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The Fireworks Workspace

January 31st 2010

Guide Lines Turn the rulers on Click and drag from the vertical ruler to create a vertical guide. View/Guides/Snap to Guides. To measure distance between the guides use the Select tool and hold the Shift key. Workspace To undock a panel drag from the gripper away. To re-dock properties pane drag from the side bar [...]

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Fireworks shapes

July 28th 2009

Here are some handy tips when working with shapes in Fireworks : Combine shapes together Select the shapes to combine In top menu – Modify/Combine Paths/Union Punch Shapes out (Cookie Punch) Position two shapes with cut out tool on top Select both shapes In top menu – Modify/Combine paths/Punch Importing an image to your size [...]

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Masking and Gradients in Fireworks

July 18th 2009

These technique are for fading an image in or out.  It’s mainly used for creating web site banners. Import an image or photo Create a white rectangle over the image. Select the white rectangle and in the properties panel set the fill property to Gradient/Linear. Alter gradient left to right, white on black. The white [...]

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Creating a Navigation bar

July 12th 2009

This method is for creating web site navigation bars in Fireworks and importing them into Dreamweaver. Create your canvas Open the Document Library in the side panel or from top menu – Windows/Document Library Select Edit/Insert/New button Select the rectangle tool and draw a button on top centre cross Add text Select the button and [...]

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Rounding corners on a image

July 12th 2009

This article lists how to put rounded corners on an image like on a web site banner Import your image onto the canvas Put a rectangle over the image (copy/Paste) Apply “round corners” to the top image Select both images From top menu select – Modify/Mark/Group as mask These notes can be printed. A full screen [...]

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