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CSS Sprite Sheets in Fireworks CS6

tom green — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:00:28 +0000

Sprite sheets allow designers to combine multiple images in one place and then call different sections of the image to display. By loading an entire sprite sheet into memory, it helps to avoid image swamping that will slow things down. Brand new features in Fireworks CS6 will slice up an image, give each part a name and export the CSS to use with them. Watch this video to find out how.

Fireworks CS6: What’s New

tom green — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:36:55 +0000

Time is money and Fireworks CS6 offers a variety of tools for improved efficiency and speeding up your workflow. Some of the updates in CS6 include: better fill/stroke options, color picker enhancements, expanded common library, expanded templates, mobile device themes, and much, much more. Tom Green shows off the new version.

Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 4

tom green — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:38:51 +0000

This is the final video in this four-part series which begins with an in-flight entertainment device, and moves into the new Workflow Lab app from Adobe and eventually into Fireworks to create a Rich Media Application. Click here to download the files to follow along with this lesson.

Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 3

tom green — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:39:39 +0000

Follow along with this four-part series which begins with an in-flight entertainment device, and moves into the new Workflow Lab app from Adobe and eventually into Fireworks to create a Rich Media Application. Click here to download the files to follow along with this lesson.

Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 2

tom green — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:31:54 +0000

Adobe Workflow Lab to Fireworks, Part 1

tom green — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:50:37 +0000

Visit Adobe Labs to download the free WorkFlow Lab application.

Fireworks CS5 with Device Central

tom green — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:45:02 +0000

This brand new feature in Fireworks CS5 allows users to prototype an interface with mobile devices.

Fireworks CS5: FXG Files to Catalyst

tom green — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:13:35 +0000

The FXG file format allows for documents to be moved from one Creative Suite application to another with ease.

Masking in Fireworks CS4

tom green — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:15 +0000

Tom Green covers the basics of using bitmap and vector masks in Fireworks.

Click here to download the files to follow along with this tutorial.

Fireworks CS4: Pages

tom green — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:19:59 +0000

Prototype websites and other interactive documents using Fireworks. This tutorial talks about creating a website using master pages and other page features. Download these files and follow along with the tutorial.