Product Description
- Covers all Fireworks features, including new interface elements, the Properties Inspector, on–screen text editing, vector tools, new transparency and object layer tools, and more!
- Provides amazing tips for rollovers, layers, frames and slices.
- Shows how to take advantage of Fireworks′ excellent image compression, export options, and image tweening, plus its easy–to–use GIF animation engine.
Includes "Fireworks Technique" ideas such as Incorporating Rollovers in Image Maps and Mastering Creative Edges provide real–world examples throughout the book.
Shows how to work more effectively by taking advantage of Fireworks′ special integration with Dreamweaver and Flash.
ABOUT THE CD–ROM
The Windows/Mac CD–ROM is loaded with Fireworks commands, templates, textures, gradients, strokes, and images, plus Fireworks training lessons and tryouts of other Macromedia products.
From the Back Cover
"Joseph Lowery and Derren Whiteman provide details and examples essential for the Web graphics professional."
David Morris, Fireworks Product Manager, Macromedia
- Create traffic–stopping vector or bitmap Web graphics and animations
- Build eye–catching effects using layers, rollovers, frames, and slices
- Master the new interface and improved graphics and Web connectivity tools
If Fireworks MX can do it, you can do it too . . .
From vector drawing and bitmap editing to animations and JavaScript output, Fireworks MX puts all the Web graphics tools you need into a single cohesive package. Packed with time–saving tips and real–world examples including 16 pages of color illustrations this comprehensive guide shows you how to make the most of Fireworks, whether youre looking for an in–depth tutorial on program fundamentals or the lowdown on the new interface or new options for transparent gradients, text editing, and pop–up menus.
Inside, youll find complete coverage of Fireworks MX
- Master the basics, from object creation to full–blown photo manipulation
- Enhance your images with sophisticated fills, filters, xtras, layers, and Live Effects
- Build in interactivity using hotspots, slices, and JavaScript behaviors no coding required
- Speed up production with styles, libraries, and round–trip workflow features
- Make the most of sliced file auto–checkout, XHTML support, and other new tools for Dreamweaver integration
- Get up to speed fast on GIF animation and create state–of–the–art banner ads
Bonus CD–ROM
- Fireworks commands, templates, textures, gradients, strokes, and images
- Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, and FreeHand trial versions
- Splat!, Eye Candy 4000, and Xenofex demo versions by Alien Skin Software
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