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Training: Course Outline

Fireworks 8, Introduction

In this one-day course you will use Macromedia Fireworks 8 to create vector graphics, edit bitmap graphics, optimize images, and create and assign rollovers, text, hotspots, and other visual effects for the Web.


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
  • Introduction to Windows
  • You must be able to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.


Course Contents
  • The Fireworks Environment
    • An Overview of Fireworks
    • Explore the Fireworks Environment
    • Examine Types of Graphics
    • Navigating in Fireworks
  • Creating Vector Graphics
    • Vector Drawing Tools
    • Drawing Basic Shapes
    • Modifying Vector Graphics
  • Transforming Vector Images and Applying Life Filsters
    • Combining Shapes
    • Create a Layer
    • Use Rulers, Grids, and Guides
    • Applying Effects to Vector Images
  • Bitmap Images
    • Bitmap Basics
    • Editing Bitmap Images
    • Effects with Bitmap Images
  • Using Text
    • Creating Text
    • Merging Text and Graphics
  • Optimizing Graphics for the Web
    • Web Graphic File Formats
    • Optimizing Images
  • Hotspot Links
    • Creating Hotspots
    • Assigning Links to Hotspots
  • Slicing and Rollovers
    • Slicing
    • Rollovers

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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