Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Fireworks CS5 choose Adobe Fireworks CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 13 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Fireworks CS5. Readers will learn what they need to know to collaborate with other Adobe Creative Suite applications to design and mock up basic Web pages or interfaces for rich Internet applications. In addition readers will learn how to demo a design live for a client, export the design as an interactive PDF, and export complete Web page designs as Web standards-compliant CSS-based layouts, or as PDF. This revised CS5 edition covers enhanced pixel precision; new workflows between Fireworks and Flash Catalyst; working with the new Document template feature; importing, sharing, and creating Adobe Swatch Exchange files; and more. The companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book. “The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.
Author(s): Adobe Creative Team
Edition: 1 Pap/Cdr
Publisher: Adobe Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 439
CONTENTS......Page 5
About Classroom in a Book......Page 14
Installing Adobe Fireworks......Page 15
Copying the Classroom in a Book files......Page 16
Additional resources......Page 17
Adobe certification......Page 19
Lesson overview......Page 20
Getting started in Adobe Fireworks......Page 22
Drawing a vector shape......Page 25
Saving the file......Page 27
Using the Tools panel......Page 28
More tools than meet the eye......Page 29
Using the Properties panel......Page 30
Configuring panels and panel groups......Page 31
Creating custom workspaces......Page 33
Working with multiple documents......Page 34
Creating a floating document window......Page 35
Dragging and dropping between floating windows......Page 36
Undoing steps......Page 37
Lesson overview......Page 40
Layers......Page 42
Getting started......Page 43
Importing pages......Page 44
Naming objects......Page 46
Rearranging objects in a layer......Page 47
Moving objects from one layer to another......Page 48
Creating sublayers......Page 49
Protecting layers......Page 50
Working with states......Page 52
Extra credit......Page 54
Lesson overview......Page 56
Resolution and file size......Page 58
Cropping an image......Page 59
Cropping a single bitmap image in a design......Page 60
Hiding and locking objects......Page 61
Importing images......Page 62
Scaling the "old" way......Page 64
Avoiding distortion with the 9-slice Scaling tool......Page 65
Adjusting tonal range......Page 66
Using the Align panel......Page 67
Grouping objects together......Page 69
Adjusting brightness with the Dodge and Burn tools......Page 70
Darkening with the Burn tool......Page 71
Applying the Unsharp Mask Live Filter......Page 72
Repairing areas with the Rubber Stamp tool......Page 74
Retouching on a separate bitmap object......Page 75
Instant face-lift......Page 76
Lesson overview......Page 79
Understanding bitmap selections......Page 81
Creating the selection......Page 83
Using the Magic Wand tool with keyboard modifiers......Page 85
Selecting with the lasso tools......Page 88
Converting a selection to a path......Page 91
Lesson overview......Page 95
Deleting shapes......Page 97
Measuring distances between guides......Page 98
Placing an object using guides......Page 99
Resizing vectors......Page 100
Changing the appearance of basic vector shapes......Page 101
Distortion-free vector scaling with the 9-slice Scaling tool......Page 104
Adding text to your design......Page 105
Working with Auto Shapes......Page 106
Understanding paths and the Pen tool......Page 108
Editing paths with the Subselection tool......Page 110
Drawing the shape......Page 111
Adding a gradient fill......Page 112
Customizing the stroke......Page 114
Importing and resizing a vector object......Page 115
Using the Compound Shape tool......Page 116
Working with compound shapes......Page 117
Adding to the skyline......Page 118
Adding windows to the building......Page 119
Lesson overview......Page 123
Bitmap masks......Page 125
Vector masks......Page 127
Creating the document......Page 128
Adding the background......Page 129
Editing gradient colors......Page 130
Importing assets......Page 131
Using the Auto Vector Mask for quick fades......Page 133
Importing Photoshop images......Page 135
Creating a vector mask......Page 138
Changing vector mask attributes......Page 140
Converting a bitmap selection to a mask......Page 142
