Macromedia Fireworks, Thales Training Consultancy

MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS

Duration:

1 day

Price:

£220.00

Locations Available:

Crawley
28 Jul 08
12 Nov 08

Suitable for:

This course is designed for new users of Macromedia Fireworks. It will enable them to design graphics and simple animations suitable for web pages. The student should have an understanding of personal computers and a knowledge of Windows and familiarity of the keyboard.

Objectives:

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

Create graphics and simple animations
Choose the correct format for exporting graphics

Versions available:

3, 4, MX, MX2004, 8

Course Outline:

The Screen Layout

Bitmap and Vector Images
Imaging Editing Modes
Using the tools

Creating a Vector Image

Setting up a New Canvas
Using the Grid, Rulers and Guides
Duplicating shapes
Grouping and Ungrouping
Creating shapes to exact dimensions
Layers
Stacking & aligning objects
Applying plain fill colours to shapes
The Knife Tool

Colour and Text Effects

Strokes, Fills and Live Effects
The Gamma Setting
Live Effects
Using Styles

Working with Objects

Applying Transformations
Combining shapes
Copy & paste, duplicate, clone
The History Panel

Exporting and Optimizing

Exporting as GIF
Exporting as JPEG

Animated Gifs

Onion Skinning
Static Objects
Creating Symbols & the Library