, animations and banner ads.

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Adobe Fireworks CS3
Comprehensive

Course Information

Duration: One-Day Course
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Fee: $375 CDN (+GST)

This class is limited to eight people.

Course Overview

Get up to speed with Adobe Fireworks to get the most out of your web images. Learn how to manipulate objects using adobe Firework’s wide variety of tools and commands, including cropping, colour adjustment, and effects. Then, learn about selecting appropriate file formats for particular image types, and how to best optimize those file formats. Further, learn how to create special effects and settings like creating rollovers, setting up image maps, creating hyperlinks, building animation timelines, and more

Course Content

  • An introduction to the Adobe Fireworks interface
  • Working with Firework’s bitmap tools
  • Exploring the vector drawing tools, paths, fills, and strokes
  • Grouping, layering, and managing objects
  • Using the Text tool
  • Understanding Adobe Firework’s styles, special effects, and advanced editing techniques
  • Creating web objects in Fireworks
  • Creating animated GIFs
  • Building rollover images
  • Using the slicing commands
  • Understanding image slicing, and slicing techniques
  • Building web buttons
  • Techniques for creating pop-up menus
  • Attaching Behaviors to Adobe Firework’s web objects
  • Understanding web file formats
  • Optimizing graphics for use on the web
  • Exporting graphics and HTML

Time permitting:

  • Integration between Adobe Fireworks and adobe Dreamweaver
  • Batch processing

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