Fireworks CS4: Basic

Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Description: In this course, students will learn how to use Fireworks CS4 to design effective, high-quality images for the Web. They will learn how to customize the Fireworks environment, create and modify vector shapes; duplicate and merge shapes; create and apply custom colors, gradients, and patterns; import and modify bitmaps; insert and format text; and optimize and export graphics for the Web.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Getting started

• Topic A: The Fireworks environment
• Topic B: Document navigation
• Topic C: Fireworks Help
  
  

Unit 2: Vector shapes

• Topic A: New documents
• Topic B: Creating shapes
• Topic C: Manipulating shapes
  
  

Unit 3: Color

• Topic A: Applying color
• Topic B: Fill options
• Topic C: Stroke options
  
  

Unit 4: Bitmap images

• Topic A: Importing bitmap images
• Topic B: Editing bitmap images
  
  

Unit 5: Text

• Topic A: Adding text
• Topic B: Using text effects
  
  

Unit 6: Graphics for the Web

• Topic A: Exporting graphics
• Topic B: Working with sliced graphics