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Adobe Fireworks CS6 Classroom in a Book

  • Published: Jun 7, 2012
  • Copyright 2012
  • Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
  • Pages: 352
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-321-82244-7
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-82244-4

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Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Fireworks choose Adobe Fireworks CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Fireworks.

Readers will learn what they need to know to design and mock up Web pages or interfaces for rich Internet applications or tablet apps. In addition readers will learn how to demo a design for a client in real time, export the design as an interactive PDF, and export vector design elements as CSS3-only markup for use in websites. This edition, fully revised for CS6, covers CSS extraction using the CSS Properties panel, jQuery Mobile skinning, and sprite creation. It also includes instruction on working with the Styles panel and several new enhancements to the Properties panel, including the new color selection and gradient editing features. The companion DVD  includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book.
  
 “The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training
  
  Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THE Best Book on Adobe Fireworks... EVER!, December 29, 2012
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Everything we know about Fireworks (Fw), which is worth knowing, was taught to us by Jim Babbage. We are among those who carefully comb over the latest editions of Classroom in a Book (CIB), looking for what's new as something of a checklist of what is to be mastered. Jim's efforts with Fw CS6 CIB gets our award for the best revised and improved edition of a previous CIB. Not only are there changes to all the chapters but Jim primarily provides all new visual examples for the pages and lessons.

For starts, Fireworks has to be the most misunderstood app in the Master Collection. With a cursory glance, Fw causes many to either say, "I can do this in Photoshop (Ps)." or "I can do this in Illustrator (Ai)." However, that's not what Fw is all about. It's a web designer's toolbox. And, yes, that requires the manipulation of pixel or vector based art.

In its earlier life, under the Macromedia nameplate, Fw was supposed to permit you to create web graphics without the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, March 29, 2013
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This was a requirement for an online class for Fireworks. So effective I dropped the class and just read the book instead. Now I'm a web design genius.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fireworks, November 13, 2012
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Good guide through fireworks. Each lesson is easy and step by step. The book explains the value of Fireworks (say vs photoshop) I love books on Kindle. The only problem I've found is the book does not cover animation.
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Excerpt

Creating Graphic Symbols in Adobe Fireworks CS6

Table of Contents

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1. Getting to know the Workspace

 

2. The Pages, States, and Layers Panels: Fundamental Workflow tools

 

3. Working with Bitmap Images

 

4. Working with Selections

 

5. Working with Vector Graphics

 

6. Masking

 

7. Working with Text

 

8. Using Symbols

 

9. Using styles and the styles panel

 

10. Optimizing for the Web

 

11. Prototyping Basics

 

12. Advanced Prototyping

 

13. Improving Your Workflow

 

14. Designing for Mobile design and beyond

Sample Pages

Download Chapter 4: Working with Bitmap Selections

Updates & Corrections

Errata documentation, September 2012 ( .zip, 5mb)

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