A collection of 50 plaid and tartan plaid patterns. All the patterns come from the online tool Tartan Maker website where you can create your own patterns and download hundreds more patterns.

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If you want to become more familiar with Flash Catalyst codename Thermo and its interaction with Flex Builder and the new format FXG watch 2 instructive video tutorials and read a long article in Mogo Media and you will be able to put all the pieces in place to have the complete picture.

Flash Catalyst is primarly intended for designers who can add interactivity to their artwork while the code is generated automatically. Continue reading

A free set of 20 seamless patterns in MXP format created with the online tool: Stripe Designer. Download.

Fireworks Zone is releasing a Set of approx. 200 dot seamless textures in white and black, in colors, and in different sizes.

You may purchase this new Set either as Fireworks Patterns or Textures.

Purchase a set of checker textures as an MXP extension and as styles. Read more.

A new set of 31 patterns in black and white and in GIF format. Please note that Patterns can be used as Textures if dropped in the Textures folder. Download.

A set of 15 dot-and-line patterns in black and white.

This set of patterns can be used as textures by simply dropping them in the Textures folder. Read more.

Happy 4th of July everyone from Fireworks Zone. Even if I am not American (but French) I wish to celebrate with Americans online Indepence Day.

As you know the French entered the war in 1778, and assisted in the victory of the Americans seeking independence from Britain.

God Bless America

Dot Patterns Pro is a set of over 100 regular and indented dot patterns of different sizes and colors that can be loaded in any digital imaging editing program (Fireworks, Photoshop,Illustrator, Gimp Painter, etc)..

Check Dot Patterns Pro

Checker Pattern Pro is available in:

• PNGs, source file PNG’s to be able to modify patterns’ color,
• Style, all the patterns are embedded in one .stl file and can be used from the styles panel,
• MXP, all the patterns are installed directly in your Patterns folder,
• Photoshop pattern.

You can download freely 70 checker patterns in GIFs format.

Check Checker Patterns Pro

For your backgrounds, download a free set of 60 Checker Patterns from size 1 to 10 in 6 colors for Fireworks, Illustrator or Photoshop.

Checker Patterns

Happy pattern!

Stripes seem to becoming popular again in designs. Have you ever feel like giving your site’s theme a cool, striped look but didn’t know how to go about it? Are the graphics tutorials on stripes too complex for you to follow? Continue reading

Here is a package of 61 wood pattern for Fireworks in mxp format from http://textures.z7server.com/.

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Here’s a Texture collection by z7server.com (wood, water, wallpaper, bricks, etc.). It is worth mentioning that textures have been packaged into Fireworks MXPs. A huge time saver!

Actually, when you click on z7server.com’s MXPs the pictures will be directed to your Textures folder and as you probably know color images will be converted to grayscale. If you like dark and grey it is fine but if you prefer colors then drop them in your Patterns folder instead. Why?

Essentially, it is a language problem. What is usually called Textures in other apps, equal to Patterns in Fireworks jargon.

Links to follow:

• Texture library
• All you should know about textures

From Matthew S.Brown we have texture Pack 1, 2, 3 and 4 and recently I found out a new Pack on fireworks-templates I called pack 0 because it contains only 11 textures. Download MB Texture Pack 0.

A new set of 55 non-editable wallpaper patterns is availabe. It comes as a mxp extension you have to double click to automatically drop all the patterns in your patterns folder. Download the Kaliber patterns. If you want to see more patterns go to Kaliber 10K.