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An aurora effect or color burst effect can blend several different colors in an airy, attractive background. You can make your background reflect, as well. And a benefit of this style is that it's very lightweight and usually does not take up much memory to load.

This tutorial shows you a very basic process in Adobe Fireworks - how to make a 3-D perspective box. The steps to complete this simple procedure are clearly outlined in this tutorial. Once rendered, you can even animate your little box and have it dance across the screen!

This tutorial shows you how to make a very simple animation - a moving helicoper. First you create the helicopter in Fireworks 3, and then you can use Flash scripting to make the searchlight go back and forth, and make the propeller blade start spinning.

Aimed at people who have never created a website before, this tutorial shows you how to use a graphics program to create a website that will have an impact, load quickly and index easily with various search engines. You won't even need to know much coding!

Tom Green shows how to make your life easier using these Fireworks productivity tips. This tutorial includes things like sharing layers between pages and creating dummy text.

In this tutorial, we learn how to animate pictures using Fireworks 8. First, open up Fireworks 8, then open up your picture and zoom in to make it a full screen. You can also draw your picture inside of a blank document on the page. After you have drawn your image onto the screen, go to the frames panel. From here, go to options, then duplicate the pictures. After this, change your picture in the second frame to make the arm in a different position. Now, move from the different frames and it...

Interested in creating anime-style characters within Fireworks? See how it's done. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular bitmap and vector graphics editor (formerly known as Macromedia Fireworks) or are a seasoned web design professional simply looking for a fun project, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed step-by-step instructions, take a look.

Learn how to create your own custom PSP themes with transparent icons using Adobe Fireworks, Gimp and PSP Theme Converter. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular bitmap and vector graphics editor (formerly known as Macromedia Fireworks) or are a seasoned web design professional simply looking to become better acquainted with the application, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed step-by-step instructions, take a look.

In this two-part tutorial, Tom Green opens up a picture of the Swiss Alps, re-sizes the image in Fireworks, and creates a rain simulation in After Effects. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using this fun effect in your own After Effects project, watch this free video software tutorial.

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a reflective text in Adobe Fireworks CS3/CS4. Adobe Fireworks a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Begin by opening Fireworks and create a new project. Create your text and then duplicate it. Align the duplicated text under the original and flip it vertically. Click on the color and select Fill Options. Select Gradient and keep the second option at Linear. Drag the opacity on the left to zero and the right to 100. This video will benefit those...

HelpTube1 teaches you how to create a watermark for your videos using Adobe Fireworks CS3. Create a new 100x100 pixels file, with a transparent canvas. Create the custom shape that you want. You can add borders and colors, but make sure you don't overcomplicate your design, as people seeing your video will not be able to decipher it. You can also add a short piece of text, preferably in the middle of your watermark. Go to file and save it as Fireworks png. You can then bring up this file...

This video will show you how your text can be the best using Fireworks! Your design will grab your viewers attention with these simple steps! Proper text size is very important. Using a thick font can make the biggest impression. Filling it with the gradient color with the right light adjustments will make it shine. Don't forget to texture it as well, a nice metallic galvanized finish is featured in the text. Sharp edges and shadowing will make it stand out to any internet surfer.

Tom Green demonstrates this floating text technique by cutting the text out of the an image using Fireworks and then animating the text floating using Flash.

How do you create a slide show without having to write a bit of code? The answer is Adobe Fireworks.

Adobe Fireworks CS4 software is used to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces and to create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately. It is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers. Simply having the software isn't enough, however; you'll need to know how to use it. In this CS4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to import and export images in Adobe Fireworks. For more, including detailed instructions on the image importation and exportation...

Adobe Fireworks CS4 software is used to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces and to create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately. It is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers. Simply having the software isn't enough, however; you'll need to know how to use it. In this CS4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to use smart guides and tooltips in Adobe Fireworks CS4.

Adobe Fireworks CS4 software is used to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces and to create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately. It is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers. Simply having the software isn't enough, however; you'll need to know how to use it. In this CS4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to create intereactive prototypes for review in Adobe Fireworks CS4.

Adobe Fireworks CS4 software is used to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces and to create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately. It is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers. Simply having the software isn't enough, however; you'll need to know how to use it. In this CS4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to scale objects with 9-slice scaling in Adobe Fireworks.

Adobe Fireworks CS4 software is used to rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces and to create and optimize images for the web more quickly and accurately. It is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers. Simply having the software isn't enough, however; you'll need to know how to use it. In this CS4 video tutorial, you'll learn how to import files into Adobe Fireworks.

In this episode Paul Wyatt shows you how to use rollover effects in Fireworks, and create a menu bar for your sites. In this Fireworks project you'll get to grips with slicing images, using frames, and mastering behaviors

Fireworks CS4 is bridging the gap between graphic design and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with it's new CSS and images export script. Jim Babbage shows you how the CSS and images export script in Fireworks CS4 works in this Adobe CS4 tutorial. Let Fireworks CS4 do some of the work for you with the help of this tutorial and the new Export CSS and images script.

Darrell Heath demos the new and improved color management and color harmony tools in Fireworks CS4, focusing on the new design and performance of the color palette. The color palette may not be new, but it is redesigned and rewritten to provide better performance and simplified controls that you should familiarize yourself with. This Fireworks CS4 tutorial will help.

Fireworks CS4 has some new and improved layout features to take advantage of. This Fireworks CS4 video covers: display rulers, traditional guides, the new tool tips feature, smart guides, and align panel improvements. See how to use these new layout tool features in Fireworks CS4.

This Fireworks CS4 tutorial will showcase the new styles panel and show you how to save time and manage your style assets with ease. Learn how to create several styles in Fireworks CS4, save them to file and use them later. Darrell Heath explores some of these new capabilities in style management in Fireworks CS4.

Fireworks has a great batch processing mechanism for images. In this tutorial, Mike Lively converts a PowerPoint presentation to jpegs and batch processes them down to a smaller size within Fireworks.

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to draw a custom star in Adobe Fireworks CS3.

How to create a simple website using Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver

This tutorial demonstates how to use Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver to create rollover images.

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create shiny text and how to use masking and the gradient tool in Fireworks 8.

Learn to create a navigation bar composed of 4 multi-state buttons and learn how to link them, all from within Fireworks 8.

Do you know Fireworks 8 allows you to compress separate parts of the same JPEG image at different compression settings? In this Fireworks 8 video tutorial you will learn how to use Selective Compression. Learn how to slice images, set different formats for export, and apply multiple formats to one image. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

With Smart Shapes you can easily create complex objects like arrows, stars, rounded rectangle, and even 3-dimensional objects with click and drag ease. In this Fireworks 8 video tutorial you will learn how to use smart shapes. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

Ever wanted to create your own Google-style logo? In this video tutorial you will learn how to create the Google logo using Macromedia Fireworks then change the text to your own name and have fun! You can also use Photoshop instead of Fireworks if you wish.

This video shows you how to batch-process your images to create a slide show on the web. Using the new web gallery tool in Fireworks, Tom Green sets everything up and exports it right into a browser. Check out this video created by Tom Green now!

Double clicking any bitmap based object will get you into bitmap mode. You'll be able to use all the bitmap tools like the Lasso, the Paintbrush, and the Magic Wand. In this Fireworks 8 video tutorial you will learn how to use Paintbrush, and how to set brush preferences. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

The Rubber Stamp tool takes pixels or objects from one area of your canvas and paints them in another. This replication process from one area to another is called "cloning." In this Fireworks 8 video tutorial you will learn how to use the Rubber Stamp tool. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.