Editing a bitmap mask......Page 143
Applying Live Filters to a masked image......Page 145
Adding text......Page 146
Adding the cast names......Page 148
Styling the text......Page 149
Creating a custom style......Page 150
Styling the first names......Page 151
Tweaking the background......Page 152
Image positioning......Page 154
Lesson overview......Page 156
Text basics......Page 158
Creating a fixed-width text block......Page 159
Editing text......Page 161
Flowing text within a vector shape......Page 162
Anti-aliasing......Page 165
Attaching text to a path......Page 166
Skewing text on an angle......Page 168
Using text as a mask......Page 169
Adding Live Filters to a masked object......Page 171
Lesson overview......Page 174
Web graphic formats......Page 176
About the Optimize panel......Page 177
Working with previews......Page 180
Choosing optimization settings......Page 184
Exporting the file......Page 186
Creating and optimizing slices......Page 187
Creating slices manually with the Slice tool......Page 188
Optimizing a sliced image......Page 190
Adding more slices......Page 191
Optimizing illustrations......Page 192
Slicing tricks for working with multiple items......Page 195
Optimizing the illustrations......Page 197
Naming slices......Page 198
Previewing in a browser......Page 200
Adding interactivity......Page 202
Exporting HTML and images......Page 204
About Fireworks and CSS......Page 211
Preparing for CSS and images export......Page 214
Exporting CSS and images......Page 217
Lesson overview......Page 222
Graphic symbols......Page 224
Creating graphic symbols......Page 225
Adding a graphic symbol to a document......Page 228
Editing graphic symbols......Page 229
Adding prebuilt symbols from the Common Library......Page 232
Creating button symbols......Page 233
Editing a button symbol......Page 236
Adding more buttons......Page 238
Completing the design......Page 239
Creating animation symbols......Page 241
Optimizing the animation......Page 246
Altering animation settings......Page 248
Exporting the animation......Page 250
Lesson overview......Page 252
Exploring the Pages panel......Page 254
Isolating the Pages panel......Page 255
Master pages......Page 256
Comparing wireframe pages......Page 257
Delivering the wireframe......Page 262
Lesson overview......Page 267
Prototype orientation......Page 269
Content pages......Page 270
Creating the Master page......Page 272
Adding more pages......Page 273
Creating rollover navigation......Page 274
Customizing page dimensions......Page 279
Adding a rollover state......Page 280
Naming your slices......Page 289
Adding rollover behaviors......Page 290
Emulating pop-up windows......Page 291
Emulating a Spry data table......Page 294
Adding content to empty states......Page 300
Adding the behaviors......Page 302
Editing JavaScript behaviors......Page 304
Populating the last pages......Page 308
Exporting the prototype......Page 311
B......Page 315
C......Page 316
D......Page 317
F......Page 318
H......Page 319
L......Page 320
M......Page 321
P......Page 322
R......Page 323
S......Page 324
T......Page 325
V......Page 326
Z......Page 327
Lesson overview......Page 330
Opening a document template......Page 332
Assembling the banners......Page 333
Working with Adobe Bridge......Page 339
Batch-processing images......Page 341
Importing the images......Page 347
Cropping individual bitmaps in a design......Page 349
Exporting a specific area......Page 350
Changing rectangle corners independently......Page 352
Metadata......Page 355
Using Fireworks files with Photoshop......Page 358
Lesson overview......Page 366
Selecting a device profile......Page 368
Previewing in Device Central......Page 370
Reviewing interaction......Page 372
Adding AIR events......Page 378
Creating an AIR prototype......Page 383
Installing the prototype......Page 389
Applying blending modes for image correction......Page 391
Stroking rendered text......Page 399
Adding a Flex skin......Page 403
Adding additional button states......Page 406
Exporting the skin......Page 408
Exporting pages......Page 410
Viewing files in Flash Catalyst......Page 413
Copying and pasting to Dreamweaver......Page 416
Round-trip editing......Page 420
Three-slice technique for content containers......Page 423
Fireworks and Flash......Page 427
Preparing files for Flash......Page 428
Importing Fireworks documents into Flash......Page 430
Importing a flattened bitmap......Page 435
