Fireworks 4.0 Advanced : for Windows

Course Description

Overview:   Fireworks 4.0 Advanced is a hands-on instruction book that teaches you 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.

Prerequisites:   To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:

• Fireworks 4.0 Introduction:

Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Create and edit vector paths precisely and efficiently using the Pen and Subselection tools.
• Wrap text on a path and convert text to paths.
• Sharpen images and improve their contrast precisely.
• Create image effects such as cloning, masking, and patterns.
• Create and edit complex rollover behaviors, including multi-state navigation bars and drop-down lists.
• Use instances of symbols throughout a Website, and modify the original symbol to update all instances.
• Create animation and buttons using symbols.
• Modify HTML export settings to create files that match the format of the HTML editor application you use.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Vector Paths
          Topic 1A: Vector Path Concepts
          Topic 1B: Drawing and Editing Rough Paths
                   Task 1B-1: Using the Pencil Tool
                   Task 1B-2: Simplifying and Reshaping Paths
          Topic 1C: Creating Paths Precisely with the Pen Tool
                   Task 1C-1: Creating Straight Segments
                   Task 1C-2: Creating Curved Segments
                   Task 1C-3: Creating Multiple Segment Paths
                   Task 1C-4: Creating Sharp Corners
                   Task 1C-5: Combining Straight and Curved Segments
                   Task 1C-6: Editing Paths
                   Task 1C-7: Adding and Editing Anchor Points
          Topic 1D: Text and Paths
                   Task 1D-1: Wrapping Text on a Path
                   Task 1D-2: Converting Text to Paths

Lesson 2: Image Effects
          Topic 2A: Improving Sharpness and Contrast
                   Task 2A-1: Unsharp Masking
                   Task 2A-2: Using Levels to Adjust Contrast
                   Task 2A-3: Using Curves to Adjust Contrast
          Topic 2B: Editing Images
                   Task 2B-1: Using the Rubber Stamp Tool
                   Task 2B-2: Cropping Image Areas
          Topic 2C: Patterns
                   Task 2C-1: Using Patterns
          Topic 2D: Masking
                   Task 2D-1: Creating Mask Groups
          Topic 2E: Saving Effects and Styles
                   Task 2E-1: Saving and Applying Multiple Effects
                   Task 2E-2: Creating and Applying Styles

Lesson 3: Advanced Rollovers and Slicing
          Topic 3A: Triggering Rollovers from Polygonal Areas
                   Task 3A-1: Preparing Slices for Rollover Effects
                   Task 3A-2: Creating and Preparing Frames
                   Task 3A-3: Creating Rollover Behaviors for Hotspots
          Topic 3B: Pop-Up Menus
                   Task 3B-1: Creating Pop-Up Menus
          Topic 3C: Behaviors
                   Task 3C-1: Creating and Editing Behaviors
          Topic 3D: Nav Bars
                   Task 3D-1: Creating a Multi-State Nav Bar
                   Task 3D-2: Custom-Naming Slices and Assigning URLs
                   Task 3D-3: Creating a Down State Button

Lesson 4: Symbols, Instances, and Animation
          Topic 4A: Button Symbols
                   Task 4A-1: Creating Button Symbols
                   Task 4A-2: Editing Button Symbols
          Topic 4B: Graphic Symbols
                   Task 4B-1: Creating Graphic Symbols
                   Task 4B-2: Updating Instances in Multiple Files
          Topic 4C: Creating Animation
                   Task 4C-1: Creating an Animation Symbol
                   Task 4C-2: Tweening Instances of Graphic Symbols
                   Task 4C-3: Preparing Animation for Export

Lesson 5: Exporting Pages for a Website
          Topic 5A: Text Slices
                   Task 5A-1: Creating HTML Text Slices
          Topic 5B: HTML Export Options
                   Task 5B-1: Exporting to HTML and Images