Fireworks 8 Advanced
Students will learn how to create complex shapes and paths; work with layers, grids, and masks; create styles and graphic symbols; and use advanced techniques for adjusting and retouching images. They will also create interactive graphics (buttons, rollovers, pop-up menus, and image maps) and build and modify animations. Finally, they will learn how to boost efficiency by using the Find and History panels, running batch processes and scripts, and creating custom keyboard shortcuts.
Course Content
Create and edit freeform vector drawings using
the Vector Path, Redraw Path, Freeform, and Reshape Area
tools; create vector paths using the Pen tool; adjust anchor
point handles; and add anchor points to paths.
Create, hide, lock, and duplicate layers; adjust layer stacking order; set up a grid, and align items to a grid; create vector and bitmap masks; manipulate masked items and mask objects; and blend items with underlying content.
Apply styles and create a custom style; create a graphic symbol and update instances of a graphic symbol universally; adjust contrast in images using levels; sharpen an image and fine-tune tonal ranges with curves; remove red eye from a photo; and alter a bitmap image using the Rubber Stamp tool.
Create, hide, lock, and duplicate layers; adjust layer stacking order; set up a grid, and align items to a grid; create vector and bitmap masks; manipulate masked items and mask objects; and blend items with underlying content.
Apply styles and create a custom style; create a graphic symbol and update instances of a graphic symbol universally; adjust contrast in images using levels; sharpen an image and fine-tune tonal ranges with curves; remove red eye from a photo; and alter a bitmap image using the Rubber Stamp tool.
Create button symbols, add button
states to create basic rollovers, and edit button instances;
create polygon slices; add behaviors to rollovers using the
Behaviors panel, and create disjoint rollovers; create and
format pop-up menu entries; and update styles directly in a
style sheet.
Create animations by opening multiple files as frames and by creating and editing multiple frames; automate animation by creating animation symbols, tweening graphic symbols, and applying onion skinning; and export an animation to the animated GIF format.
Use the Find panel to find and replace a color; replay steps in the History panel and create commands; use batch processing to perform an action on a group of files; and create custom keyboard shortcuts.
Create animations by opening multiple files as frames and by creating and editing multiple frames; automate animation by creating animation symbols, tweening graphic symbols, and applying onion skinning; and export an animation to the animated GIF format.
Use the Find panel to find and replace a color; replay steps in the History panel and create commands; use batch processing to perform an action on a group of files; and create custom keyboard shortcuts.