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Default Swatches in Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-30 18:30:27

Still looking for the default swatches in Adobe Fireworks? Read more..

Exporting slices in Fireworks vs Photoshop

2009-06-29 10:51:41

Jeff Rothe demonstrates in: Save time exporting web images using Fireworks that slicing in Fireworks can cut your time in half when he compares Photoshop and Fireworks. With Fireworks coming with the Creative Suite packages you have no excuse you don't start using Fireworks.

YouTube and Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-23 11:36:29

YouTube is a great resource for Adobe Fireworks tutorials. You will find hundreds of tutorials most of them coming from individuals and some from Lynda.com. As image is an international language, you can see tutorials from over the world and understand them without comments. Quality is a problem. Even though, the standard video dimension on YouTube is quite large: 640x480, most videos are blurry. The equipment needed is a screen recording software as Camtasia or Adobe Captivate. Go to YouTube and enjoy lessons!

Customize Workspaces in Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-19 16:02:39

This article shows the new UI Fireworks CS4 and how to create custom workspaces by moving and manipulating document windows, panels and docks. Video tutorials illustrate all the actions which are difficult to describe only by words. Learn to customize your workspace to meet your needs. Read more. [ad#adsense1]

Workspace Management in Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-15 15:07:48

This article covers how you can manage in Adobe Fireworks the preset workspaces as well as the customized workspaces in Fireworks CS4. Read more..

Closing Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-13 14:19:24

How many ways can you close Adobe Fireworks? Get the answer.

12 Free Quality Logos

2009-06-10 15:32:44

Angelo Sabal is giving away 12 professional logos created with Adobe Fireworks. Now, if you want a professional logo designer you know where to find him. http://blog.blue2x.com/

Component Symbols Tips in Adobe Fireworks

2009-06-09 18:25:22

This post covers 2 important tips when you create a Component Symbol (formerly Rich Symbol) in Adobe Fireworks : name the graphics elements and do not group the graphic elements. Read more..

Grunge Text Effect

2009-05-29 18:49:33

Out there, there are a lot of photoshop grunge text tutorials but no Adobe Fireworks. In Fireworks, we do not have brushes but we can try a different approach by creating a grunge look using vectors. The key thing to note here is experimentation by trying different approaches till you are satisfied. Read the tutorial.. Fireworks gurus, I am sure you can try a different approach to get the same result. Send us your PNGs tutorial to show what you come up to. Contact: webmaster(at)fireworkszone.com.

PaperGrams Symbols in Adobe Fireworks

2009-05-26 15:46:38

This set of symbols and Rich Symbols date back from Adobe Fireworks CS3 and this is a rare public set of symbols to be found on the web. Check and download.. PaperGrams has been released by Adobe when Fireworks CS3 was released and I updated it: - Adding new properties, - Re-setting the 9-slice guides to get a scaling without distortion Rich Symbols also called intelligent symbols has not been very successful so far because it introduces a complex workflow which includes the creation of 2 documents (a javascript document: jsf and a png document) per symbol, the use of 9-slice scaling tool where the guides have to be properly set to get a scaling without distortion, the Symbol Properties panel and the Common library. When it is all finished and you want to share your symbols in a mxp file ... well you double the time and you would better have coding knowledge. You see that creating Rich Symbols is far from being rapid and easy and that it is no surprise that you don't find Rich Symbols available on the net. On the other hand, it is so easy and rapid to change the background color of an object or a font in Fireworks that you don't see the need to add javascript to your object. Do you?