Product Description
Product Description
Macromedia's Fireworks MX 2004 enables you to design, optimize, and add basic interactivity to your graphics and is mainly used for designing and optimizing web graphics, then exporting them to website creation programs like Dreamweaver or Flash.<br /> <br /> With extensive tools for editing bitmap and vector graphics, Fireworks makes collaborative site design much quicker with improved integration of the Studio products. Graphics in Flash or Dreamweaver libraries can be quickly edited in Fireworks and instantly updated throughout your website. Extra photo-editing tools, Auto Shapes, Live Effects animation, and additional anti-aliasing options provide more creative scope and developers can extend Fireworks image-editing capabilities into Dreamweaver.<br /> <br /> Summary of Contents<br /> <br /> Chapter 1: Web Graphics and the Fireworks Interface<br /> Chapter 2: Creating Content Tools and Colors<br /> Chapter 3: Object Properties<br /> Chapter 4: Object Behavior: Interactivity<br /> Chapter 5: Optimization and Exporting<br /> Chapter 6: Animation<br /> Chapter 7: Working with Vectors<br /> Chapter 8: Spectacular Text Effects<br /> Chapter 9: Retouching and Enhancing Color<br /> Chapter 10: Creating Interfaces<br /> Chapter 11: Extensibility and Automation<br /> Chapter 12: Integrating Fireworks MX 2004 with Dreamweaver MX 2004<br /> Hero Project 1: Web page layout with Fireworks and Dreamweaver <br /> Hero Project 2: Media player interface
Synopsis
Macromedia's Fireworks MX 2004 enables you to design, optimize, and add basic interactivity to your graphics and is mainly used for designing and optimizing web graphics, then exporting them to website creation programs like Dreamweaver or Flash. With extensive tools for editing bitmap and vector graphics, Fireworks makes collaborative site design much quicker with improved integration of the Studio products. Graphics in Flash or Dreamweaver libraries can be quickly edited in Fireworks and instantly updated throughout your website. Extra photo-editing tools, Auto Shapes, Live Effects animation, and additional anti-aliasing options provide more creative scope and developers can extend Fireworks image-editing capabilities into Dreamweaver.Summary of Contents Chapter 1: Web Graphics and the Fireworks Interface Chapter 2: Creating Content Tools and Colors Chapter 3: Object Properties Chapter 4: Object Behavior: Interactivity Chapter 5: Optimization and Exporting Chapter 6: Animation Chapter 7: Working with Vectors Chapter 8: Spectacular Text Effects Chapter 9: Retouching and Enhancing Color Chapter 10: Creating Interfaces Chapter 11: Extensibility and Automation Chapter 12: Integrating Fireworks MX 2004 with Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hero Project 1: Web page layout with Fireworks and Dreamweaver Hero Project 2: Media player interface