Phireworks Topic 1

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Topics covered:

Launch Fireworks

Tools

Very similar to Photoshop. Tiny arrow means there are other options you may select.

Panels will appear that look very similar to Photoshop. Just like Photoshop you can move them, group them, or customize them.

Familiar:

Layers

Frames

History

Stroke

Fill

Info

Mixer

Swatch

Styles

Library

Unfamiliar

Effect - Controls lighting and dimensions.

Table - Used to control colors exported in GIF images.

Option - Displays options available for the currently used tool.

Object - Controls aspects of objects like corner radius.

Optimize - Controls setting for exporting images.

Behavior - Assigns Javascript to slices and image maps.

URL - Assigns URLs to areas on the page.

Find & Replace - Searches for text and, if needed, replaces it.

Project - Used for tracking your project.

Other Window Attributes

Animation Controls

Document Controls

Launcher

Other Stuff

The text editor

The Main Tool Bar

The Modify Tool Bar

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