Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Fireworks CS5 choose Adobe Fireworks CS5Classroom 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 TrainingClassroom 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
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 336
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 21
Getting started in Adobe Fireworks......Page 23
Drawing a vector shape......Page 26
Saving the file......Page 28
Using the Tools panel......Page 29
More tools than meet the eye......Page 30
Using the Properties panel......Page 31
Configuring panels and panel groups......Page 32
Creating custom workspaces......Page 34
Working with multiple documents......Page 35
Creating a floating document window......Page 36
Dragging and dropping between floating windows......Page 37
Undoing steps......Page 38
Lesson overview......Page 41
Layers......Page 43
Getting started......Page 44
Importing pages......Page 45
Naming objects......Page 47
Rearranging objects in a layer......Page 48
Moving objects from one layer to another......Page 49
Creating sublayers......Page 50
Protecting layers......Page 51
Working with states......Page 53
Extra credit......Page 55
Lesson overview......Page 57
Resolution and file size......Page 59
Cropping an image......Page 60
Cropping a single bitmap image in a design......Page 61
Hiding and locking objects......Page 62
Importing images......Page 63
Scaling the "old" way......Page 65
Avoiding distortion with the 9-slice Scaling tool......Page 66
Adjusting tonal range......Page 67
Using the Align panel......Page 68
Grouping objects together......Page 70
Adjusting brightness with the Dodge and Burn tools......Page 71
Darkening with the Burn tool......Page 72
Applying the Unsharp Mask Live Filter......Page 73
Repairing areas with the Rubber Stamp tool......Page 75
Retouching on a separate bitmap object......Page 76
Instant face-lift......Page 77
Lesson overview......Page 81
Understanding bitmap selections......Page 83
Creating the selection......Page 85
Using the Magic Wand tool with keyboard modifiers......Page 87
Selecting with the lasso tools......Page 90
Converting a selection to a path......Page 93
Lesson overview......Page 97
Deleting shapes......Page 99
Measuring distances between guides......Page 100
Placing an object using guides......Page 101
Resizing vectors......Page 102
Changing the appearance of basic vector shapes......Page 103
Distortion-free vector scaling with the 9-slice Scaling tool......Page 106
Adding text to your design......Page 107
Working with Auto Shapes......Page 108
Understanding paths and the Pen tool......Page 110
Editing paths with the Subselection tool......Page 112
Drawing the shape......Page 113
Adding a gradient fill......Page 114
Customizing the stroke......Page 116
Importing and resizing a vector object......Page 117
Using the Compound Shape tool......Page 118
Working with compound shapes......Page 119
Adding to the skyline......Page 120
Adding windows to the building......Page 121
Lesson overview......Page 125
Bitmap masks......Page 127
Vector masks......Page 129
Creating the document......Page 130
Adding the background......Page 131
Editing gradient colors......Page 132
Importing assets......Page 133
Using the Auto Vector Mask for quick fades......Page 135
Importing Photoshop images......Page 137
Creating a vector mask......Page 140
Changing vector mask attributes......Page 142
Converting a bitmap selection to a mask......Page 144
Editing a bitmap mask......Page 145
Applying Live Filters to a masked image......Page 147
Adding text......Page 148
Adding the cast names......Page 150
Styling the text......Page 151
Creating a custom style......Page 152
Styling the first names......Page 153
Tweaking the background......Page 154
Image positioning......Page 156
Lesson overview......Page 159
Text basics......Page 161
Creating a fixed-width text block......Page 162
Editing text......Page 164
Flowing text within a vector shape......Page 165
Anti-aliasing......Page 168
Attaching text to a path......Page 169
Skewing text on an angle......Page 171
Using text as a mask......Page 172
Adding Live Filters to a masked object......Page 174
Lesson overview......Page 177
Web graphic formats......Page 179
About the Optimize panel......Page 180
Working with previews......Page 183
Choosing optimization settings......Page 187
Exporting the file......Page 189
Creating and optimizing slices......Page 190
Creating slices manually with the Slice tool......Page 191
Optimizing a sliced image......Page 193
Adding more slices......Page 194
Optimizing illustrations......Page 195
Slicing tricks for working with multiple items......Page 198
Optimizing the illustrations......Page 200
Naming slices......Page 201
Previewing in a browser......Page 203
Adding interactivity......Page 205
Exporting HTML and images......Page 207
About Fireworks and CSS......Page 214
Preparing for CSS and images export......Page 217
Exporting CSS and images......Page 220
Lesson overview......Page 225
Graphic symbols......Page 227
Creating graphic symbols......Page 228
Adding a graphic symbol to a document......Page 231
Editing graphic symbols......Page 232
Adding prebuilt symbols from the Common Library......Page 235
Creating button symbols......Page 236
Editing a button symbol......Page 239
Adding more buttons......Page 241
Completing the design......Page 242
Creating animation symbols......Page 244
Optimizing the animation......Page 249
Altering animation settings......Page 251
Exporting the animation......Page 253
Lesson overview......Page 255
Exploring the Pages panel......Page 257
Isolating the Pages panel......Page 258
Master pages......Page 259
Comparing wireframe pages......Page 260
Delivering the wireframe......Page 265
Lesson overview......Page 271
Prototype orientation......Page 273
Content pages......Page 274
Creating the Master page......Page 276
Adding more pages......Page 277
Creating rollover navigation......Page 278
Customizing page dimensions......Page 283
Adding a rollover state......Page 284
Naming your slices......Page 293
Adding rollover behaviors......Page 294
Emulating pop-up windows......Page 295
Emulating a Spry data table......Page 298
Adding content to empty states......Page 304
Adding the behaviors......Page 306
Editing JavaScript behaviors......Page 308
Populating the last pages......Page 312
Exporting the prototype......Page 315
B......Page 319
C......Page 320
D......Page 321
F......Page 322
H......Page 323
L......Page 324
M......Page 325
P......Page 326
R......Page 327
S......Page 328
T......Page 329
V......Page 330
Z......Page 331
Lesson overview......Page 335
Opening a document template......Page 337
Assembling the banners......Page 338
Working with Adobe Bridge......Page 344
Batch-processing images......Page 346
Importing the images......Page 352
Cropping individual bitmaps in a design......Page 354
Exporting a specific area......Page 355
Changing rectangle corners independently......Page 357
Metadata......Page 360
Using Fireworks files with Photoshop......Page 363
Lesson overview......Page 371
Selecting a device profile......Page 373
Previewing in Device Central......Page 375
Reviewing interaction......Page 377
Adding AIR events......Page 383
Creating an AIR prototype......Page 388
Installing the prototype......Page 394
Applying blending modes for image correction......Page 396
Stroking rendered text......Page 404
Adding a Flex skin......Page 408
Adding additional button states......Page 411
Exporting the skin......Page 413
Exporting pages......Page 415
Viewing files in Flash Catalyst......Page 418
Copying and pasting to Dreamweaver......Page 421
Round-trip editing......Page 425
Three-slice technique for content containers......Page 428
Fireworks and Flash......Page 432
Preparing files for Flash......Page 433
Importing Fireworks documents into Flash......Page 435
Importing a flattened bitmap......Page 440
