Click on any of the links below and you will be taken to a tutorial page about that topic. On each tutorial page there is a link to a video presentation showing how all the techniques are done.

 

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1

BASICS - GETTING TO KNOW THE PROGRAMME

1.1 Finding your way around the Fireworks screen
1.2 Introduction to the toolbar
1.3 Working with layers
1.4 The line tool
2
DRAWING AND MANIPULATING SHAPES
2.1 Drawing basic shapes
2.2 Moving, scaling and grouping objects.
2.3 Irregular shapes using pen and subsection tools
2.4 Aligning and combining objects
3
CUTTING AND CROPPING IMAGES
3.1 The crop tool (cutting images to a certain size)
3.2 The lasso Tool (cutting out sections of an image)
3.3 The magic wand tool (cutting out backgrounds)
3.4 The marquee tool (cutting out sections)
3.5 Masking (placing an image inside a shape)
4
ADJUSTING AND CHANGING IMAGES INCLUDING CLONING AND DELETING SECTIONS OF IMAGES
4.1 Adjusting colour levels
4.2 Rubber stamp and smudge tools (cutting bits but keeping the background colour)
4.3 Filters
4.4 Being creative with built-in effects and using built-in images
5
TEXT
5.1 Using the text tool
5.2 Making text fit a particular path or shape
6
WEB PAGE FEATURES
6.1 Buttons
6 1b Navigation bar
6.2 Drop Down Menus
6.3 Animations
6.3 b Further animation techniques
6.3c Tweening or morphing