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Overview
Special Edition Using Macromedia Fireworks MX is the only book you'll need on Fireworks MX. This hands-on complete reference is packed with tutorials; you can go through the book from front to back or go straight to the information you need to complete a particular task. Jeffrey Bardzell, the co-founder of www.phireworx.com, demystifies the process of working in Fireworks MX. The user-friendly design and organization includes compelling art and shows you how to really take advantage of the many special effects and filters. Bardzell also packs the book with coverage of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Director integration. He covers usability and interface design in an extended section on building and exporting interactive page designs. He illustrates how to use Fireworks as part of an efficient collaborative workflow, with several chapters loaded with tips, strategies, and ideas on working efficiently with small and large teams.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewFireworks is the web graphics program you’ve dreamed of: software that makes it possible to create virtually any web image efficiently, while also permitting you to stretch creatively -- and even, if your clients will pay for it, to produce great art.
Special Edition Using Macromedia Fireworks MX is, simply, the definitive guide to Fireworks MX. Your author is Jeffrey Bardzell, who’s created interactive Fireworks tutorials for Macromedia’s own web site. You name it, he covers it, in unparalleled detail. Want to use Fireworks’ powerful Live Animation tool and interactive behaviors? Start using Fireworks as a full page design and comping tool? Use Fireworks in collaborative environments, sharing libraries and symbols with your colleagues? Extend work you’ve already done in Photoshop, or repurpose existing print graphics?
It’s all here -- along with loads of tips you simply must know. For example, if you worked with masks in Fireworks 4, you’re accustomed to white pixels hiding objects and black pixels revealing them: in Fireworks MX, it’s the opposite. Some of your old masks will change, and your masking objects will no longer be editable.
You’ll love this book as much as you’ll love this software. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.