FIREWORKS ZONE | Adobe Fireworks tutorials and Downloads

Mar 10 10: Refresh Canvas Command; 6:10 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, Fireworks Commands, video tutorials ,canvas, refresh

Refresh Canvas This command allows you to refresh the canvas of Adobe Fireworks.

Mar 10 1: Auto-sizing and fixed-width text blocks; 8:15 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,adobe text engine, area text, point text, typography

Auto sizing and fixed width for the text blocks This article is a description of auto-sizing and fixed-width options for the text blocks. Watch the videos.

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Feb 10 3: Workflow indicator; 1:12 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,overflow indicator

The overflow indicator is largely undocumented and appears when there is not enough space in a text block to show one character.

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Dec 09 13: Drag and Drop in Adobe Fireworks; 6:17 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,drag and drop, fireworks, windows explorer

You don’t need to open documents in Fireworks you can drag and drop Fireworks files from the Windows Explorer or from Internet to Adobe Fireworks and use the Toolbar area to create new tabs. Check the videos.

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Nov 09 14: Live filters and Paste Inside; 1:12 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, video tutorials ,live filters, paste inside, ungroup

Live filters and Paste Inside See what happens when you are using live filters, Paste Inside then Ungroup. Paste Inside is a more complex operation that it may seem. Check it out.

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Nov 09 12: Adobe ROME; 6:56 pm Thierry Lorey Adobe Rome, video tutorials ,Adobe Rome

This was demoed at the MAX 2009 conference: it’s a new project codenamed “Adobe ROME”.

Think of it as an AIR application using the Flex framework that combines some of the features from multiple Creative Suite applications in one desktop/web app: Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

Just watch the video and you’ll get it:

In my opinion, Adobe Rome is not the end of Fireworks or the other apps, or at least not for the short term, the 2 will coexist.

Adobe Rome can also be regarded as the future of Fireworks and a new generation of multimedia applications like Flash Catalyst.

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Oct 09 14: Marquee Tool; 2:50 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,bitmaps, marquee tool

This updated article covers what you can do with the Marquee tool and its limitations.

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Oct 09 10: Text in Symbols; 4:08 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,compound symbols, symbols

Text in symbols This updated article shows how to add text to plain and compound symbols. Check out 2 new videos.

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Oct 09 1: Document Default Setting; 4:55 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,document setting, new document

Document defaut setting In this updated tutorial, see the workflows which enable you to understand how the system works when you create new documents.

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Sep 09 29: The “evenly space” option; 10:46 am Thierry Lorey Fireworks, Fireworks Commands, video tutorials ,align panel, evenly space

The Evenly Space option in the Align panel was introduced in Adobe Fireworks CS4. See how it works.

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Sep 09 23: Cropping in Adobe Fireworks; 3:53 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, video tutorials ,bitmaps, crop tool, vectors

Cropping in Adobe Fireworks This updated article shows you how cropping works with a vector or a bitmap.

It contains a new Camtasia video tutorial. Go and watch Fireworks Zone YouTube channel. Enjoy!

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Sep 09 17: Customizing Adobe Fireworks interface; 4:19 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,interface, panels, tabs, title bar, windows

This article has been dramatically updated with the addition of 3 new Camtasia videos showing how to customize the interface, tabs and workspace, and finally the panels.

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Sep 09 12: Local URLs; 8:02 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, video tutorials ,local urls, paths

With this Tip you will learn how to read the local URLs of the documents opened in Adobe Fireworks. It is good to know where your files are located on your hard disk.

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Sep 09 12: Using the Color Picker in Adobe Fireworks; 3:01 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, Fireworks Tips, video tutorials ,bucket tool, color picker, Fill Color panel, tool box

Learn how to use the Color Picker inside and outside Adobe Fireworks interface.

This is my first Camtasia video with audio.

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Sep 09 4: How to create a page curl; 7:57 pm Thierry Lorey Fireworks, video tutorials ,video tutorials

Michael Locke is a web consultant with experience in Web Design, Web Development, Graphic Design, etc.

As a multimedia expert he also creates video tutorials for Fireworks using Camtasia Studio. This video tutorial demonstrates how to create a page curl in Fireworks. Enjoy!

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Aug 09 11: Text in symbols in Adobe Fireworks; 4:30 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, video tutorials ,9-slice scaling, captivate, compound symbols, plain symbols, symbols, video tutorials

Text in symbols This article covers how to add text to symbols: plain and Compound symbols (formerly rich symbols).

This subject is largely undocumented. In most literature you have a chapter on symbols and one on text but you will never get both.

Most of all, this is the first time I added audio to my Captivate videos.

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Jun 09 19: Customize Adobe Fireworks Interface; 4:02 pm Thierry Lorey Articles, Fireworks, video tutorials ,docks, panels, ui, video tutorials, workspace

This article shows the new UI Fireworks CS4 and how to create custom workspaces by moving and manipulating document windows, panels and docks.