Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

Fireworks MX: Level 2 is a hands-on course that teaches you powerful techniques for creating and editing Web graphics and pages. You will learn advanced skills for working with vector graphics, photographic images and effects, slicing and rollovers, symbols and animation, and exporting to HTML. By the end of the course students will able to create and edit paths. Students will create graphic effects such as text wrapping to a path. Students will create image effects, and learn techniques for sharpening images. Students will create complex rollover behaviors, and create animation and buttons using symbols.

Who Should Attend:

This course is for Web designers who want to use the more advanced features of Fireworks to create, modify, and optimize graphics.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Create and edit vector paths precisely and efficiently using the Pen and Subselection tools.
• Wrap text on a path and convert text to paths.
• Sharpen images and improve their contrast precisely.
• Create image effects such as cloning, masking, and patterns.
• Create and edit complex rollover behaviors, including multi-state navigation bars and drop-down lists.
• Use instances of symbols throughout a Website, and modify the original symbol to update all instances.
• Create animation and buttons using symbols.
• Modify HTML export settings to create files that match the format of the HTML editor application you use.

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken Fireworks MX: Level 1 or have equivalent experience.

Course Outline:

• Vector Paths
  1. Vector Path Concepts
  2. Drawing and Editing Rough Paths
  3. Creating Paths Precisely with the Pen Tool
  4. Text and Paths
• Image Effects
  1. Improving Sharpness and Contrast
  2. Editing Images
  3. Patterns
  4. Masking
  5. Saving Effects and Styles
• Advanced Rollovers and Slicing
  1. Triggering Rollovers from Polygonal Areas
  2. Pop-up Menus
  3. Behaviors
  4. Navigation Bars
• Symbols, Instances, and Animation
  1. Button Symbols
  2. Graphic Symbols
  3. Creating Animation
• Exporting Pages For a Website
  1. Text Slices
  2. HTML Export Options