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Training: Course Outline

Fireworks 8, Advanced

In this one-day course, you will use Macromedia Fireworks MX to learn some powerful techniques for creating and editing Web graphics and pages. You will learn advanced skills for working with vector graphics, photographic images and effects, slicing and rollovers, symbols and animation, and exporting to HTML.


Audience

This course is designed primarily for new or prospective Web designers who want to create, modify, and optimize graphics for use on Web sites using Macromedia Fireworks 8.


Prerequisites
  • Macromedia Fireworks 8, Introduction


Course Contents
  • Vector Paths
    • Vector Path Concepts
    • Drawing and Editing Rough Paths
    • Creating Paths Precisely with the Pen Tool
    • Text and Paths
  • Image Effects
    • Improving Sharpness and Contrast
    • Editing Images
    • Patterns
    • Masking
    • Saving Effects and Styles
  • Advanced Rollovers and Slicing
    • Triggering Rollovers from Polygonal Areas
    • Pop-up Menus
    • Behaviors
    • Navigation Bars
  • Symbols, Instances, and Animation
    • Button Symbols
    • Graphic Symbols
    • Creating Animation
  • Exporting Pages for a Website
    • Text Slices
    • HTML Export Options

Student Responsibilities
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course. This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.
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